COLORADO COUNTIES |
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| There are 64 administrative divisions, referred to as counties, in the state of Colorado. The population figures given below are from the 2000 census. You may list the counties by county name, by area in square miles, by year organized or by population by clicking on the column headings or using the pull-down list box. | ||||
| County | Area (sq miles) | County Seat | Established | Population (2000) |
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| Adams County | 1,192 | Brighton | 1901 | 363,857 |
| Alamosa County | 723 | Alamosa | 1913 | 14,966 |
| Arapahoe County | 803 | Littleton | 1861 | 487,967 |
| Archuleta County | 1,349 | Pagosa Springs | 1885 | 9,898 |
| Baca County | 2,556 | Springfield | 1889 | 4,517 |
| Bent County | 1,514 | Las Animas | 1870 | 5,998 |
| Boulder County | 742 | Boulder | 1861 | 291,288 |
| Broomfield County | 34 | Broomfield | 2001 | 38,282 |
| Chaffee County | 1,014 | Salida | 1861 | 16,242 |
| Cheyenne County | 1,782 | Cheyenne Wells | 1889 | 2,231 |
| Clear Creek County | 396 | Georgetown | 1861 | 9,322 |
| Conejos County | 1,287 | Conejos | 1861 | 8,400 |
| Costilla County | 1,227 | San Luis | 1861 | 3,663 |
| Crowley County | 789 | Ordway | 1911 | 5,518 |
| Custer County | 739 | Westcliffe | 1877 | 3,503 |
| Delta County | 1,142 | Delta | 1883 | 27,834 |
| Denver County | 153 | Denver | 1901 | 554,636 |
| Dolores County | 1,067 | Dove Creek | 1881 | 1,844 |
| Douglas County | 840 | Castle Rock | 1861 | 175,766 |
| Eagle County | 1,688 | Eagle | 1883 | 41,659 |
| El Paso County | 2,127 | Colorado Springs | 1861 | 516,929 |
| Elbert County | 1,851 | Kiowa | 1874 | 19,872 |
| Fremont County | 1,533 | Canon City | 1861 | 46,145 |
| Garfield County | 2,948 | Glenwood Springs | 1883 | 43,791 |
| Gilpin County | 150 | Central City | 1861 | 4,757 |
| Grand County | 1,850 | Hot Sulphur Springs | 1874 | 12,442 |
| Gunnison County | 3,239 | Gunnison | 1877 | 13,956 |
| Hinsdale County | 1,118 | Lake City | 1874 | 790 |
| Huerfano County | 1,591 | Walsenburg | 1861 | 7,862 |
| Jackson County | 1,613 | Walden | 1909 | 1,577 |
| Jefferson County | 772 | Golden | 1861 | 527,056 |
| Kiowa County | 1,771 | Eads | 1889 | 1,622 |
| Kit Carson County | 2,161 | Burlington | 1889 | 8,011 |
| La Plata County | 1,692 | Durango | 1874 | 43,941 |
| Lake County | 377 | Leadville | 1861 | 7,812 |
| Larimer County | 2,601 | Fort Collins | 1861 | 251,494 |
| Las Animas County | 4,773 | Trinidad | 1866 | 15,207 |
| Lincoln County | 2,586 | Hugo | 1889 | 6,087 |
| Logan County | 1,839 | Sterling | 1887 | 20,504 |
| Mesa County | 3,328 | Grand Junction | 1883 | 116,255 |
| Mineral County | 876 | Creede | 1893 | 831 |
| Moffat County | 4,742 | Craig | 1911 | 13,184 |
| Montezuma County | 2,037 | Cortez | 1889 | 23,830 |
| Montrose County | 2,241 | Montrose | 1883 | 33,432 |
| Morgan County | 1,286 | Fort Morgan | 1889 | 27,171 |
| Otero County | 1,263 | La Junta | 1889 | 20,311 |
| Ouray County | 542 | Ouray | 1877 | 3,742 |
| Park County | 2,201 | Fairplay | 1861 | 14,523 |
| Phillips County | 688 | Holyoke | 1889 | 4,480 |
| Pitkin County | 970 | Aspen | 1881 | 14,872 |
| Prowers County | 1,640 | Lamar | 1889 | 14,483 |
| Pueblo County | 2,389 | Pueblo | 1866 | 141,472 |
| Rio Blanco County | 3,221 | Meeker | 1889 | 5,986 |
| Rio Grande County | 913 | Del Norte | 1874 | 12,413 |
| Routt County | 2,362 | Steamboat Springs | 1877 | 19,690 |
| Saguache County | 3,169 | Saguache | 1866 | 5,917 |
| San Juan County | 388 | Silverton | 1876 | 558 |
| San Miguel County | 1,286 | Telluride | 1861 | 6,594 |
| Sedgwick County | 548 | Julesburg | 1889 | 2,747 |
| Summit County | 608 | Breckenridge | 1861 | 23,548 |
| Teller County | 557 | Cripple Creek | 1899 | 20,555 |
| Washington County | 2,521 | Akron | 1887 | 4,926 |
| Weld County | 3,993 | Greeley | 1861 | 180,936 |
| Yuma County | 2,366 | Wray | 1889 | 9,841 |
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Source: United States Census Bureau, http://www.census.gov, August 7, 2006.
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About Counties: Overview of counties from the National Association of Counties. History of County Government: Three-part history of county government in the United States from the National Association of Counties. The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, and Population Data, 1950-2000, by Joseph Nathan Cane and updated by by Charles Curry Aiken. Purchase the premiere guide to information on the histories of the names, sizes, and populations of the counties of the United States. Scarecrow Press; 5th edition (December 28, 2004) 560 pages. County Name Origins of the United States by Michael A. Beatty. This thorough and carefully prepared work is recommended for medium to large academic and public libraries. McFarland & Company (May 2001) 665 pages. | ||||
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