Prowers County, Colorado

Prowers County population, land area and income

Prowers County had 11,957 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 1,638.4 square miles of land. It ranks 36th of 64 in Colorado by population and 28th by land area. That works out to 7.3 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and in the bottom quarter nationally.

The median county-equivalent in Colorado has 15,336 residents; Prowers County is somewhat smaller.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $50,365 is in the bottom quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Prowers County's population changed since 2020

Prowers County lost 63 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 0.5%. That ranks 43rd of 64 in Colorado for growth. The median Colorado county changed by +1.7%, and the state as a whole by +2.9%.

Since the April 2020 estimates base, Prowers County recorded 626 births and 631 deaths, a natural change of -5. Net international migration added +223 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -271. The largest single component was domestic migration, which removed 271 people.

Where Prowers County is

The Census internal point of Prowers County is at 37.958400, -102.391800. It sits in UTM zone 13N. The map shades Colorado's 64 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Prowers County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Prowers County

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in Prowers County, 7,641 people together, or 64% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Prowers County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Lamar with 7,641.

Counties bordering Prowers County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 6 neighbors for Prowers County, including 3 across a state line. The most populous is Bent County, CO, with 5,779 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Bent County

  5,779 people

  37 mi W

• Baca County

  3,367 people

  46 mi S

• KS

  Hamilton County, KS

  2,488 people

  33 mi E

• KS

  Stanton County, KS

  2,071 people

  43 mi SE

• Kiowa County

  1,392 people

  36 mi NNW

• KS

  Greeley County, KS

  1,152 people

  48 mi NE

Distance to Denver and the nearest big city

Denver is 186.0 miles NW of Prowers County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Pueblo, CO (population 111,166), 122.5 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Garden City, KS (population 27,996), 83.9 miles away.

Prowers County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Prowers County is 08099: state code 08 for Colorado plus county code 099. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $50,365.