Uinta County, Wyoming

Uinta County population, land area and income

Uinta County had 20,621 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 2,081.7 square miles of land. It ranks 11th of 23 in Wyoming by population and 21st by land area. That works out to 9.9 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and in the bottom quarter nationally.

The median county-equivalent in Wyoming has 14,250 residents; Uinta County is somewhat larger.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $79,086 is in the top quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Uinta County's population changed since 2020

Uinta County gained 160 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 0.8%. That ranks 13th of 23 in Wyoming for growth. The median Wyoming county changed by +0.9%, and the state as a whole by +1.7%.

Since the April 2020 estimates base, Uinta County recorded 984 births and 853 deaths, a natural change of +131. Net international migration added -16 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +50. The largest single component was natural change, which added 131 people.

Where Uinta County is

The Census internal point of Uinta County is at 41.284700, -110.558900. It sits in UTM zone 12N. The map shades Wyoming's 23 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Uinta County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Uinta County

3 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Uinta County, 15,150 people together, or 73% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Uinta County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Evanston with 11,691.

Counties bordering Uinta County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 4 neighbors for Uinta County, including 2 across a state line. The most populous is Summit County, UT, with 43,109 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• UT

  Summit County, UT

  43,109 people

  36 mi SW

• Sweetwater County

  41,273 people

  91 mi ENE

• Lincoln County

  21,000 people

  66 mi N

• UT

  Rich County, UT

  2,752 people

  42 mi NW

Distance to Cheyenne and the nearest big city

Cheyenne is 298.4 miles E of Uinta County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Salt Lake City, UT (population 217,783), 79.7 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Evanston, WY (population 11,691), 21.1 miles away.

Uinta County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Uinta County is 56041: state code 56 for Wyoming plus county code 041. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $79,086.