Sevier County, Utah

A county in Utah, ranked 14 of 29 by population.

CountyFIPS 49041

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

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Population
22,827
+1,273 (+5.9%) since 2020
Land area
1,910
square miles. A further 0.4% of the total area is water
Population density
11.9
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Richfield
Seat of county government.
Established
1865
160 years ago
Largest city
Richfield city
Population 8,478.

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 Sevier 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 Sevier 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 800 by 493 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 Sevier 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
Population22,82714th of 291,693rd of 3,144
Land area1,910 sq mi17th of 29299th of 3,144
Population density11.9 per sq mi14th of 292,500th of 3,144
Median household income$74,88418th of 29850th of 3,143

Full data for Sevier County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population22,827Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202021,554Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?21,507Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,910 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area7.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,918 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?11.9 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$74,884American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$311,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age36.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households7,503American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units8,831American 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
+72
293 births, 221 deaths
Net migration
+164
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 Sevier 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
Millard CountyUtah62 mi14,057
Piute CountyUtah41 mi1,509
Sanpete CountyUtah40 mi31,453
Emery CountyUtah37 mi10,177
Wayne CountyUtah25 mi2,587
Beaver CountyUtah4.7 mi7,301

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.