Colorado · Census place 0828360

Frederick, Colorado

Frederick is a town in Weld County, Colorado with an estimated 17,937 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 36th largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
17,937
#36 of 149 in Colorado
Change since 2020
+21.8%
+3,215 people
Land area
15.2 sq mi
+ 0.13 sq mi water
Density
1,179 / sq mi
State median 1,848
Orange pin: Frederick. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Denver.

Frederick population, 2020 to 2024

Frederick added 3,215 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +21.8%. In the latest year it moved by +262. Among 79 Colorado places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 10th; the median place changed by +3.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Colorado has 14,061 people, so Frederick is 1.3 times that size.

14.7k202015.8k202117.1k202217.7k202317.9k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 14,527. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Frederick covers 15.21 square miles of land and 0.13 of water, for 1,179 people per square mile of land. The median Colorado place of 5,000+ has 1,848, so Frederick is less dense than the typical town.

What county Frederick is in

All of Frederick's residents live in Weld County, which had 369,745 residents in 2024. Frederick holds 4.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Frederick

4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Frederick by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 80504, 80514, 80516, 80530. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Frederick is

The Census internal point of Frederick is at 40.105900, -104.974500. Denver, the capital, is 25.4 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Firestone, CO (19,396 people), 3.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Thornton, CO, 12.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.105900, -104.974500
DMS
40°06'21.24"N 104°58'28.20"W
UTM
13N 502173.3E 4439511.5N
Geohash
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Plus code
85GQ424G+95

Daylight in Frederick

At 40.11° N, Frederick gets about 15 h 02 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 19 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 43 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Frederick

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Colorado, measured between internal points. The closest is Dacono, 3.3 miles away, with 6,748 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Frederick, CO?

17,937 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 3,215 (21.8%) from 14,722 in July 2020.

What county is Frederick in?

Weld County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Frederick?

4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 80504, 80514, 80516, 80530.

How far is Frederick from Denver?

25.4 miles (40.8 km) in a straight line, heading S from Frederick.

What is the nearest larger city to Frederick?

Firestone, CO, with 19,396 residents, 3.7 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.