Salt Lake City Single Stats

As someone who works with statistics, I thought it would be interesting to look at the make-up of the Salt Lake City population. Here is what I found:

·       Salt Lake City Population: 181,743 (US Census 2000)

o   Males: 92,045 (50.65%) / 69,792 (38.4%) Over 18.

o   Females: 89,698 (49.35%) / 68,981 (37.96%) Over 18.

o   For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 101.2 males (U.S. Census 2010)

o   Males have a median income of $31,511 versus $26,403 for females.

• Salt Lake City Population Age (U.S. Census 2000)
• 15.2% from 18 to 24
• 33.4% from 25 to 44
• 16.7% from 45 to 64

·       Household Characteristics (U.S. Census 2000)

o   There are 75,177 households

§  41.1% are married couples living together,

§  10.2% have a female householder with no husband present,

§  44.3% are other types of households.

§  3,904 were reported to be unmarried partner households:

·       3,047 heterosexual,

·       458 same-sex male, and

·       399 same-sex female.

·       Religion

o   Less than 50% of Salt Lake City's residents are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This is a much lower proportion than in Utah's more rural municipalities; altogether, LDS members make up about 62% of Utah's population. (Salt Lake Tribune, 2005)

·       Sexual Orientation

o   A 2006 study by UCLA estimates that approximately 7.6% of the city's population, or almost 14,000 people, are openly gay, lesbian, or bisexual, compared to just 3.7%, or just over 60,000 people, for the metropolitan area as a whole. (The Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy, October, 2006)

·       Attractiveness

o   In 2007 Salt Lake City was ranked by Forbes Magazine as the vainest city in America based on the number of plastic surgeons per 100,000 and their spending habits on cosmetics, which exceed that of cities of similar size. (Ruiz, Rebecca. “In Pictures: America’s Vainest Cities, Forbes)

·       Women’s Health

o   A 2008 study by Men's Health and Women's Health magazines found Salt Lake City to be the healthiest city for women by looking at 38 different factors, including cancer rates, air quality and the number of gym memberships. (Nichols, Michelle, “Salt Lake City, Madison healthiest U.S. cities: Study/Lifestyle, 2008)

For me, charts and graphs are easier to understand. Feel free to check out the pictures.

What did I learn?

• There is a good balance between males and females.
• 33.40% of the population is in the 25 to 44 age range. People around my age…check!
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  Being that I am not the prominent religion, it gives me hope that potentially half the population may actually consider dating me.
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  Less than half the population is married and living with their husband/wife. Although another 5.19% are living with an unmarried partner. Other households could refer to roommates and other different living circumstances. I wonder where homeless people fit on this.
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  As a single woman, I have gay male friends and sometimes wonder where all the heterosexual men are in my peer group. According to this, there are plenty of them.

After my little adventure in single statistics, I’ll be honest, I’m not very optimistic. Self talk time! “Look at the bright side! Look at the glass that is Salt Lake City as being HALF FULL!” I think it is going to take better evidence L