Beaver County, Utah

Beaver County population, land area and income

Beaver County had 7,424 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 2,582.9 square miles of land. It ranks 24th of 29 in Utah by population and 13th by land area. That works out to 2.9 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and in the bottom quarter nationally.

The median county-equivalent in Utah has 20,803 residents, so Beaver County has 36% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $67,100 is above the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Beaver County's population changed since 2020

Beaver County gained 336 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 4.7%. That ranks 17th of 29 in Utah for growth. The median Utah county changed by +5.7%, and the state as a whole by +6.7%.

Since the April 2020 estimates base, Beaver County recorded 455 births and 295 deaths, a natural change of +160. Net international migration added +81 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +105. The largest single component was natural change, which added 160 people.

Where Beaver County is

The Census internal point of Beaver County is at 38.357500, -113.238900. It sits in UTM zone 12N. The map shades Utah's 29 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Beaver County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Beaver County

2 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Beaver County, 5,188 people together, or 70% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Beaver County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Beaver with 3,749.

Counties bordering Beaver County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 6 neighbors for Beaver County, including 1 across a state line. The most populous is Iron County, UT, with 65,936 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Iron County

  65,936 people

  31 mi S

• Sevier County

  22,520 people

  82 mi ENE

• Millard County

  13,572 people

  42 mi N

• Garfield County

  5,290 people

  104 mi ESE

• NV

  Lincoln County, NV

  4,345 people

  102 mi WSW

• Piute County

  1,534 people

  60 mi E

Distance to Salt Lake City and the nearest big city

Salt Lake City is 182.0 miles NNE of Beaver County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is St. George, UT (population 106,288), 90.3 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Cedar City, UT (population 40,885), 47.2 miles away.

Beaver County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Beaver County is 49001: state code 49 for Utah plus county code 001. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $67,100.