Colorado · Census place 0869645
Sheridan, Colorado
Sheridan is a city in Arapahoe County, Colorado with an estimated 5,932 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 74th largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 5,932
- #74 of 149 in Colorado
- Change since 2020
- -2.8%
- -172 people
- Land area
- 2.2 sq mi
- + 0.07 sq mi water
- Density
- 2,660 / sq mi
- State median 1,848
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Sheridan population, 2020 to 2024
Sheridan lost 172 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.8%. In the latest year it moved by -11. Among 79 Colorado places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 75th; the median place changed by +3.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Colorado has 14,061 people, so Sheridan is 42% of it.
Sheridan covers 2.23 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 2,660 people per square mile of land. The median Colorado place of 5,000+ has 1,848, so Sheridan is denser than the typical town.
What county Sheridan is in
All of Sheridan's residents live in Arapahoe County, which had 666,918 residents in 2024. Sheridan holds 0.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Sheridan
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Sheridan by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 80110. 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 Sheridan is
The Census internal point of Sheridan is at 39.647800, -105.017500. Denver, the capital, is 6.5 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Englewood, CO (35,238 people), 1.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lakewood, CO, 6.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 39.647800, -105.017500
- DMS
- 39°38'52.08"N 105°01'3.00"W
- UTM
- 13N 498498.6E 4388667.8N
- Geohash
- 9xj3d38t4
- Plus code
- 85FPJXXM+42
Daylight in Sheridan
At 39.65° N, Sheridan gets about 14 h 59 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 22 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 37 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Sheridan
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Colorado, measured between internal points. The closest is Englewood, 1.2 miles away, with 35,238 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Sheridan, CO?
5,932 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 172 (2.8%) from 6,104 in July 2020.
What county is Sheridan in?
Arapahoe County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Sheridan?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 80110.
How far is Sheridan from Denver?
6.5 miles (10.5 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Sheridan.
What is the nearest larger city to Sheridan?
Englewood, CO, with 35,238 residents, 1.2 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.