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49031 County FIPS Code

Piute County

Utah · County seat: Junction · Active county or equivalent

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FIPS code 49031 is Piute County, Utah. With a population of 1,764 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #28 in Utah and #3135 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

49031

State FIPS

49

UT

Population

1,764

2022 ACS · #3135 nationally

Density

2.3/mi²

people per sq mile

Land Area

758

sq miles

Urban/Rural

Nonmetro — completely rural

RUCC 9

How This FIPS Code Works

49 031
49 = State FIPS (Utah)
031 = County FIPS

The 5-digit FIPS code 49031 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 49 (Utah) with the 3-digit county identifier 031. Together they uniquely identify Piute County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.

Census ACS Data for FIPS 49031

From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 49031.

Median Household Income

$33,359

ACS B19013_001E

Poverty Rate

20.9%

ACS B17001 (below poverty level)

Median Age

49.5

ACS B01002_001E

Adjacent Counties (4)

Counties that share a border with Piute County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 49031.

Federal Datasets Using Code 49031

FIPS code 49031 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 49031 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 49031
import requests

url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
    "get":  "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
    "for":  "county:031",
    "in":   "state:49",
    "key":  "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json()  # [[header...], [Piute County, Utah, income, pop, ...]
SQL — filtering by county FIPS 49031
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '49031';

-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '49'
  AND county_fips = '031';

-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 49031 is WRONG for this county
R — tidycensus 49031
library(tidycensus)

get_acs(
  geography = "county",
  variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
  state     = "49",
  county    = "031",
  year      = 2022
)
Zero-padding reminder: FIPS codes must always be stored and compared as zero-padded strings. 49 (not 49) and 031 (not 31) — losing the leading zeros is one of the most common data-join bugs in federal datasets. Full guide →

ZIP Codes in Piute 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 Piute County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →

ZIP Code % in county
84740 100.0%
84723 100.0%
84732 100.0%
84743 100.0%
84750 100.0%
84712 61.4%
84744 4.0%

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