| ZIP Codes: | 5 ZIP Codes (4 Standard, 1 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 719 |
| Timezone: | Mountain (GMT -07:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:11:34 PM |
| Population: | 12,101 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 08099 |
| Land Area: | 1,797 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 7 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 38.0148, -102.4437 |
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12,101 residents live across 5 ZIPs covering 1,797 sq mi, served by 5 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 12,515 to 12,101 from 2014 to 2024 — a -3.3% change. 0 ZIPs gained residents, 5 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 81092 (Wiley, $66,719 median) and poorest ZIP 81047 (Holly, $43,050) are 36.3 miles apart — a 1.5× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 1.9× across this county — from $122,000 in 81041 (Granada) to $230,700 in 81092 (Wiley).
Density varies 10× across the county — from 1 people/sq mi in 81041 (Granada) to 15 in 81052 (Lamar).
Educational attainment ranges from 15.5% bachelor's+ in 81047 (Holly) to 27.2% in 81092 (Wiley) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Colorado, this is the #37 most populous of 65 counties and ranks #64 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $56,598 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
19.4% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (1,509 of 7,766 reporting).
4 Standard delivery, 1 PO Box only, 0 single-entity Unique ZIPs serve this county.
A frontier county — vast land area with only a few residents per square mile. Daily life looks very different here than in the country's denser counties.
One ZIP holds the majority of this county's population — a sign of a county built around a single city or town.