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Lincoln County, Colorado

A county in Colorado, ranked 50 of 64 by population.

CountyFIPS 08073

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

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Population
5,645
-21 (-0.4%) since 2020
Land area
2,578
square miles. A further 0.3% of the total area is water
Population density
2.2
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Hugo
Seat of county government.
Established
1889
136 years ago
Largest city
Limon town
Population 2,021.

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 Lincoln 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 Lincoln 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 562 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 Lincoln 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
Population5,64550th of 642,764th of 3,144
Land area2,578 sq mi10th of 64208th of 3,144
Population density2.2 per sq mi54th of 642,967th of 3,144
Median household income$62,86145th of 641,813th of 3,143

Full data for Lincoln County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population5,645Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20205,666Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?5,678Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area2,578 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area8.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area2,587 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?2.2 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$62,861American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$246,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households1,971American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units2,382American 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
0
54 births, 54 deaths
Net migration
+44
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 9 areas bordering Lincoln 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
Elbert CountyColorado67 mi30,534
Kit Carson CountyColorado37 mi7,069
Crowley CountyColorado30 mi5,677
Cheyenne CountyColorado30 mi1,713
Washington CountyColorado30 mi4,732
Kiowa CountyColorado24 mi1,412
El Paso CountyColorado24 mi757,040
Arapahoe CountyColorado0.4 mi673,820
Pueblo CountyColorado98 ft169,277

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.