The Salt Lake City - West Valley City Metropolitan Statistical Aurie, as defined bi the United States Census Bureau, is an aurie consistin o three coonties in north central Utah, anchored bi Salt Lake City. As o the 2000 census, the MSA haed a population o 968,858. As o 1 Julie 2009 the U.S. Census Bureau's population estimates diveesion placit the population at 1,130,293, an increase o 161,410 or 16.7 percent syne Aprile 2000; oot o 366 tot MSAs, the Census Bureau ranks it as the 48t lairgest MSA in the Unitit States in 2009 an the 36t fastest growin syne 2000.[1] The Utah Population Estimates Committee estimates the Salt Lake Metropolitan Statistical Aurie tae hae a 1 Julie 2009 population o 1,141,693, an increase o 172,835 or 17.8 percent syne Aprile 2000.[2] The Salt Lake Ceety metropolitan aurie an the Ogden-Clearfield metropolitan aurie wur a single metropolitan aurie kent as the Salt Lake Ceety-Ogden Metropolitan Aurie till bein separatit in 2005.[3]