Colorado · Census place 0832155

Greeley, Colorado

Greeley is a city in Weld County, Colorado with an estimated 114,363 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 9th largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
114,363
#9 of 149 in Colorado
Change since 2020
+4.6%
+5,074 people
Land area
50.1 sq mi
+ 0.37 sq mi water
Density
2,281 / sq mi
State median 1,848
Orange pin: Greeley. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Denver.

Greeley population, 2020 to 2024

Greeley added 5,074 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.6%. In the latest year it moved by +1,716. Among 79 Colorado places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 30th; the median place changed by +3.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Colorado has 14,061 people, so Greeley is 8.1 times that size.

109.3k2020108.6k2021109.2k2022112.6k2023114.4k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 108,809. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Greeley covers 50.14 square miles of land and 0.37 of water, for 2,281 people per square mile of land. The median Colorado place of 5,000+ has 1,848, so Greeley is denser than the typical town.

What county Greeley is in

All of Greeley's residents live in Weld County, which had 369,745 residents in 2024. Greeley holds 30.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Greeley

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Greeley by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 80631, 80634. 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 Greeley is

The Census internal point of Greeley is at 40.416600, -104.773300. Denver, the capital, is 48.1 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Fort Collins, CO (170,924 people), 17.8 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 1,485 m (4,872 ft) above sea level.

Internal point

Decimal
40.416600, -104.773300
DMS
40°24'59.76"N 104°46'23.88"W
UTM
13N 519232.9E 4474022.1N
Geohash
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Plus code
85GQC68G+JM
Time zone
America/Denver

Daylight in Greeley

At 40.42° N, Greeley gets about 15 h 04 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 17 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 47 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 Greeley daylight page.

Places near Greeley

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Colorado, measured between internal points. The closest is Evans, 4.8 miles away, with 22,394 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Greeley, CO?

114,363 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 5,074 (4.6%) from 109,289 in July 2020.

What county is Greeley in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Greeley?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 80631, 80634.

How far is Greeley from Denver?

48.1 miles (77.5 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Greeley.

What is the nearest larger city to Greeley?

Fort Collins, CO, with 170,924 residents, 17.8 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)
  5. 05Open-Meteo forecast API (time zone and Copernicus GLO-90 elevation) (last verified 2026-09-30)

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