20,803 people (2024 Census estimate, +6.0% since 2020)
3,236 square miles of land · 6 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
15 active community water systems list Duchesne County in the area they serve, reporting 20,048 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| ROOSEVELT CITY WATER SYSTEM buys surface water · local government · UTAH07004 | 8,000 served |
| DUCHESNE COUNTY UPPER COUNTRY WID groundwater · local government · UTAH07059 | 2,100 served |
| JOHNSON WATER DISTRICT buys surface water · local government · UTAH07006 | 2,065 served |
| DUCHESNE WATER SYSTEM buys surface water · local government · UTAH07001 | 2,000 served |
| FRUITLAND WATER SSD groundwater · local government · UTAH07058 | 1,162 served |
| MYTON CITY buys surface water · local government · UTAH07002 | 1,075 served |
| EAST DUCHESNE CULINARY WID buys surface water · local government · UTAH07051 | 1,000 served |
| PINION FOREST SSD groundwater · private · UTAH07073 | 640 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 116 people were held in Duchesne County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2019), or 991 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2014 it was about 172.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
1 school district has its office in Duchesne County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $94 million — $61.2 million to run schools, about $11,252 per student, plus $28.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $35.8 million local (mostly property tax), $40.8 million state, $7.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $77.4 million.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Duchesne County about $5.5 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Very Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
89 bridges in Duchesne County: 18 in good condition, 65 fair, and 6 poor (6.7%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| SR-35 over DUCHESNE RIVER · built 1967 | 783 vehicles a day |
| IRR BIA RTE 7 over UINTAH RIVER · built 1963 | 100 vehicles a day |
| COUNTY ROAD over DUCHESNE RIVER · built 1942 | 63 vehicles a day |
| BOYS RANCH RD over LAKE FORK OVERFLOW CHAN. · built 1999 | 63 vehicles a day |
| SUNDOWN RIDGE RD. over CURRENT CREEK · built 1999 | 63 vehicles a day |
| COUNTY ROAD over DUCHESNE RIVER · built 1952 | 25 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $23.8 million of work in Duchesne County in fiscal 2025, about $1,213 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
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Nearby counties: Wasatch County (39 mi) · Carbon County (43 mi) · Summit County (49 mi) · Uintah County (49 mi) · Daggett County (64 mi) · Utah County (66 mi).