Yuma County, Colorado

Yuma County population, land area and income

Yuma County had 10,048 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 2,364.4 square miles of land. It ranks 38th of 64 in Colorado by population and 14th by land area. That works out to 4.2 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; Yuma County is somewhat smaller.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $61,870 is below the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Yuma County's population changed since 2020

Yuma County gained 78 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 0.8%. That ranks 38th 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, Yuma County recorded 551 births and 433 deaths, a natural change of +118. Net international migration added +565 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -626. The largest single component was domestic migration, which removed 626 people.

Where Yuma County is

The Census internal point of Yuma County is at 40.000800, -102.421600. 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 Yuma County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Yuma County

2 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Yuma County, 5,835 people together, or 58% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Yuma County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Yuma with 3,472.

Counties bordering Yuma County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 7 neighbors for Yuma County, including 3 across a state line. The most populous is Logan County, CO, with 20,755 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Logan County

  20,755 people

  61 mi NW

• Kit Carson County

  7,080 people

  49 mi SSW

• Washington County

  4,771 people

  42 mi W

• Phillips County

  4,488 people

  41 mi N

• NE

  Chase County, NE

  3,764 people

  53 mi NE

• KS

  Cheyenne County, KS

  2,646 people

  40 mi ESE

• NE

  Dundy County, NE

  1,581 people

  41 mi ENE

Distance to Denver and the nearest big city

Denver is 137.1 miles W of Yuma County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Aurora, CO (population 403,130), 123.6 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Sterling, CO (population 13,114), 59.0 miles away.

Yuma County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Yuma County is 08125: state code 08 for Colorado plus county code 125. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $61,870.