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Grand County, Utah

A county in Utah, ranked 22 of 29 by population.

CountyFIPS 49019

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

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Population
9,790
+107 (+1.1%) since 2020
Land area
3,673
square miles. A further 0.3% of the total area is water
Population density
2.7
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Moab
Seat of county government.
Established
1890
135 years ago
Largest city
Moab city
Population 5,206.

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 Grand 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 Grand 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 712 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 Grand 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
Population9,79022nd of 292,426th of 3,144
Land area3,673 sq mi9th of 29137th of 3,144
Population density2.7 per sq mi20th of 292,935th of 3,144
Median household income$67,10623rd of 291,426th of 3,143

Full data for Grand County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population9,790Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20209,683Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?9,671Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area3,673 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area11.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area3,685 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?2.7 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$67,106American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$538,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households4,554American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units5,424American 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
+23
100 births, 77 deaths
Net migration
+65
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 8 areas bordering Grand 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
Emery CountyUtah144 mi10,177
Mesa CountyColorado60 mi162,845
Uintah CountyUtah56 mi38,278
San Juan CountyUtah52 mi14,542
Garfield CountyColorado9.0 mi63,474
Carbon CountyUtah3 ft20,680
Montrose CountyColoradoa single point44,591
Wayne CountyUtaha single point2,587

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.