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Sanpete County, Utah

A county in Utah, ranked 13 of 29 by population.

CountyFIPS 49039

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

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Population
31,453
+2,925 (+10.3%) since 2020
Land area
1,590
square miles. A further 0.8% of the total area is water
Population density
19.8
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Manti
Seat of county government.
Established
1852
173 years ago
Largest city
Ephraim city
Population 6,393.

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 Sanpete 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 Sanpete 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 629 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 Sanpete 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
Population31,45313th of 291,407th of 3,144
Land area1,590 sq mi19th of 29381st of 3,144
Population density19.8 per sq mi11th of 292,255th of 3,144
Median household income$70,08322nd of 291,194th of 3,143

Full data for Sanpete County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population31,453Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202028,528Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?28,437Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,590 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area12.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,602 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?19.8 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$70,083American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$347,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age33.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households8,888American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units10,578American 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
+167
436 births, 269 deaths
Net migration
+406
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 6 areas bordering Sanpete 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
Juab CountyUtah61 mi13,567
Emery CountyUtah49 mi10,177
Sevier CountyUtah40 mi22,827
Utah CountyUtah21 mi759,859
Millard CountyUtah19 mi14,057
Carbon CountyUtah7.5 mi20,680

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.