Colorado · Census place 0837820

Hudson, Colorado

Hudson is a town in Weld County, Colorado with an estimated 1,617 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 128th largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,617
#128 of 149 in Colorado
Change since 2020
-1.8%
-30 people
Land area
5.9 sq mi
+ 0.08 sq mi water
Density
274 / sq mi
State median 1,848
Orange pin: Hudson. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Denver.

Hudson population, 2020 to 2024

Hudson lost 30 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.8%. In the latest year it moved by +2.

1,64720201,63620211,63520221,61520231,6172024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,645. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Hudson covers 5.90 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 274 people per square mile of land. The median Colorado place of 5,000+ has 1,848, so Hudson is less dense than the typical town.

What county Hudson is in

All of Hudson's residents live in Weld County, which had 369,745 residents in 2024. Hudson holds 0.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Hudson

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Hudson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 80642, 80643. 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 Hudson is

The Census internal point of Hudson is at 40.091700, -104.593700. Denver, the capital, is 32.0 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Keenesburg, CO (2,054 people), 4.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Thornton, CO, 21.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.091700, -104.593700
DMS
40°05'30.12"N 104°35'37.32"W
UTM
13N 534635.3E 4438014.2N
Geohash
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Plus code
85GQ3CR4+MG

Daylight in Hudson

At 40.09° N, Hudson 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 42 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Hudson

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Colorado, measured between internal points. The closest is Keenesburg, 4.7 miles away, with 2,054 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Hudson, CO?

1,617 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 30 (1.8%) from 1,647 in July 2020.

What county is Hudson in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Hudson?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 80642, 80643.

How far is Hudson from Denver?

32.0 miles (51.5 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Hudson.

What is the nearest larger city to Hudson?

Keenesburg, CO, with 2,054 residents, 4.7 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.