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Elbert County, Colorado

A county in Colorado, ranked 20 of 64 by population.

CountyFIPS 08039

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

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Population
30,534
+4,323 (+16.5%) since 2020
Land area
1,850
square miles. A further 0.0% of the total area is water
Population density
16.5
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Kiowa
Seat of county government.
Established
1874
151 years ago
Largest city
Elizabeth town
Population 2,957.

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 Elbert 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 Elbert 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 766 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 Elbert 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
Population30,53420th of 641,429th of 3,144
Land area1,850 sq mi21st of 64315th of 3,144
Population density16.5 per sq mi28th of 642,351st of 3,144
Median household income$132,6852nd of 6424th of 3,143

Full data for Elbert County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population30,534Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202026,211Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?26,050Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,850 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.17 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,850 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?16.5 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$132,685American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$709,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age45.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households10,004American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units10,510American 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
+57
272 births, 215 deaths
Net migration
+1,153
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 4 areas bordering Elbert 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
Lincoln CountyColorado67 mi5,645
El Paso CountyColorado51 mi757,040
Arapahoe CountyColorado51 mi673,820
Douglas CountyColorado30 mi399,396

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.