West Jordan is a city in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States.

Named after the nearby Jordan River, the limits of the city begin on the river's western bank and end in the eastern foothills of the Oquirrh Mountains, where Kennecott Copper Mine, the world's largest man-made excavation, is located.

As of 2012[update], the city has four major retail centers; with Jordan Landing being one of the largest mixed-use planned developments in the Intermountain West.

The city has one major hospital, Jordan Valley Medical Center, and a campus of Salt Lake Community College.

West Jordan received its name from Mormon settlers who entered the Salt Lake Valley in 1847 under the leadership of their prophet, Brigham Young.

His collection of mills and houses, now historic, have been renovated into a specialty shopping district known as Gardner Village.

Early West Jordan relied primarily on agriculture, mills, and mining activity to form the base of its economy.

Transportation issues along with school overcrowding are the city's top concerns as it attempts to deal with rapid population growth.

Current major construction projects include a new main campus for the Salt Lake Community College, the expansion of Jordan Valley Hospital, and Midvale's current transit-oriented development on the east border in the Jordan River bed.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 30.9 square miles (80.0 km2), all land.

The fastest development is currently taking place between 4800 West and State Route 111, a highway that traverses the slopes of the Oquirrh Mountains.

The racial makeup of the county was 72.2% non-Hispanic White, 1.2% Black, 0.7% Native American, 2.8% Asian, 1.5% Pacific Islander, and 2.9% from two or more races.

The Jordan Campus offers general education classes as well as all of the college's health science courses.

A ten-lane freeway called the Mountain View Corridor (SR-85) is planned to have three exits in the city (7800 S, 9000 S, and Old Bingham Hwy.)

In the far western extremes of the city, State Route 111, a two-lane road, runs through the developing rural area along the foothills.

West Jordan is served by the Utah Transit Authority (UTA) bus system, which runs every half-hour during peak hours.

Elected officials have blamed this situation on the fact that the city is the most populous in the state that is not directly served by a freeway.