More people now move to Salt Lake County from Asia each year than from nearby Weber County, new U.S. Census Bureau estimates show.
That’s not all. More move here from South America than Utah’s Cache or Washington counties. And more come from Central America than adjacent Tooele or Summit counties.
That shows the county’s “universities and jobs are a magnet not only for the state and nation, but the world,” said Pam Perlich, senior demographer at the University of Utah’s Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute.
The Census Bureau released estimates Thursday from its large American Community Survey that show mobility between counties nationally, plus other major regions of the world.