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Moffat County, Colorado

A county in Colorado, ranked 35 of 64 by population.

CountyFIPS 08081

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

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Population
13,122
-145 (-1.1%) since 2020
Land area
4,743
square miles. A further 0.2% of the total area is water
Population density
2.8
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Craig
Seat of county government.
Established
1911
114 years ago
Largest city
Craig city
Population 8,874.

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 Moffat 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 Moffat 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 510 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 Moffat 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
Population13,12235th of 642,218th of 3,144
Land area4,743 sq mi2nd of 6491st of 3,144
Population density2.8 per sq mi52nd of 642,923rd of 3,144
Median household income$73,84931st of 64927th of 3,143

Full data for Moffat County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population13,122Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202013,267Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?13,293Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area4,743 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area7.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area4,751 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?2.8 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$73,849American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$289,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households5,390American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units6,136American 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
+58
166 births, 108 deaths
Net migration
-237
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 Moffat 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
Rio Blanco CountyColorado86 mi6,683
Routt CountyColorado60 mi25,329
Sweetwater CountyWyoming59 mi41,267
Carbon CountyWyoming31 mi14,013
Uintah CountyUtah30 mi38,278
Daggett CountyUtah23 mi934

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.