Garfield County, Utah

Garfield County population, land area and income

Garfield County had 5,290 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 5,179.6 square miles of land. It ranks 25th of 29 in Utah by population and 5th by land area. That works out to 1.0 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 Garfield County has 25% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $64,844 is above the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Garfield County's population changed since 2020

Garfield County gained 192 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 3.8%. That ranks 22nd 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, Garfield County recorded 228 births and 251 deaths, a natural change of -23. Net international migration added +8 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +221. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 221 people.

Where Garfield County is

The Census internal point of Garfield County is at 37.831700, -111.450900. 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 Garfield County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Garfield County

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in Garfield County, 1,788 people together, or 34% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Garfield County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Panguitch with 1,788.

Counties bordering Garfield County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 6 neighbors for Garfield County. 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

  101 mi W

• San Juan County

  14,601 people

  92 mi E

• Kane County

  8,525 people

  43 mi SSW

• Beaver County

  7,424 people

  104 mi WNW

• Wayne County

  2,608 people

  39 mi NE

• Piute County

  1,534 people

  51 mi NW

Distance to Salt Lake City and the nearest big city

Salt Lake City is 204.8 miles N of Garfield County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is St. George, UT (population 106,288), 127.7 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Cedar City, UT (population 40,885), 90.4 miles away.

Garfield County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Garfield County is 49017: state code 49 for Utah plus county code 017. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $64,844.