Trinidad, Colorado

Trinidad population, 2020 to 2024

Trinidad lost 156 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.9%. In the latest year it moved by -57. Among 79 Colorado places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 70th; the median place changed by +3.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Colorado has 14,061 people, so Trinidad is 58% of it.

Trinidad covers 9.39 square miles of land, for 871 people per square mile of land. The median Colorado place of 5,000+ has 1,848, so Trinidad is less dense than the typical town.

What county Trinidad is in

All of Trinidad's residents live in Las Animas County, which had 14,518 residents in 2024. Trinidad holds 56.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Trinidad

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Trinidad by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 81082. 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 Trinidad is

The Census internal point of Trinidad is at 37.173200, -104.490300. Denver, the capital, is 179.3 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Pueblo, CO (111,166 people), 76.0 miles away.

Daylight in Trinidad

At 37.17° N, Trinidad gets about 14 h 43 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 36 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 07 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Trinidad

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Colorado, measured between internal points. The closest is Walsenburg, 35.4 miles away, with 3,035 people.