Murray is a medium-sized city located in the state of Utah. With a population of 33,911 people and eight constituent neighborhoods, Murray is the 13th largest community in Utah.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Murray is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Murray is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Murray who work in office and administrative support jobs (22.13%), sales jobs (14.38%), and management occupations (7.72%).

Also of interest is that Murray has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Murray Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Murray is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 25.51% of adults in Murray have a college degree.

The per capita income in Murray in 2000 was $21,094, which is wealthy relative to Utah, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $84,376 for a family of four.

The people who call Murray home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Murray is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Murray include English, German, Danish, Irish, Swedish, Scottish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Murray is English. Some people also speak Spanish.