Parker, Colorado

Parker population, 2020 to 2024

Parker added 6,620 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +11.2%. In the latest year it moved by +2,555. Among 79 Colorado places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 17th; the median place changed by +3.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Colorado has 14,061 people, so Parker is 4.7 times that size.

Parker covers 22.45 square miles of land, for 2,916 people per square mile of land. The median Colorado place of 5,000+ has 1,848, so Parker is denser than the typical town.

What county Parker is in

All of Parker's residents live in Douglas County, which had 393,995 residents in 2024. Parker holds 16.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Parker

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Parker by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 80134, 80138. 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 Parker is

The Census internal point of Parker is at 39.505900, -104.775800. Denver, the capital, is 19.6 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Centennial, CO (108,853 people), 7.5 miles away.

Daylight in Parker

At 39.51° N, Parker gets about 14 h 58 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 23 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 35 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Parker

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Colorado, measured between internal points. The closest is Lone Tree, 5.4 miles away, with 14,061 people.