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Kit Carson County, Colorado

A county in Colorado, ranked 43 of 64 by population.

CountyFIPS 08063

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

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Population
7,069
+7 (+0.1%) since 2020
Land area
2,161
square miles. A further 0.0% of the total area is water
Population density
3.3
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Burlington
Seat of county government.
Established
1889
136 years ago
Largest city
Burlington city
Population 3,164.

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 Kit Carson 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 Kit Carson 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 529 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 Kit Carson 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
Population7,06943rd of 642,653rd of 3,144
Land area2,161 sq mi18th of 64258th of 3,144
Population density3.3 per sq mi49th of 642,880th of 3,144
Median household income$70,25937th of 641,181st of 3,143

Full data for Kit Carson County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population7,069Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20207,062Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?7,081Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area2,161 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.87 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area2,162 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?3.3 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$70,259American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$239,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households2,896American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units3,428American 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
-10
76 births, 86 deaths
Net migration
+53
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 7 areas bordering Kit Carson 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
Cheyenne CountyColorado60 mi1,713
Yuma CountyColorado40 mi9,896
Lincoln CountyColorado37 mi5,645
Sherman CountyKansas30 mi5,763
Washington CountyColorado19 mi4,732
Wallace CountyKansas5.9 mi1,441
Cheyenne CountyKansas0.4 mi2,604

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.