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Montezuma County, Colorado

A county in Colorado, ranked 22 of 64 by population.

CountyFIPS 08083

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

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Population
26,678
+788 (+3.0%) since 2020
Land area
2,029
square miles. A further 0.5% of the total area is water
Population density
13.1
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Cortez
Seat of county government.
Established
1889
136 years ago
Largest city
Cortez city
Population 9,126.

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 Montezuma 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 Montezuma 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 620 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 Montezuma 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
Population26,67822nd of 641,552nd of 3,144
Land area2,029 sq mi20th of 64281st of 3,144
Population density13.1 per sq mi30th of 642,453rd of 3,144
Median household income$65,24440th of 641,616th of 3,143

Full data for Montezuma County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population26,678Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202025,890Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?25,848Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area2,029 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area10.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area2,040 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?13.1 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$65,244American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$331,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age44.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households11,269American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units12,375American 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
-106
242 births, 348 deaths
Net migration
+90
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 Montezuma 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
Dolores CountyColorado64 mi2,466
La Plata CountyColorado63 mi56,898
San Juan CountyNew Mexico37 mi120,340
San Juan CountyUtah34 mi14,542
Apache CountyArizonaa single point64,445
San Juan CountyColoradoa single point813

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.