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Huerfano County, Colorado

A county in Colorado, ranked 44 of 64 by population.

CountyFIPS 08055

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

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Population
7,011
+187 (+2.7%) since 2020
Land area
1,591
square miles. A further 0.1% of the total area is water
Population density
4.4
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Walsenburg
Seat of county government.
Established
1861
164 years ago
Largest city
Walsenburg city
Population 3,039.

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 Huerfano 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 Huerfano 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 658 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 Huerfano 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
Population7,01144th of 642,659th of 3,144
Land area1,591 sq mi30th of 64379th of 3,144
Population density4.4 per sq mi45th of 642,794th of 3,144
Median household income$52,52654th of 642,631st of 3,143

Full data for Huerfano County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population7,011Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20206,824Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?6,812Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,591 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,593 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?4.4 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$52,526American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$247,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age55.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households3,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units4,783American 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
-86
43 births, 129 deaths
Net migration
+106
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 Huerfano 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
Las Animas CountyColorado69 mi14,391
Costilla CountyColorado54 mi3,679
Pueblo CountyColorado41 mi169,277
Custer CountyColorado41 mi5,590
Alamosa CountyColorado14 mi16,688
Saguache CountyColorado14 mi6,732

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.