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Bent County, Colorado

A county in Colorado, ranked 48 of 64 by population.

CountyFIPS 08011

Within Colorado
Bent County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Las Animas, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
5,716
+244 (+4.5%) since 2020
Land area
1,513
square miles. A further 1.8% of the total area is water
Population density
3.8
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Las Animas
Seat of county government.
Established
1874
151 years ago
Largest city
Las Animas city
Population 2,325.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Bent County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Bent County, Colorado from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 684 by 800 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Bent County ranks

Position among the 64 counties of Colorado, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn ColoradoNationally
Population5,71648th of 642,756th of 3,144
Land area1,513 sq mi32nd of 64393rd of 3,144
Population density3.8 per sq mi48th of 642,843rd of 3,144
Median household income$50,17959th of 642,761st of 3,143

Full data for Bent County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population5,716Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20205,472Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?5,643Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,513 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area28.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,541 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?3.8 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$50,179American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$146,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households1,875American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units2,174American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-35
39 births, 74 deaths
Net migration
+6
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 5 areas bordering Bent County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Prowers CountyColorado43 mi11,884
Otero CountyColorado43 mi17,683
Kiowa CountyColorado36 mi1,412
Baca CountyColorado18 mi3,347
Las Animas CountyColorado18 mi14,391

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 64 counties of Colorado

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.