Colorado · Census place 0850480

Milliken, Colorado

Milliken is a town in Weld County, Colorado with an estimated 9,102 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 59th largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
9,102
#59 of 149 in Colorado
Change since 2020
+7.7%
+651 people
Land area
13.1 sq mi
+ 0.09 sq mi water
Density
697 / sq mi
State median 1,848
Orange pin: Milliken. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Denver.

Milliken population, 2020 to 2024

Milliken added 651 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +7.7%. In the latest year it moved by +29. Among 79 Colorado places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 20th; the median place changed by +3.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Colorado has 14,061 people, so Milliken is 65% of it.

8,45120208,69420219,05520229,07320239,1022024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 8,379. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Milliken covers 13.05 square miles of land and 0.09 of water, for 697 people per square mile of land. The median Colorado place of 5,000+ has 1,848, so Milliken is less dense than the typical town.

What county Milliken is in

All of Milliken's residents live in Weld County, which had 369,745 residents in 2024. Milliken holds 2.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Milliken

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Milliken by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 80534, 80543, 80651. 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 Milliken is

The Census internal point of Milliken is at 40.310500, -104.858400. Denver, the capital, is 40.1 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Johnstown, CO (20,639 people), 2.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Greeley, CO, 8.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.310500, -104.858400
DMS
40°18'37.80"N 104°51'30.24"W
UTM
13N 512032.0E 4462230.2N
Geohash
9xjmmfk3w
Plus code
85GQ846R+5J

Daylight in Milliken

At 40.31° N, Milliken gets about 15 h 03 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 18 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 45 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Milliken

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Colorado, measured between internal points. The closest is Johnstown, 2.8 miles away, with 20,639 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Milliken, CO?

9,102 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 651 (7.7%) from 8,451 in July 2020.

What county is Milliken in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Milliken?

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 80534, 80543, 80651.

How far is Milliken from Denver?

40.1 miles (64.5 km) in a straight line, heading S from Milliken.

What is the nearest larger city to Milliken?

Johnstown, CO, with 20,639 residents, 2.8 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)

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