Sevier County area

Sevier County, Utah covers 1,918.3 square miles: 1,910.5 square miles of land and 7.776 square miles of water. Its county seat is Richfield. An estimated 22,827 people lived there in 2025.

Official Census measurements · GEOID 490412026 Gazetteer · retrieved September 27, 2026
Land area1,910.5 mi²
Water area7.776 mi²
Population (2025)22,827
People per mi²12

County outline

Generalized outline of Sevier County, Utah
2025 Census cartographic boundary, fitted to this frame. County maps are not at a common scale. The 2026 area measurements below come from the separate Gazetteer release. Map source and limitations.

Where Sevier County is located

Sevier County highlighted on a map of all U.S. county equivalents. About the maps

Area breakdown

Land accounts for 99.6% of Sevier County’s measured area and water for 0.4%. Its combined area converts to 4,968.2 square kilometers or approximately 1,227,681 acres.

Green: land · blue: water

MeasurementSquare milesSquare kilometersAcres
Land1,910.4764,948.111,222,704.6
Water7.77620.144,976.6
Total1,918.2524,968.251,227,681.3

How Sevier County compares

By original Census land area, Sevier County ranks #17 of 29 in Utah and #299 of 3,222 nationally. National rankings include the 50 states, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

Its land area is 0.787 times the Utah county-equivalent median of 2,427.6 square miles. It accounts for 2.3% of the combined county land area in the state.

See the complete Utah ranking · What counts as a county equivalent?

Population and density of Sevier County

The Census Bureau estimates that 22,827 people lived in Sevier County on July 1, 2025. That ranks #1,743 of 3,222 county equivalents nationally and #14 of 29 in Utah. Since the April 1, 2020 estimates base of 21,507, the population has grown by 1,320 (+6.1%), compared with +8.2% for Utah as a whole.

With 1,910.5 square miles of land, that is 12 people per square mile (4.6 per km²), placing Sevier County #2,578 nationally for density and #14 in Utah. The median county equivalent has 47 people per square mile; the Utah median is 11. Put another way, there are about 54 acres of land per resident.

Estimated population, 2020–2025 · line scaled to this county’s own range
July 1202020212022202320242025
Estimate21,55421,89822,07822,37822,59222,827
Change—+344+180+300+214+235

U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 population estimates. Estimates are revised each year and are not decennial census counts. Density divides the whole population by the whole county’s land area, so it describes an average, not how settlement is distributed within the county. Population sources and methods.

Cities and towns in Sevier County

12 incorporated places lie at least partly in Sevier County. Together they are home to 19,785 people (86.7%); the other 3,042 (13.3%) live outside any incorporated place, in unincorporated communities and rural areas.

The largest is Richfield city, with 8,478 residents in the county. Among places with at least 1,000 residents in 2020, Monroe city grew fastest since then (+9.2%).

Incorporated placePopulation 2025Since 2020Land mi²
Richfield cityCounty seat8,478+4.1%6.218
Monroe city2,738+9.2%3.571
Salina city2,640+7.1%5.873
Aurora city1,062+6.9%0.936
Elsinore town906+7.3%2.663
Annabella town898+7.2%0.652
Redmond town820+7.2%0.936
Central Valley town690+6.6%2.116
Glenwood town496+6.9%0.52
Sigurd town431+6.9%1.113
Koosharem town3160%0.952
Joseph town310+6.9%0.869

Population: U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2025 subcounty estimates, counting only the part of each place inside Sevier County. Land: 2026 Census Gazetteer, for the whole place even where it extends into other counties. How communities are listed.

Metropolitan area

Sevier County is not part of any metropolitan or micropolitan statistical area in the Office of Management and Budget’s July 2023 delineation; 1,306 other county equivalents are also outside one. These areas are built around an urban core of at least 10,000 people plus the counties tied to it by commuting, so counties outside them are generally rural.

ZIP codes

12 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas have land in Sevier County, and each lies mostly inside the county.

846208465284654846578470184711847248473084739847448475484766

ZIP Code Tabulation Areas are the Census Bureau’s approximations of USPS ZIP Code service areas, from the 2020 Census relationship files. Post-office-box and single-address ZIP Codes have no tabulation area.

Counties bordering Sevier County

Sevier County shares a land border with 6 county equivalents. It has more land than 2 of them. The largest neighbor is Millard County (6,785.5 mi²) and the smallest is Piute County (758.2 mi²). Together with its neighbors, Sevier County forms a block of 20,550.6 mi² of land, of which it holds 9.3%.

Map of Sevier County and the 6 county equivalents that border it Millard County, Utah: 6,785.5 mi² landPiute County, Utah: 758.2 mi² landSanpete County, Utah: 1,589.8 mi² landEmery County, Utah: 4,462.6 mi² landWayne County, Utah: 2,461.1 mi² landBeaver County, Utah: 2,582.9 mi² land
Sevier County (dark) and its bordering county equivalents. Select a neighbor to open its profile. Drawn from the 2025 Census cartographic boundaries in an equal-area projection. How borders are determined.
Bordering county equivalentLand mi²Size vs. SevierCompare
Millard County6,785.53.6× largerCompare
Emery County4,462.62.3× largerCompare
Beaver County2,582.91.4× largerCompare
Wayne County2,461.11.3× largerCompare
Sanpete County1,589.81.2× smallerCompare
Piute County758.22.5× smallerCompare

How big is Sevier County compared with U.S. states?

Sevier County has more land than 1 of the 50 states. It is about 1.8 times the land area of Rhode Island (1,033.9 mi²), while Delaware, the next larger state, has 1 times as much land (1,948.6 mi²). Utah’s county land could hold about 43 areas the size of Sevier County.

Land area: Sevier County and the closest-sized states
Rhode Island1,033.9 mi²
Sevier County1,910.5 mi²
Delaware1,948.6 mi²

Another way to picture it: the same land area would fill a square about 43.7 miles (70.3 km) on each side. Real county shapes are rarely square, so this is a scale reference rather than a width or driving distance.

State figures are the sums of each state’s county-equivalent land measurements in the same Census release, so states and counties are compared on the same basis. Published state totals can differ slightly because of rounding. Compare all states · Counties bigger than entire states.

What stands out about Sevier County?

Sevier County has more land than 2,923 of the other 3,221 county equivalents in the dataset.

Land area compared with the typical county equivalent
Sevier County1,910.5 mi²
Utah median2,427.6 mi²
National median604.5 mi²

A median is the middle county-equivalent measurement, not the average of the largest and smallest. All three bars use the same linear scale. Very small areas may appear as a thin sliver; the labels retain their values.

Does including water change its rank?

Using land plus water places Sevier County at #334 nationally by total area, 35 places farther from the top than its land rank. Other county equivalents gain more area when their water measurements are included.

Its water share is 0.4%, compared with a national county-equivalent median of 1.2% — 0.8 percentage points lower. This describes the statistical geography’s land/water mix, not flood exposure or developable land.

Closest positions in the national land ranking

These entries sit immediately beside Sevier County in the national ranking. They can be in different states and are not necessarily geographic neighbors.

Land rankCounty equivalentLand mi²Comparison
#298Toole County, Montana1,914.9Compare
#299Sevier County, Utah1,910.5This county
#300Santa Fe County, New Mexico1,910.4Compare

Calculated from the same Census release as the area table. Total-area order uses original ALAND + AWATER; water shares and chart labels use published square miles. Calculation details.

Representative coordinates

The Census internal point is 38.746824, -111.811930. It represents a location inside the geography; it is not necessarily the centroid or the address of a courthouse.

Source and precision

U.S. Census Bureau, 2026 Gazetteer Files, Counties. Original ALAND: 4,948,109,927 m²; AWATER: 20,139,931 m². Rankings use ALAND; exact ties use ascending GEOID. Tables preserve Census-published square miles to three decimals, with conversions based on those values.

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Common questions

How big is Sevier County?

Sevier County, Utah has 1,910.5 square miles (4,948.1 km²) of land and 7.776 square miles of water, for a total area of 1,918.3 square miles. It ranks #299 of 3,222 U.S. county equivalents by land area.

Is Sevier County the largest county in Utah?

No. Sevier County ranks #17 of 29 in Utah by land area. The largest is San Juan County, with 7,823.7 square miles of land.

What counties border Sevier County?

Sevier County shares a land border with Millard County, Piute County, Sanpete County, Emery County, Wayne County, and Beaver County.

What is the population of Sevier County?

The Census Bureau estimates Sevier County had 22,827 residents on July 1, 2025, ranking #1,743 of 3,222 county equivalents. That is 12 people per square mile of land.

What is the county seat of Sevier County?

The county seat of Sevier County is Richfield.

What cities and towns are in Sevier County?

Sevier County has 12 incorporated places. The most populous five are Richfield city, Monroe city, Salina city, Aurora city, and Elsinore town; 3,042 residents live outside any incorporated place.

Is Sevier County part of a metropolitan area?

No. Sevier County is outside every metropolitan and micropolitan statistical area in the July 2023 OMB delineation.

How many ZIP codes are in Sevier County?

12 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas have land in Sevier County, and 12 of them have most of their land inside the county. Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas approximate USPS ZIP Code areas.

How does Sevier County compare with U.S. states?

It has more land than 1 of the 50 states, including Rhode Island (1,033.9 square miles of land).

How many acres of land are in Sevier County?

The land measurement converts to approximately 1,222,705 acres. Including water, total area is approximately 1,227,681 acres. One square mile equals 640 acres.

Why might another source show a different area?

Check whether it reports land or total area, its Census vintage, and its rounding. Our guide explains how to reconcile county area figures.

Can this establish a property boundary?

No. Statistical measurements and generalized maps do not establish property lines. Consult the relevant local surveying or land-records authority.

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