San Juan County | SEUALG Resources

San Juan County is Utah’s largest County by area encompassing 7,884 square miles. The U.S. Census 2015 population estimates that 15,772 people live in the County.

The main agricultural products produced are wheat, alfalfa hay, safflower, sunflower seeds, beans, cattle and calves, sheep and lambs, goats, and horses and ponies. The 2015 estimate for total number of livestock in the County was 14,085 cattle and calves, 5,746 sheep, 2,578 goats, 2,116 horses and ponies. About eight percent of the farmland is irrigated, or a total of 120,645 acres.

The largest non-agricultural sectors in the County’s economy in 2009 were Government (1,599 jobs, or 38.2 percent), Education, Health and Social Services (15.1 percent), and Accommodation and Food Services (13.1 percent). Mining comprised 8.8 percent of the jobs in the County. In 2014 the County experienced a 3 percent decline in mineral lease payments, down to $1,172,675.

From 2000 to 2012, the County industries adding the most jobs were Education and Health Services (238 jobs added), Natural Resources and Mining (162 jobs added), and Professional and Business Services (138 jobs added). In 2013 the taxable mining sales in the county were the fourth highest in the state at $44,755,000. This brought an estimated $304,710 in tax revenues to the county.

The County is home to the Canyonlands National Park and the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. In 2013 tourism-related tax revenues totaled $654,241.