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La Plata County, Colorado

A county in Colorado, ranked 14 of 64 by population.

CountyFIPS 08067

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

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Population
56,898
+1,219 (+2.2%) since 2020
Land area
1,690
square miles. A further 0.6% of the total area is water
Population density
33.7
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Durango
Seat of county government.
Established
1874
151 years ago
Largest city
Durango city
Population 19,733.

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 La Plata 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 La Plata 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 726 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 La Plata 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
Population56,89814th of 64936th of 3,144
Land area1,690 sq mi26th of 64357th of 3,144
Population density33.7 per sq mi16th of 641,823rd of 3,144
Median household income$86,05623rd of 64404th of 3,143

Full data for La Plata County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population56,898Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202055,679Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?55,635Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,690 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area9.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,700 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?33.7 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$86,056American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$591,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age43.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households24,378American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units28,990American 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
+1
429 births, 428 deaths
Net migration
-36
More people moved out than moved in.

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

The 6 areas bordering La Plata 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
Montezuma CountyColorado63 mi26,678
San Juan CountyNew Mexico50 mi120,340
Archuleta CountyColorado29 mi14,306
San Juan CountyColorado27 mi813
Hinsdale CountyColorado15 mi753
Dolores CountyColoradoa single point2,466

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.