Rich County, Utah

A county in Utah, ranked 26 of 29 by population.

CountyFIPS 49033

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

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Population
2,687
+184 (+7.4%) since 2020
Land area
1,029
square miles. A further 5.3% of the total area is water
Population density
2.6
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Randolph
Seat of county government.
Established
1868
157 years ago
Largest city
Garden City town
Population 876.

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 Rich 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 Rich 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 375 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 Rich 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
Population2,68726th of 292,981st of 3,144
Land area1,029 sq mi23rd of 29643rd of 3,144
Population density2.6 per sq mi21st of 292,939th of 3,144
Median household income$79,00914th of 29624th of 3,143

Full data for Rich County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population2,687Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20202,503Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?2,511Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,029 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area57.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,086 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?2.6 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$79,009American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$334,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age38.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households923American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units3,373American 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
+12
33 births, 21 deaths
Net migration
-64
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 8 areas bordering Rich 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
Cache CountyUtah55 mi145,000
Morgan CountyUtah30 mi13,383
Lincoln CountyWyoming29 mi21,180
Bear Lake CountyIdaho24 mi6,727
Uinta CountyWyoming23 mi20,728
Summit CountyUtah17 mi43,141
Weber CountyUtah8.3 mi278,174
Franklin CountyIdahoa single point15,889

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.