Piute County, Utah

Piute County population, land area and income

Piute County had 1,534 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 758.2 square miles of land. It ranks 28th of 29 in Utah by population and 24th by land area. That works out to 2.0 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 Piute County has 7% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $58,106 is below the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Piute County's population changed since 2020

Piute County gained 96 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 6.7%. That ranks 13th 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, Piute County recorded 65 births and 90 deaths, a natural change of -25. Net international migration added +0 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +122. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 122 people.

Where Piute County is

The Census internal point of Piute County is at 38.335900, -112.129400. 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 Piute County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Piute County

No incorporated place of 1,000 or more people has residents in Piute County. Its 1,534 residents live in smaller towns, census-designated places, or unincorporated land, which the subcounty estimates do not list at this size.

Counties bordering Piute County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 4 neighbors for Piute County. The most populous is Sevier County, UT, with 22,520 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Sevier County

  22,520 people

  33 mi NNE

• Beaver County

  7,424 people

  60 mi W

• Garfield County

  5,290 people

  51 mi SE

• Wayne County

  2,608 people

  62 mi E

Distance to Salt Lake City and the nearest big city

Salt Lake City is 169.2 miles N of Piute County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is St. George, UT (population 106,288), 117.6 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Cedar City, UT (population 40,885), 69.3 miles away.

Piute County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Piute County is 49031: state code 49 for Utah plus county code 031. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $58,106.