Colorado · Census place 0859005

Pierce, Colorado

Pierce is a town in Weld County, Colorado with an estimated 1,087 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 146th largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,087
#146 of 149 in Colorado
Change since 2020
-1.1%
-12 people
Land area
1.9 sq mi
Density
584 / sq mi
State median 1,848
Orange pin: Pierce. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Denver.

Pierce population, 2020 to 2024

Pierce lost 12 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.1%. In the latest year it moved by +0.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,100. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Pierce covers 1.86 square miles of land, for 584 people per square mile of land. The median Colorado place of 5,000+ has 1,848, so Pierce is less dense than the typical town.

What county Pierce is in

All of Pierce's residents live in Weld County, which had 369,745 residents in 2024. Pierce holds 0.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Pierce

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Pierce by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 80650. 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 Pierce is

The Census internal point of Pierce is at 40.647600, -104.780100. Denver, the capital, is 63.7 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Ault, CO (2,660 people), 4.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Greeley, CO, 16.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.647600, -104.780100
DMS
40°38'51.36"N 104°46'48.36"W
UTM
13N 518592.1E 4499661.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
85GQJ6X9+2X

Daylight in Pierce

At 40.65° N, Pierce gets about 15 h 05 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 16 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 50 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Pierce

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Colorado, measured between internal points. The closest is Ault, 4.6 miles away, with 2,660 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Pierce, CO?

1,087 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 12 (1.1%) from 1,099 in July 2020.

What county is Pierce in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Pierce?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 80650.

How far is Pierce from Denver?

63.7 miles (102.5 km) in a straight line, heading S from Pierce.

What is the nearest larger city to Pierce?

Ault, CO, with 2,660 residents, 4.5 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.