Garfield County, Utah

A county in Utah, ranked 25 of 29 by population.

CountyFIPS 49017

Within Utah

Garfield County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Panguitch, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population: 5,256; +151 (+3.0%) since 2020
Land area: 5,180; square miles. A further 0.6% of the total area is water
Population density: 1.0; people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat: Panguitch; Seat of county government.
Established: 1882; 143 years ago
Largest city: Panguitch city; Population 1,779.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Garfield County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Garfield County, Utah from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined — Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 288 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Garfield County ranks

Position among the 29 counties of Utah, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

Measure	Value	In Utah	Nationally
Population	5,256	25th of 29	2,802nd of 3,144
Land area	5,180 sq mi	5th of 29	74th of 3,144
Population density	1.0 per sq mi	29th of 29	3,069th of 3,144
Median household income	$61,875	27th of 29	1,907th of 3,143

Full data for Garfield County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
Measure	Value	Source and vintage
Population	5,256	Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020	5,105	Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?	5,087	Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area	5,180 sq mi	2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area	29.3 sq mi	2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area	5,209 sq mi	2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?	1.0 per sq mi	Computed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income	$61,875	American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value	$318,100	American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age	40.7	American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households	2,042	American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units	3,620	American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths: -6; 60 births, 66 deaths
Net migration: -58; More people moved out than moved in.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 6 areas bordering Garfield County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering area	State	Shared border	Population
Kane County	Utah	113 mi	8,597
Wayne County	Utah	105 mi	2,587
San Juan County	Utah	82 mi	14,542
Iron County	Utah	56 mi	67,141
Piute County	Utah	33 mi	1,509
Beaver County	Utah	2.0 mi	7,301

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 29 counties of Utah

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.