Uintah County, Utah

Uintah County population, land area and income

Uintah County had 38,307 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 4,482.9 square miles of land. It ranks 11th of 29 in Utah by population and 6th by land area. That works out to 8.5 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; Uintah County is somewhat larger.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $70,989 is above the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Uintah County's population changed since 2020

Uintah County gained 2,632 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 7.4%. That ranks 12th 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, Uintah County recorded 2,097 births and 1,308 deaths, a natural change of +789. Net international migration added +452 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +1,405. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 1,405 people.

Where Uintah County is

The Census internal point of Uintah County is at 40.125900, -109.517700. 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 Uintah County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Uintah County

3 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Uintah County, 14,467 people together, or 38% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Uintah County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Vernal with 10,698.

Counties bordering Uintah County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 7 neighbors for Uintah County, including 3 across a state line. The most populous is Garfield County, CO, with 63,167 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• CO

  Garfield County, CO

  63,167 people

  93 mi ESE

• Duchesne County

  20,803 people

  49 mi WNW

• Carbon County

  20,613 people

  65 mi WSW

• CO

  Moffat County, CO

  13,142 people

  76 mi ENE

• Grand County

  9,788 people

  80 mi S

• CO

  Rio Blanco County, CO

  6,607 people

  70 mi E

• Daggett County

  956 people

  53 mi N

Distance to Salt Lake City and the nearest big city

Salt Lake City is 132.5 miles WNW of Uintah County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Provo, UT (population 115,479), 112.6 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Vernal, UT (population 10,698), 22.6 miles away.

Uintah County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Uintah County is 49047: state code 49 for Utah plus county code 047. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $70,989.