Centennial, Colorado

Centennial population, 2020 to 2024

Centennial added 651 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.6%. In the latest year it moved by -210. Among 79 Colorado places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 52nd; the median place changed by +3.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Colorado has 14,061 people, so Centennial is 7.7 times that size.

Centennial covers 30.16 square miles of land and 0.15 of water, for 3,609 people per square mile of land. The median Colorado place of 5,000+ has 1,848, so Centennial is denser than the typical town.

What county Centennial is in

All of Centennial's residents live in Arapahoe County, which had 666,918 residents in 2024. Centennial holds 16.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Centennial

6 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Centennial by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 80015, 80016, 80111, 80112, 80121, 80122. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Centennial is

The Census internal point of Centennial is at 39.590900, -104.863800. Denver, the capital, is 12.1 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Aurora, CO (403,130 people), 11.2 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 1,748 m (5,735 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in Centennial

At 39.59° N, Centennial gets about 14 h 58 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 22 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 36 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Centennial daylight page.

Places near Centennial

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Colorado, measured between internal points. The closest is Greenwood Village, 3.1 miles away, with 15,288 people.