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Most sparsely populated, Utah counties · 2000

Utah counties with the fewest residents per square mile (2000). This list covers the 29 counties in Utah that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 29 is 6.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION DENSITYVS 1990

01Garfield County, UTUT5,2561+19%

02Wayne County, UTUT2,5871+15%

03Daggett County, UTUT9341+33%

04Kane County, UTUT8,5972+17%

05Millard County, UTUT14,0572+9%

06San Juan County, UTUT14,5422+14%

07Piute County, UTUT1,5092+12%

08Rich County, UTUT2,6872+14%

09Grand County, UTUT9,7902+28%

10Beaver County, UTUT7,3012+26%

11Juab County, UTUT13,5672+42%

12Emery County, UTUT10,1772+5%

13Duchesne County, UTUT20,8564+14%

14Uintah County, UTUT38,2786+14%

15Tooele County, UTUT87,4616+53%

16Box Elder County, UTUT65,3207+17%

17Sevier County, UTUT22,82710+22%

18Iron County, UTUT67,14110+62%

19Morgan County, UTUT13,38312+29%

20Wasatch County, UTUT38,51413+51%

21Carbon County, UTUT20,68014+1%

22Sanpete County, UTUT31,45314+40%

23Summit County, UTUT43,14116+92%

24Washington County, UTUT213,67037+86%

25Cache County, UTUT145,00078+30%

26Utah County, UTUT759,859184+40%

27Weber County, UTUT278,174322+24%

28Davis County, UTUT381,227736+27%

29Salt Lake County, UTUT1,220,9161,193+24%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS