Utah · Census place 4953230
Murray, Utah
Murray is a city in Salt Lake County, Utah with an estimated 50,817 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 18th largest of 156 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 50,817
- #18 of 156 in Utah
- Change since 2020
- +0.6%
- +297 people
- Land area
- 12.3 sq mi
- Density
- 4,131 / sq mi
- State median 2,284
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Murray population, 2020 to 2024
Murray added 297 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.6%. In the latest year it moved by +703. Among 95 Utah places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 69th; the median place changed by +6.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Utah has 19,393 people, so Murray is 2.6 times that size.
Murray covers 12.30 square miles of land, for 4,131 people per square mile of land. The median Utah place of 5,000+ has 2,284, so Murray is denser than the typical town.
What county Murray is in
All of Murray's residents live in Salt Lake County, which had 1,216,274 residents in 2024. Murray holds 4.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Murray
4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Murray by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 84107, 84117, 84121, 84123. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Murray is
The Census internal point of Murray is at 40.650700, -111.886600. Salt Lake City, the capital, is 8.7 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Taylorsville, UT (57,819 people), 3.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is West Jordan, UT, 6.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.650700, -111.886600
- DMS
- 40°39'2.52"N 111°53'11.76"W
- UTM
- 12N 425042.9E 4500360.4N
- Geohash
- 9x0rmbnxm
- Plus code
- 85GCM427+79
Daylight in Murray
At 40.65° N, Murray gets about 15 h 05 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 16 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 50 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Murray
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Utah, measured between internal points. The closest is Midvale, 2.5 miles away, with 36,219 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Murray, UT?
50,817 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 297 (0.6%) from 50,520 in July 2020.
What county is Murray in?
Salt Lake County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Murray?
4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 84107, 84117, 84121, 84123.
How far is Murray from Salt Lake City?
8.7 miles (14.0 km) in a straight line, heading N from Murray.
What is the nearest larger city to Murray?
Taylorsville, UT, with 57,819 residents, 3.3 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.