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Mineral County, Colorado

A county in Colorado, ranked 62 of 64 by population.

CountyFIPS 08079Sparse data

Within Colorado
Mineral County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data.

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Population
910
+40 (+4.6%) since 2020
Land area
875.8
square miles. A further 0.2% of the total area is water
Population density
1.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Creede
Seat of county government.
Established
1893
132 years ago
Largest city
City of Creede town
Population 275.

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 Mineral 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 Mineral 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 524 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 Mineral 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
Population91062nd of 643,111th of 3,144
Land area875.8 sq mi46th of 64924th of 3,144
Population density1.0 per sq mi60th of 643,067th of 3,144
Median household income$56,25050th of 642,394th of 3,143

Full data for Mineral County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population910Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020870Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?865Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area875.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.0 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area877.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?1.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$56,250American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$430,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age56.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households386American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units1,179American 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
-6
7 births, 13 deaths
Net migration
-8
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 4 areas bordering Mineral 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
Hinsdale CountyColorado47 mi753
Rio Grande CountyColorado31 mi11,087
Saguache CountyColorado26 mi6,732
Archuleta CountyColorado26 mi14,306

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.