Colorado · Census place 0846465

Loveland, Colorado

Loveland is a city in Larimer County, Colorado with an estimated 81,102 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 15th largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
81,102
#15 of 149 in Colorado
Change since 2020
+6.2%
+4,727 people
Land area
35.8 sq mi
+ 1.50 sq mi water
Density
2,263 / sq mi
State median 1,848
Orange pin: Loveland. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Denver.

Loveland population, 2020 to 2024

Loveland added 4,727 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +6.2%. In the latest year it moved by +1,580. Among 79 Colorado places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 25th; the median place changed by +3.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Colorado has 14,061 people, so Loveland is 5.8 times that size.

76.4k202077.0k202178.0k202279.5k202381.1k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 76,367. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Loveland covers 35.84 square miles of land and 1.50 of water, for 2,263 people per square mile of land. The median Colorado place of 5,000+ has 1,848, so Loveland is denser than the typical town.

What county Loveland is in

All of Loveland's residents live in Larimer County, which had 374,574 residents in 2024. Loveland holds 21.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Loveland

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Loveland by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 80537, 80538. 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 Loveland is

The Census internal point of Loveland is at 40.416900, -105.063100. Denver, the capital, is 47.0 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Fort Collins, CO (170,924 people), 9.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.416900, -105.063100
DMS
40°25'0.84"N 105°03'47.16"W
UTM
13N 494646.7E 4474032.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
85GPCW8P+QQ

Daylight in Loveland

At 40.42° N, Loveland 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.

Places near Loveland

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Colorado, measured between internal points. The closest is Windsor, 8.9 miles away, with 41,734 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Loveland, CO?

81,102 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 4,727 (6.2%) from 76,375 in July 2020.

What county is Loveland in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Loveland?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 80537, 80538.

How far is Loveland from Denver?

47.0 miles (75.7 km) in a straight line, heading S from Loveland.

What is the nearest larger city to Loveland?

Fort Collins, CO, with 170,924 residents, 9.1 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.