Kane County, Utah

Kane County population, land area and income

Kane County had 8,525 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 3,994.1 square miles of land. It ranks 23rd of 29 in Utah by population and 8th by land area. That works out to 2.1 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 Kane County has 41% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $69,247 is above the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Kane County's population changed since 2020

Kane County gained 837 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 10.9%. That ranks 6th 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, Kane County recorded 381 births and 382 deaths, a natural change of -1. Net international migration added +22 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +837. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 837 people.

Where Kane County is

The Census internal point of Kane County is at 37.275100, -111.815300. 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 Kane County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Kane County

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in Kane County, 5,291 people together, or 62% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Kane County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Kanab with 5,291.

Counties bordering Kane County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 6 neighbors for Kane County, including 2 across a state line. The most populous is Mohave County, AZ, with 226,479 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• AZ

  Mohave County, AZ

  226,479 people

  152 mi SW

• Washington County

  207,943 people

  92 mi W

• AZ

  Coconino County, AZ

  145,161 people

  100 mi S

• Iron County

  65,936 people

  93 mi WNW

• San Juan County

  14,601 people

  113 mi ENE

• Garfield County

  5,290 people

  43 mi NNE

Distance to Salt Lake City and the nearest big city

Salt Lake City is 242.0 miles N of Kane County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is St. George, UT (population 106,288), 97.9 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Cedar City, UT (population 40,885), 75.7 miles away.

Kane County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Kane County is 49025: state code 49 for Utah plus county code 025. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $69,247.