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El Paso County, Colorado

The most populous of Colorado's 64 counties.

CountyFIPS 08041

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

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Population
757,040
+23,319 (+3.2%) since 2020
Land area
2,126
square miles. A further 0.1% of the total area is water
Population density
356
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Colorado Springs
Seat of county government.
Established
1861
164 years ago
Largest city
Colorado Springs city
Population 494,743.

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 El Paso 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 El Paso 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 800 by 634 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 El Paso 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
Population757,0401st of 6489th of 3,144
Land area2,126 sq mi19th of 64261st of 3,144
Population density356 per sq mi8th of 64381st of 3,144
Median household income$90,36321st of 64292nd of 3,143

Full data for El Paso County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population757,040Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020733,721Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?731,786Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area2,126 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area2,129 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?356 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$90,363American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$461,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age35.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households290,190American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units303,482American 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
+3,405
9,351 births, 5,946 deaths
Net migration
+1,201
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 6 areas bordering El Paso 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
Elbert CountyColorado51 mi30,534
Pueblo CountyColorado48 mi169,277
Teller CountyColorado42 mi24,756
Lincoln CountyColorado24 mi5,645
Douglas CountyColorado20 mi399,396
Fremont CountyColorado9.0 mi50,039

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

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