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Clear Creek County, Colorado

A county in Colorado, ranked 39 of 64 by population.

CountyFIPS 08019

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

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Population
8,994
-364 (-3.9%) since 2020
Land area
395.1
square miles. A further 0.3% of the total area is water
Population density
22.8
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Georgetown
Seat of county government.
Established
1861
164 years ago
Largest city
Idaho Springs city
Population 1,842.

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 Clear Creek 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 Clear Creek 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 590 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 Clear Creek 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
Population8,99439th of 642,491st of 3,144
Land area395.1 sq mi59th of 642,550th of 3,144
Population density22.8 per sq mi22nd of 642,134th of 3,144
Median household income$94,57716th of 64229th of 3,143

Full data for Clear Creek County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population8,994Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20209,358Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?9,364Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area395.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area396.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?22.8 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$94,577American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$608,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age49.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households4,677American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units5,814American 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
-12
54 births, 66 deaths
Net migration
-16
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 Clear Creek 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
Grand CountyColorado23 mi16,496
Park CountyColorado23 mi18,314
Gilpin CountyColorado23 mi6,073
Summit CountyColorado20 mi31,517
Jefferson CountyColorado12 mi580,451

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.