Rich County, Utah

Rich County population, land area and income

Rich County had 2,752 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 1,028.8 square miles of land. It ranks 26th of 29 in Utah by population and 23rd by land area. That works out to 2.7 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 Rich County has 13% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $78,332 is in the top quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Rich County's population changed since 2020

Rich County gained 248 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 9.9%. That ranks 8th 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, Rich County recorded 129 births and 63 deaths, a natural change of +66. Net international migration added -1 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +179. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 179 people.

Where Rich County is

The Census internal point of Rich County is at 41.627600, -111.240200. 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 Rich County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Rich County

No incorporated place of 1,000 or more people has residents in Rich County. Its 2,752 residents live in smaller towns, census-designated places, or unincorporated land, which the subcounty estimates do not list at this size.

Counties bordering Rich County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 8 neighbors for Rich County, including 4 across a state line. The most populous is Weber County, UT, with 276,118 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Weber County

  276,118 people

  41 mi SW

• Cache County

  145,487 people

  27 mi WNW

• Summit County

  43,109 people

  54 mi SSE

• WY

  Lincoln County, WY

  21,000 people

  51 mi NE

• WY

  Uinta County, WY

  20,621 people

  42 mi ESE

• ID

  Franklin County, ID

  15,638 people

  48 mi NW

• Morgan County

  13,093 people

  41 mi SSW

• ID

  Bear Lake County, ID

  6,779 people

  46 mi N

Distance to Salt Lake City and the nearest big city

Salt Lake City is 67.7 miles SSW of Rich County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Salt Lake City, UT (population 217,783), 68.9 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Evanston, WY (population 11,691), 29.1 miles away.

Rich County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Rich County is 49033: state code 49 for Utah plus county code 033. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $78,332.