Daggett County, Utah

Daggett County population, land area and income

Daggett County had 956 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 696.5 square miles of land. It ranks 29th of 29 in Utah by population and 26th by land area. That works out to 1.4 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 Daggett County has 5% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $65,231 is above the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Daggett County's population changed since 2020

Daggett County gained 4 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 0.4%. That ranks 29th 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, Daggett County recorded 32 births and 29 deaths, a natural change of +3. Net international migration added +0 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +19. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 19 people.

Where Daggett County is

The Census internal point of Daggett County is at 40.890100, -109.505800. 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 Daggett County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Daggett County

No incorporated place of 1,000 or more people has residents in Daggett County. Its 956 residents live in smaller towns, census-designated places, or unincorporated land, which the subcounty estimates do not list at this size.

Counties bordering Daggett County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 5 neighbors for Daggett County, including 2 across a state line. The most populous is Summit County, UT, with 43,109 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Summit County

  43,109 people

  76 mi W

• WY

  Sweetwater County, WY

  41,273 people

  62 mi NNE

• Uintah County

  38,307 people

  53 mi S

• Duchesne County

  20,803 people

  64 mi SW

• CO

  Moffat County, CO

  13,142 people

  70 mi ESE

Distance to Salt Lake City and the nearest big city

Salt Lake City is 124.8 miles W of Daggett County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Provo, UT (population 115,479), 120.8 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Vernal, UT (population 10,698), 30.3 miles away.

Daggett County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Daggett County is 49009: state code 49 for Utah plus county code 009. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $65,231.