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Garfield County, Colorado

A county in Colorado, ranked 13 of 64 by population.

CountyFIPS 08045

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

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Population
63,474
+1,681 (+2.7%) since 2020
Land area
2,947
square miles. A further 0.3% of the total area is water
Population density
21.5
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Glenwood Springs
Seat of county government.
Established
1883
142 years ago
Largest city
Rifle city
Population 10,844.

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 Garfield 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 Garfield 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 419 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 Garfield 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
Population63,47413th of 64861st of 3,144
Land area2,947 sq mi8th of 64176th of 3,144
Population density21.5 per sq mi23rd of 642,193rd of 3,144
Median household income$91,13119th of 64279th of 3,143

Full data for Garfield County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population63,474Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202061,793Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?61,686Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area2,947 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area8.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area2,956 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?21.5 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$91,131American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$527,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age37.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households23,404American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units24,953American 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
+337
753 births, 416 deaths
Net migration
-681
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 Garfield 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 CountyColorado138 mi6,683
Mesa CountyColorado87 mi162,845
Eagle CountyColorado42 mi54,291
Pitkin CountyColorado17 mi16,625
Routt CountyColorado12 mi25,329
Uintah CountyUtah11 mi38,278
Grand CountyUtah9.0 mi9,790

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.