Tooele County, Utah

Tooele County population, land area and income

Tooele County had 84,488 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 7,040.3 square miles of land. It ranks 7th of 29 in Utah by population and 2nd by land area. That works out to 12.0 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 Tooele County is 4.1 times that size.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $94,200 is in the top tenth among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Tooele County's population changed since 2020

Tooele County gained 11,137 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 15.2%. That ranks 1st 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, Tooele County recorded 4,508 births and 2,012 deaths, a natural change of +2,496. Net international migration added +338 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +8,996. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 8,996 people.

Where Tooele County is

The Census internal point of Tooele County is at 40.467800, -113.124000. 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 Tooele County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Tooele County

5 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Tooele County, 64,507 people together, or 76% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Tooele County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Tooele with 40,919.

Counties bordering Tooele County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 8 neighbors for Tooele County, including 2 across a state line. The most populous is Salt Lake County, UT, with 1,216,274 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Salt Lake County

  1,216,274 people

  64 mi ENE

• Utah County

  747,234 people

  80 mi ESE

• Davis County

  378,470 people

  62 mi NE

• Weber County

  276,118 people

  86 mi NE

• Box Elder County

  64,120 people

  80 mi N

• NV

  Elko County, NV

  54,363 people

  125 mi WNW

• Juab County

  13,297 people

  55 mi SSE

• NV

  White Pine County, NV

  8,534 people

  119 mi SW

Distance to Salt Lake City and the nearest big city

Salt Lake City is 68.2 miles ENE of Tooele County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is West Jordan, UT (population 116,688), 59.7 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Grantsville, UT (population 15,682), 35.8 miles away.

Tooele County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Tooele County is 49045: state code 49 for Utah plus county code 045. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $94,200.