Uinta County, Wyoming

A county in Wyoming, ranked 11 of 23 by population.

CountyFIPS 56041

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

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Population
20,728
+266 (+1.3%) since 2020
Land area
2,082
square miles. A further 0.3% of the total area is water
Population density
10.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Evanston
Seat of county government.
Established
1869
156 years ago
Largest city
Evanston city
Population 11,705.

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 Uinta 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 Uinta County, Wyoming 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 643 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 Uinta County ranks

Position among the 23 counties of Wyoming, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn WyomingNationally
Population20,72811th of 231,791st of 3,144
Land area2,082 sq mi21st of 23272nd of 3,144
Population density10.0 per sq mi5th of 232,567th of 3,144
Median household income$82,9806th of 23485th of 3,143

Full data for Uinta County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population20,728Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202020,462Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?20,450Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area2,082 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area6.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area2,088 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?10.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$82,980American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$290,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age37.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households7,716American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units8,901American 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
+44
211 births, 167 deaths
Net migration
+32
More people moved in than moved out.

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

The 4 areas bordering Uinta 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
Summit CountyUtah70 mi43,141
Lincoln CountyWyoming52 mi21,180
Sweetwater CountyWyoming40 mi41,267
Rich CountyUtah23 mi2,687

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

All 23 counties of Wyoming

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