Wayne County, Utah

Wayne County population, land area and income

Wayne County had 2,608 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 2,461.1 square miles of land. It ranks 27th of 29 in Utah by population and 14th by land area. That works out to 1.1 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 Wayne County has 13% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $60,858 is below the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Wayne County's population changed since 2020

Wayne County gained 102 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 4.1%. That ranks 19th 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, Wayne County recorded 141 births and 130 deaths, a natural change of +11. Net international migration added -5 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +117. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 117 people.

Where Wayne County is

The Census internal point of Wayne County is at 38.259900, -110.990900. 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 Wayne County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Wayne County

No incorporated place of 1,000 or more people has residents in Wayne County. Its 2,608 residents live in smaller towns, census-designated places, or unincorporated land, which the subcounty estimates do not list at this size.

Counties bordering Wayne County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 6 neighbors for Wayne 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

  56 mi NW

• San Juan County

  14,601 people

  80 mi SE

• Emery County

  10,161 people

  54 mi NNE

• Grand County

  9,788 people

  91 mi ENE

• Garfield County

  5,290 people

  39 mi SW

• Piute County

  1,534 people

  62 mi W

Distance to Salt Lake City and the nearest big city

Salt Lake City is 180.4 miles NNW of Wayne County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Provo, UT (population 115,479), 141.5 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Cedar City, UT (population 40,885), 121.4 miles away.

Wayne County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Wayne County is 49055: state code 49 for Utah plus county code 055. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $60,858.