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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| Broomfield County | 34 | Broomfield | 2001 | 38,282 |
| Gilpin County | 150 | Central City | 1861 | 4,757 |
| Denver County | 153 | Denver | 1901 | 554,636 |
| Lake County | 377 | Leadville | 1861 | 7,812 |
| San Juan County | 388 | Silverton | 1876 | 558 |
| Clear Creek County | 396 | Georgetown | 1861 | 9,322 |
| Ouray County | 542 | Ouray | 1877 | 3,742 |
| Sedgwick County | 548 | Julesburg | 1889 | 2,747 |
| Teller County | 557 | Cripple Creek | 1899 | 20,555 |
| Summit County | 608 | Breckenridge | 1861 | 23,548 |
| Phillips County | 688 | Holyoke | 1889 | 4,480 |
| Alamosa County | 723 | Alamosa | 1913 | 14,966 |
| Custer County | 739 | Westcliffe | 1877 | 3,503 |
| Boulder County | 742 | Boulder | 1861 | 291,288 |
| Jefferson County | 772 | Golden | 1861 | 527,056 |
| Crowley County | 789 | Ordway | 1911 | 5,518 |
| Arapahoe County | 803 | Littleton | 1861 | 487,967 |
| Douglas County | 840 | Castle Rock | 1861 | 175,766 |
| Mineral County | 876 | Creede | 1893 | 831 |
| Rio Grande County | 913 | Del Norte | 1874 | 12,413 |
| Pitkin County | 970 | Aspen | 1881 | 14,872 |
| Chaffee County | 1,014 | Salida | 1861 | 16,242 |
| Dolores County | 1,067 | Dove Creek | 1881 | 1,844 |
| Hinsdale County | 1,118 | Lake City | 1874 | 790 |
| Delta County | 1,142 | Delta | 1883 | 27,834 |
| Adams County | 1,192 | Brighton | 1901 | 363,857 |
| Costilla County | 1,227 | San Luis | 1861 | 3,663 |
| Otero County | 1,263 | La Junta | 1889 | 20,311 |
| San Miguel County | 1,286 | Telluride | 1861 | 6,594 |
| Morgan County | 1,286 | Fort Morgan | 1889 | 27,171 |
| Conejos County | 1,287 | Conejos | 1861 | 8,400 |
| Archuleta County | 1,349 | Pagosa Springs | 1885 | 9,898 |
| Bent County | 1,514 | Las Animas | 1870 | 5,998 |
| Fremont County | 1,533 | Canon City | 1861 | 46,145 |
| Huerfano County | 1,591 | Walsenburg | 1861 | 7,862 |
| Jackson County | 1,613 | Walden | 1909 | 1,577 |
| Prowers County | 1,640 | Lamar | 1889 | 14,483 |
| Eagle County | 1,688 | Eagle | 1883 | 41,659 |
| La Plata County | 1,692 | Durango | 1874 | 43,941 |
| Cheyenne County | 1,782 | Cheyenne Wells | 1889 | 2,231 |
| Kiowa County | 1,771 | Eads | 1889 | 1,622 |
| Logan County | 1,839 | Sterling | 1887 | 20,504 |
| Grand County | 1,850 | Hot Sulphur Springs | 1874 | 12,442 |
| Elbert County | 1,851 | Kiowa | 1874 | 19,872 |
| Montezuma County | 2,037 | Cortez | 1889 | 23,830 |
| El Paso County | 2,127 | Colorado Springs | 1861 | 516,929 |
| Kit Carson County | 2,161 | Burlington | 1889 | 8,011 |
| Park County | 2,201 | Fairplay | 1861 | 14,523 |
| Montrose County | 2,241 | Montrose | 1883 | 33,432 |
| Routt County | 2,362 | Steamboat Springs | 1877 | 19,690 |
| Yuma County | 2,366 | Wray | 1889 | 9,841 |
| Pueblo County | 2,389 | Pueblo | 1866 | 141,472 |
| Washington County | 2,521 | Akron | 1887 | 4,926 |
| Baca County | 2,556 | Springfield | 1889 | 4,517 |
| Lincoln County | 2,586 | Hugo | 1889 | 6,087 |
| Larimer County | 2,601 | Fort Collins | 1861 | 251,494 |
| Garfield County | 2,948 | Glenwood Springs | 1883 | 43,791 |
| Saguache County | 3,169 | Saguache | 1866 | 5,917 |
| Rio Blanco County | 3,221 | Meeker | 1889 | 5,986 |
| Gunnison County | 3,239 | Gunnison | 1877 | 13,956 |
| Mesa County | 3,328 | Grand Junction | 1883 | 116,255 |
| Weld County | 3,993 | Greeley | 1861 | 180,936 |
| Moffat County | 4,742 | Craig | 1911 | 13,184 |
| Las Animas County | 4,773 | Trinidad | 1866 | 15,207 |
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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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