Colorado · Census place 0869150
Severance, Colorado
Severance is a town in Weld County, Colorado with an estimated 11,554 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 50th largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 11,554
- #50 of 149 in Colorado
- Change since 2020
- +44.4%
- +3,553 people
- Land area
- 12.9 sq mi
- + 0.21 sq mi water
- Density
- 896 / sq mi
- State median 1,848
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Severance population, 2020 to 2024
Severance added 3,553 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +44.4%. In the latest year it moved by +718. Among 79 Colorado places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 2nd; the median place changed by +3.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Colorado has 14,061 people, so Severance is 82% of it.
Severance covers 12.89 square miles of land and 0.21 of water, for 896 people per square mile of land. The median Colorado place of 5,000+ has 1,848, so Severance is less dense than the typical town.
What county Severance is in
All of Severance's residents live in Weld County, which had 369,745 residents in 2024. Severance holds 3.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Severance
4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Severance by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 80546, 80550, 80610, 80615. 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 Severance is
The Census internal point of Severance is at 40.505900, -104.863500. Denver, the capital, is 53.4 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Windsor, CO (41,734 people), 3.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Greeley, CO, 7.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.505900, -104.863500
- DMS
- 40°30'21.24"N 104°51'48.60"W
- UTM
- 13N 511565.2E 4483918.6N
- Geohash
- 9xjqmvbez
- Plus code
- 85GQG44P+9J
Daylight in Severance
At 40.51° N, Severance 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 48 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Severance
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Colorado, measured between internal points. The closest is Windsor, 3.3 miles away, with 41,734 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Severance, CO?
11,554 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 3,553 (44.4%) from 8,001 in July 2020.
What county is Severance in?
Weld County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Severance?
4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 80546, 80550, 80610, 80615.
How far is Severance from Denver?
53.4 miles (85.9 km) in a straight line, heading S from Severance.
What is the nearest larger city to Severance?
Windsor, CO, with 41,734 residents, 3.3 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.