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49043 County FIPS Code

Summit County

Utah · County seat: Coalville · Active county or equivalent

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FIPS code 49043 is Summit County, Utah. With a population of 42,524 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #10 in Utah and #1141 nationally. Summit County is part of the Heber, UT. 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

49043

State FIPS

49

UT

Population

42,524

2022 ACS · #1141 nationally

Density

22.7/mi²

people per sq mile

Land Area

1,872

sq miles

Urban/Rural

Nonmetro — urban 20K+, adjacent to metro

RUCC 4

How This FIPS Code Works

49 043
49 = State FIPS (Utah)
043 = County FIPS

The 5-digit FIPS code 49043 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 49 (Utah) with the 3-digit county identifier 043. Together they uniquely identify Summit County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.

Census ACS Data for FIPS 49043

From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 49043.

Median Household Income

$126,392

ACS B19013_001E

Poverty Rate

5.2%

ACS B17001 (below poverty level)

Median Age

40.5

ACS B01002_001E

Metropolitan Area

Adjacent Counties (8)

Counties that share a border with Summit County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 49043.

Federal Datasets Using Code 49043

FIPS code 49043 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 49043 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 49043
import requests

url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
    "get":  "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
    "for":  "county:043",
    "in":   "state:49",
    "key":  "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json()  # [[header...], [Summit County, Utah, income, pop, ...]
SQL — filtering by county FIPS 49043
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '49043';

-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '49'
  AND county_fips = '043';

-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 49043 is WRONG for this county
R — tidycensus 49043
library(tidycensus)

get_acs(
  geography = "county",
  variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
  state     = "49",
  county    = "043",
  year      = 2022
)
Zero-padding reminder: FIPS codes must always be stored and compared as zero-padded strings. 49 (not 49) and 043 (not 43) — losing the leading zeros is one of the most common data-join bugs in federal datasets. Full guide →

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

ZIP Code % in county
84061 100.0%
84017 100.0%
84024 100.0%
84033 100.0%
84098 100.0%
84055 100.0%
84060 75.5%
84036 71.6%
82930 70.6%

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