Craig, Colorado

Craig population, 2020 to 2024

Craig lost 142 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.6%. In the latest year it moved by -124. Among 79 Colorado places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 66th; the median place changed by +3.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Colorado has 14,061 people, so Craig is 63% of it.

Craig covers 5.07 square miles of land, for 1,756 people per square mile of land. The median Colorado place of 5,000+ has 1,848, so Craig is close to the typical town.

What county Craig is in

All of Craig's residents live in Moffat County, which had 13,142 residents in 2024. Craig holds 67.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Craig

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Craig by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 81625. 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 Craig is

The Census internal point of Craig is at 40.517100, -107.555400. Denver, the capital, is 146.0 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Steamboat Springs, CO (13,620 people), 38.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Boulder, CO, 126.1 miles away.

Daylight in Craig

At 40.52° N, Craig gets about 15 h 04 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 16 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 48 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Craig

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Colorado, measured between internal points. The closest is Hayden, 15.4 miles away, with 1,920 people.