Colorado · Census place 0862000

Pueblo, Colorado

Pueblo is a city in Pueblo County, Colorado with an estimated 111,166 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 10th largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
111,166
#10 of 149 in Colorado
Change since 2020
-0.7%
-744 people
Land area
56.6 sq mi
+ 0.69 sq mi water
Density
1,963 / sq mi
State median 1,848
Orange pin: Pueblo. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Denver.

Pueblo population, 2020 to 2024

Pueblo lost 744 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.7%. In the latest year it moved by -129. Among 79 Colorado places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 57th; the median place changed by +3.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Colorado has 14,061 people, so Pueblo is 7.9 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 111,868. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Pueblo covers 56.62 square miles of land and 0.69 of water, for 1,963 people per square mile of land. The median Colorado place of 5,000+ has 1,848, so Pueblo is close to the typical town.

What county Pueblo is in

All of Pueblo's residents live in Pueblo County, which had 169,866 residents in 2024. Pueblo holds 65.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Pueblo

5 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Pueblo by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 81001, 81003, 81004, 81005, 81008. 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 Pueblo is

The Census internal point of Pueblo is at 38.269200, -104.610800. Denver, the capital, is 103.5 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Colorado Springs, CO (493,554 people), 42.1 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 1,422 m (4,665 ft) above sea level.

Internal point

Decimal
38.269200, -104.610800
DMS
38°16'9.12"N 104°36'38.88"W
UTM
13N 534045.5E 4235755.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
85CQ799Q+MM
Time zone
America/Denver

Daylight in Pueblo

At 38.27° N, Pueblo gets about 14 h 50 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 30 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 20 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Pueblo daylight page.

Places near Pueblo

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Colorado, measured between internal points. The closest is Florence, 27.6 miles away, with 3,883 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Pueblo, CO?

111,166 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 744 (0.7%) from 111,910 in July 2020.

What county is Pueblo in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Pueblo?

5 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 81001, 81003, 81004, 81005, 81008.

How far is Pueblo from Denver?

103.5 miles (166.6 km) in a straight line, heading N from Pueblo.

What is the nearest larger city to Pueblo?

Colorado Springs, CO, with 493,554 residents, 42.1 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)
  5. 05Open-Meteo forecast API (time zone and Copernicus GLO-90 elevation) (last verified 2026-09-30)

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