30,732 people (2024 Census estimate, +7.7% since 2020)
1,590 square miles of land · 19 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.
20 active community water systems list Sanpete County in the area they serve, reporting 28,373 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| EPHRAIM CITY groundwater · local government · UTAH20011 | 7,000 served |
| MOUNT PLEASANT CITY groundwater (surface-influenced) · local government · UTAH20007 | 4,040 served |
| GUNNISON CITY groundwater · local government · UTAH20004 | 3,509 served |
| MANTI CITY groundwater (surface-influenced) · local government · UTAH20005 | 3,429 served |
| FAIRVIEW CITY WATER SYSTEM groundwater · local government · UTAH20012 | 2,092 served |
| CENTERFIELD TOWN WATER SYSTEM groundwater · local government · UTAH20001 | 1,700 served |
| MORONI CITY groundwater · local government · UTAH20013 | 1,600 served |
| FOUNTAIN GREEN groundwater · local government · UTAH20003 | 1,275 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 22 people were held in Sanpete County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2021), or 114 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2016 it was about 117.
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.
2 school districts have their office in Sanpete County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $45.4 million — $39 million to run schools, about $11,794 per student, plus $4.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $13.1 million local (mostly property tax), $33.4 million state, $5.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $14.5 million.
Spent $36.6 million — $32.4 million to run schools, about $11,768 per student, plus $2.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $11.3 million local (mostly property tax), $22.7 million state, $5.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $15.2 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 Sanpete County about $12.1 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Moderate; social vulnerability: Relatively Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
52 bridges in Sanpete County: 13 in good condition, 39 fair, and 0 poor (0.0%). “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.
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $10.7 million of work in Sanpete County in fiscal 2025, about $377 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.
Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for Utah are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Sanpete County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Sanpete County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Sevier County (45 mi) · Utah County (52 mi) · Emery County (52 mi) · Carbon County (57 mi) · Juab County (69 mi) · Wasatch County (70 mi).