FIPS code 49047 is Uintah County, Utah. With a population of 35,951 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #11 in Utah and #1305 nationally. Uintah County is part of the Vernal, 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
49047
Population
35,951
2022 ACS · #1305 nationally
Density
8.0/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
4,480
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Nonmetro — urban 2.5K–19.9K, not adjacent to metro
RUCC 7
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 49047 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 49 (Utah) with the 3-digit county identifier 047. Together they uniquely identify Uintah County in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 49047
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 49047.
Median Household Income
$67,983
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
11.6%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
32.4
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (8)
Counties that share a border with Uintah County. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 49047.
Federal Datasets Using Code 49047
FIPS code 49047 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 49047 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.
import requests
url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
"get": "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
"for": "county:047",
"in": "state:49",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Uintah County, Utah, income, pop, ...]
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '49047';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '49'
AND county_fips = '047';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 49047 is WRONG for this county
library(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "49",
county = "047",
year = 2022
)
ZIP Codes in Uintah 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 Uintah County. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 84008 | 100.0% |
| 84026 | 100.0% |
| 84035 | 100.0% |
| 84039 | 100.0% |
| 84076 | 100.0% |
| 84078 | 100.0% |
| 84085 | 100.0% |
| 84063 | 100.0% |
| 84052 | 46.3% |
| 84053 | 32.8% |
| 84066 | 21.0% |