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Logan County, Colorado

A county in Colorado, ranked 26 of 64 by population.

CountyFIPS 08075

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

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Population
20,654
-567 (-2.7%) since 2020
Land area
1,839
square miles. A further 0.3% of the total area is water
Population density
11.2
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Sterling
Seat of county government.
Established
1887
138 years ago
Largest city
Sterling city
Population 13,054.

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 Logan 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 Logan 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 660 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 Logan 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
Population20,65426th of 641,795th of 3,144
Land area1,839 sq mi23rd of 64319th of 3,144
Population density11.2 per sq mi32nd of 642,521st of 3,144
Median household income$51,82957th of 642,673rd of 3,143

Full data for Logan County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population20,654Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202021,221Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?21,532Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,839 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area6.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,845 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?11.2 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$51,829American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$245,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households8,203American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units8,741American 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
-85
183 births, 268 deaths
Net migration
+49
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 8 areas bordering Logan 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 CountyNebraska38 mi9,528
Washington CountyColorado36 mi4,732
Weld CountyColorado33 mi378,426
Phillips CountyColorado22 mi4,420
Sedgwick CountyColorado17 mi2,247
Morgan CountyColorado12 mi30,306
Kimball CountyNebraska10 mi3,391
Yuma CountyColorado6.1 mi9,896

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.