Pedestrian Signal Safety - AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety

BACKGROUND
Salt Lake City is Utah’s capital and is located in the upper northwest corner of the state, as shown
in Figure G-1. The city’s population grew from 159,936 in 1990 to 181,743 in 2000. Of the 181,743
residents in 2000, 9.2 percent were between the ages of 65 and 84 and 1.7 percent were 85 and
older. This means that 10.9 percent of the population was 65 and older. This is higher than the state
of Utah (8.5 percent) but slightly lower than the United States as a whole (12.4 percent), as shown in
Table G-1 (Utah Travel Industry Website).
Figure G-1. Map of Salt Lake City, Utah.
Table G-1. Salt Lake City, Utah population distribution by age.
Age
Salt Lake City Utah United States
Population
Percent
of total
Population
Percent
of total
Population
Percent
of total
Under 18 42,970 23.6 718,698 32.2 72,293,812 25.7
18–34 63,404 34.9 644,495 28.9 67,035,178 23.8
35–54 44,651 24.6 537,246 24.1 82,826,479 29.4
55–64 10,797 5.9 142,508 6.4 24,274,684 8.6
65–84 16,766 9.2 168,471 7.5 30,752,166 10.9
85 and
older
3,155 1.7 21,751 1.0 4,239,587 1.5
Total 181,743 100 2,233,169 100 281,421,906 100
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