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49045 County FIPS Code

Tooele County

Utah · County seat: Tooele · Active county or equivalent

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FIPS code 49045 is Tooele County, Utah. With a population of 74,032 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #7 in Utah and #747 nationally. Tooele County is part of the Salt Lake City-Murray, 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

49045

State FIPS

49

UT

Population

74,032

2022 ACS · #747 nationally

Density

10.7/mi²

people per sq mile

Land Area

6,941

sq miles

Urban/Rural

Metro — 1M+ population

RUCC 1

How This FIPS Code Works

49 045
49 = State FIPS (Utah)
045 = County FIPS

The 5-digit FIPS code 49045 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 49 (Utah) with the 3-digit county identifier 045. Together they uniquely identify Tooele County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.

Census ACS Data for FIPS 49045

From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 49045.

Median Household Income

$95,545

ACS B19013_001E

Poverty Rate

4.5%

ACS B17001 (below poverty level)

Median Age

31.7

ACS B01002_001E

Metropolitan Area

Adjacent Counties (8)

Counties that share a border with Tooele County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 49045.

Federal Datasets Using Code 49045

FIPS code 49045 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 49045 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 49045
import requests

url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
    "get":  "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
    "for":  "county:045",
    "in":   "state:49",
    "key":  "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json()  # [[header...], [Tooele County, Utah, income, pop, ...]
SQL — filtering by county FIPS 49045
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '49045';

-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '49'
  AND county_fips = '045';

-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 49045 is WRONG for this county
R — tidycensus 49045
library(tidycensus)

get_acs(
  geography = "county",
  variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
  state     = "49",
  county    = "045",
  year      = 2022
)
Zero-padding reminder: FIPS codes must always be stored and compared as zero-padded strings. 49 (not 49) and 045 (not 45) — losing the leading zeros is one of the most common data-join bugs in federal datasets. Full guide →

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

ZIP Code % in county
84083 100.0%
84071 100.0%
84074 100.0%
84080 100.0%
84069 100.0%
84029 99.6%
84022 77.6%
84034 69.8%

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