SLC losing its youth population

In 2020, Salt Lake City’s youth population hit its lowest point in over a century. A new report from the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute at the University of Utah shows that despite gaining 13,283 new residents overall between 2010 and 2020 and growing 7 percent, Salt Lake City’s under-18 population lost 4,933 residents, shrinking by 12 percent to 37,101.

“The under-5 population in Salt Lake City experienced the largest declines of any age group in the city in recent years,” said Heidi Prior, public policy analyst at the Gardner Institute and lead author of the report. “The capital city’s decreasing youth population is part of a much larger trend, mirroring declines experienced by many western cities and shifts observed in the Please log in to see the rest of this story.