The Office of Management and Budget and the United States Census Bureau currently define the Salt Lake City, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) as comprising two counties: Salt Lake and Tooele.

As of the 2020 census, this CSA had a population of 2,701,129, comprising 82.6 percent of Utah's then 3,271,616 residents.

As of the census[6] of 2000, there were 968,858 people, 318,150 households, and 231,606 families residing within the MSA.

The racial makeup of the MSA was 86.63% White, 1.04% African American, 0.90% Native American, 2.43% Asian, 1.15% Pacific Islander, 5.33% from other races, and 2.53% from two or more races.

The Salt Lake City–Provo–Ogden Combined Statistical Area is made up of ten counties in northern Utah and one county in southern Idaho.