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Park County, Colorado

A county in Colorado, ranked 27 of 64 by population.

CountyFIPS 08093

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

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Population
18,314
+889 (+5.1%) since 2020
Land area
2,194
square miles. A further 0.8% of the total area is water
Population density
8.4
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Fairplay
Seat of county government.
Established
1861
164 years ago
Largest city
Fairplay town
Population 743.

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 Park 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 Park 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 644 by 800 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 Park 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
Population18,31427th of 641,916th of 3,144
Land area2,194 sq mi17th of 64257th of 3,144
Population density8.4 per sq mi37th of 642,632nd of 3,144
Median household income$103,6709th of 64134th of 3,143

Full data for Park County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population18,314Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202017,425Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?17,397Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area2,194 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area16.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area2,210 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?8.4 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$103,670American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$532,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age51.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households8,988American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units14,066American 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
+19
155 births, 136 deaths
Net migration
-57
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 7 areas bordering Park 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
Chaffee CountyColorado46 mi20,831
Fremont CountyColorado35 mi50,039
Jefferson CountyColorado34 mi580,451
Summit CountyColorado33 mi31,517
Lake CountyColorado30 mi7,552
Teller CountyColorado30 mi24,756
Clear Creek CountyColorado23 mi8,994

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.