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San Miguel County, Colorado

A county in Colorado, ranked 40 of 64 by population.

CountyFIPS 08113

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

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Population
7,753
-300 (-3.7%) since 2020
Land area
1,287
square miles. A further 0.2% of the total area is water
Population density
6.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Telluride
Seat of county government.
Established
1883
142 years ago
Largest city
Telluride town
Population 2,454.

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 San Miguel 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 San Miguel 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 349 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 San Miguel 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
Population7,75340th of 642,592nd of 3,144
Land area1,287 sq mi35th of 64466th of 3,144
Population density6.0 per sq mi42nd of 642,727th of 3,144
Median household income$79,02428th of 64623rd of 3,143

Full data for San Miguel County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population7,753Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20208,053Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?8,068Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,287 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.0 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,289 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?6.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$79,024American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$720,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age43.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households4,604American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units6,656American 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
+27
63 births, 36 deaths
Net migration
-93
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 5 areas bordering San Miguel 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 CountyColorado78 mi2,466
Montrose CountyColorado59 mi44,591
Ouray CountyColorado30 mi5,265
San Juan CountyUtah19 mi14,542
San Juan CountyColorado15 mi813

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.