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49015 County FIPS Code

Emery County

Utah · County seat: Castle Dale · Active county or equivalent

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FIPS code 49015 is Emery County, Utah. With a population of 9,898 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #21 in Utah and #2484 nationally. The state FIPS code for Utah is 49. This code is used in Census Bureau, BLS, EPA, HUD, and USDA federal datasets to identify this county.

County FIPS

49015

State FIPS

49

UT

Population

9,898

2022 ACS · #2484 nationally

Density

2.2/mi²

people per sq mile

Land Area

4,462

sq miles

Urban/Rural

Nonmetro — completely rural

RUCC 9

How This FIPS Code Works

49 015
49 = State FIPS (Utah)
015 = County FIPS

The 5-digit FIPS code 49015 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 49 (Utah) with the 3-digit county identifier 015. Together they uniquely identify Emery County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.

Census ACS Data for FIPS 49015

From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 49015.

Median Household Income

$67,056

ACS B19013_001E

Poverty Rate

11.8%

ACS B17001 (below poverty level)

Median Age

38.4

ACS B01002_001E

Adjacent Counties (7)

Counties that share a border with Emery County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 49015.

Federal Datasets Using Code 49015

FIPS code 49015 appears as the county identifier in the following federal datasets. Analysts joining data across these sources use this code as the common geographic key.

Using FIPS Code 49015 in Code

Common patterns for querying federal datasets by this county's FIPS code. The leading zeros are significant — always treat FIPS codes as strings, not integers.

Census ACS API — Python 49015
import requests

url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
    "get":  "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
    "for":  "county:015",
    "in":   "state:49",
    "key":  "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json()  # [[header...], [Emery County, Utah, income, pop, ...]
SQL — filtering by county FIPS 49015
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '49015';

-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '49'
  AND county_fips = '015';

-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 49015 is WRONG for this county
R — tidycensus 49015
library(tidycensus)

get_acs(
  geography = "county",
  variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
  state     = "49",
  county    = "015",
  year      = 2022
)
Zero-padding reminder: FIPS codes must always be stored and compared as zero-padded strings. 49 (not 49) and 015 (not 15) — losing the leading zeros is one of the most common data-join bugs in federal datasets. Full guide →

ZIP Codes in Emery County

ZIP codes do not align perfectly with county boundaries — a single ZIP code can span multiple counties, and a county can contain parts of many ZIP codes. The ratios below (from the Census 2020 ZCTA relationship file) show the land area share of each ZCTA that falls within Emery County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →

ZIP Code % in county
84537 100.0%
84516 100.0%
84518 100.0%
84521 100.0%
84522 100.0%
84523 100.0%
84513 100.0%
84528 100.0%
84525 80.0%

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