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49047 County FIPS Code

Uintah County

Utah · County seat: Vernal · Active county or equivalent

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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

State FIPS

49

UT

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

49 047
49 = State FIPS (Utah)
047 = County FIPS

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.

Census ACS API — Python 49047
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, ...]
SQL — filtering by county FIPS 49047
-- 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
R — tidycensus 49047
library(tidycensus)

get_acs(
  geography = "county",
  variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
  state     = "49",
  county    = "047",
  year      = 2022
)
Zero-padding reminder: FIPS codes must always be stored and compared as zero-padded strings. 49 (not 49) and 047 (not 47) — losing the leading zeros is one of the most common data-join bugs in federal datasets. Full guide →

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%

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