Utah County Distress Index
Financial distress scores for all 29 counties in Utah, scored 0–100 across five domains. A county's score is the share of U.S. counties it is more distressed than; the average Utah county scores 23.9.
Data: U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Urban Institute, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts | Scores as of Aug 2026
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San Juan County is the most distressed of Utah's 29 counties
County Distress Index score for Utah's 29 counties, from green (least distressed, 0–29) to red (most distressed, 80–100). Data from 2024 to Aug 2026.
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County Distress Index score · data from 2024 to Aug 2026
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Score Distribution
How Utah's 29 county scores are distributed across the 0–100 scale.
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29 counties ranked by distress score. Click column headers to sort.
| State Rank | Nat'l Rank | County | Score | Score Label | Primary Driver |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | — | San Juan County | 62 | moderate-high county distress | Labor |
| 2 | — | Carbon County | 53 | moderate county distress | Labor |
| 3 | — | Grand County | 47 | moderate-low county distress | Debt Burden (housing basis) |
| 4 | — | Piute County | 45 | moderate-low county distress | Labor |
| 5 | — | Washington County | 38 | low-moderate county distress | Debt Burden (housing basis) |
| 6 | — | Uintah County | 36 | low-moderate county distress | Labor |
| 7 | — | Sevier County | 33 | low-moderate county distress | Labor |
| 8 | — | Weber County | 32 | low-moderate county distress | Default & Legal |
| 9 | — | Duchesne County | 30 | low-moderate county distress | Labor |
| 10 | — | Salt Lake County | 29 | low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 11 | — | Iron County | 28 | low county distress | Debt Burden (housing basis) |
| 12 | — | Garfield County | 25 | low county distress | Labor |
| 13 | — | Daggett County | 24 | low county distress | Labor |
| 14 | — | Sanpete County | 24 | low county distress | Labor |
| 15 | — | Emery County | 23 | low county distress | Labor |
| 16 | — | Rich County | 17 | very low county distress | Labor |
| 17 | — | Kane County | 17 | very low county distress | Labor |
| 18 | — | Utah County | 16 | very low county distress | Labor |
| 19 | — | Tooele County | 16 | very low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 20 | — | Box Elder County | 15 | very low county distress | Labor |
| 21 | — | Cache County | 14 | very low county distress | Debt Burden (housing basis) |
| 22 | — | Millard County | 13 | very low county distress | Labor |
| 23 | — | Davis County | 11 | very low county distress | Default & Legal |
| 24 | — | Juab County | 11 | very low county distress | Labor |
| 25 | — | Wayne County | 9 | exceptionally low county distress | Labor |
| 26 | — | Beaver County | 5 | exceptionally low county distress | Safety Net & Buffer |
| 27 | 3,051 | Summit County | 2 | exceptionally low county distress | Debt Burden (housing basis) |
| 28 | 3,069 | Wasatch County | 2 | exceptionally low county distress | Debt Burden (housing basis) |
| 29 | 3,087 | Morgan County | 1 | exceptionally low county distress | Labor |
How County Scores Work
Each county is scored 0–100 using five equal-weighted domains. Each domain averages its member indicators' county ranks, the domains are averaged, and that average is ranked against every U.S. county. So a county's score is the share of U.S. counties it is more distressed than. National ranks are shown only for the 100 most and 100 least distressed counties, because ranks in between move between updates. Counties with identical composite scores share a rank, marked T- for tied.
Urban Institute data: Breno Braga, Signe-Mary McKernan, Samantha Atherton, and Kassandra Martinchek, "Debt in America," last updated November 20, 2025, https://datacatalog.urban.org/dataset/debt-america-2025. Licensed under ODC-By 1.0. The County Distress Index is American Default Research's own calculation; the Urban Institute does not produce or endorse it.