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Uintah County, Utah

A county in Utah, ranked 12 of 29 by population.

CountyFIPS 49047

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

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Population
38,278
+2,602 (+7.3%) since 2020
Land area
4,483
square miles. A further 0.5% of the total area is water
Population density
8.5
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Vernal
Seat of county government.
Established
1880
145 years ago
Largest city
Vernal city
Population 10,671.

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; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Uintah 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 Uintah 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 477 by 800 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 Uintah 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.

MeasureValueIn UtahNationally
Population38,27812th of 291,228th of 3,144
Land area4,483 sq mi6th of 29102nd of 3,144
Population density8.5 per sq mi16th of 292,621st of 3,144
Median household income$73,74620th of 29934th of 3,143

Full data for Uintah County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population38,278Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202035,676Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?35,614Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area4,483 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area21.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area4,504 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?8.5 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$73,746American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$298,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age33.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households12,145American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units13,838American 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
+193
499 births, 306 deaths
Net migration
-71
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 7 areas bordering Uintah 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 areaStateShared borderPopulation
Daggett CountyUtah81 mi934
Duchesne CountyUtah69 mi20,856
Grand CountyUtah56 mi9,790
Carbon CountyUtah49 mi20,680
Rio Blanco CountyColorado39 mi6,683
Moffat CountyColorado30 mi13,122
Garfield CountyColorado11 mi63,474

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.