Denver
1,194 km²
Salt Lake City
527 km²
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Denver covers 1,194 km² of contiguous built-up land, 2.3× the built-up area of Salt Lake City (527 km²).
| Denver | Salt Lake City | |
|---|---|---|
| Urban area | Denver | Salt Lake City |
| Population (2025) | 2.43 million | 1.11 million |
| Built-up area | 1,194 km² | 527 km² |
| Density | 2,031 /km² | 2,104 /km² |
Urban area = contiguous built-up land and the people living in it in 2025, drawn the same way for every city regardless of administrative boundaries. Source: GHSL Urban Centre Database R2024A, European Commission, Joint Research Centre (CC BY 4.0); some names adjusted to the city names people use, and country attribution follows the dataset.