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Demographics of Cheyenne County, Colorado

Cheyenne County, Colorado had 1,713 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −33 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the American Community Survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Cheyenne County, in four figures

1,713
Population
July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.
−1.9%
Change since July 2020
−33 people.
42.9 ±1.8
Median age
ACS 2020–⁠2024.
$70,865 ±$12,520
Median household income
ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. Each year's change is births less deaths, net moves from abroad and net moves from elsewhere in the country, with the Bureau's small residual. The 2020 row's components run 3 months, from the April census to July 1.

Cheyenne County, Colorado's population shrank 1.9% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Cheyenne County, Colorado's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

U.S. Census Bureau — Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change

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Cheyenne County, Colorado's population shrank 1.9% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Cheyenne County, Colorado's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1PopulationIndexUnited States
20201,746100.0100.0
20211,71898.4100.2
20221,72999.0100.7
20231,71898.4101.6
20241,69296.9102.5
20251,71398.1103.1

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Population of Cheyenne County, Colorado on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1PopulationChange
20201,746−3
20211,718−28
20221,729+11
20231,718−11
20241,692−26
20251,713+21

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 42.9 ±1.8: for men 42.4 ±1.4 and for women 44.7 ±10.5. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Cheyenne County by age, ACS 2020–2024
AgePeopleShare
Under 589 ±415.1% ±2.3
5 to 17297 ±5817.1% ±3.1
18 to 2492 ±455.3% ±2.5
25 to 44471 ±9427.1% ±5.0
45 to 64450 ±8525.8% ±4.5
65 and over342 ±5919.6% ±3.0

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $70,865 ±$12,520, and income per person $42,194 ±$5,985, in 2024 dollars. The median is $95,470 ±$578 in Colorado and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Cheyenne County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household incomeHouseholdsShare
Under $25,000132 ±6316.8% ±7.9
$25,000 to $49,999136 ±3817.3% ±4.4
$50,000 to $74,999162 ±5220.6% ±6.2
$75,000 to $99,99977 ±279.8% ±3.3
$100,000 to $149,999179 ±6022.8% ±7.3
$150,000 to $199,99943 ±215.5% ±2.6
$200,000 or more56 ±227.1% ±2.7

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Cheyenne County by age, ACS 2020–2024
AgeBelow povertyRate
All ages140 ±658.2% ±3.8
Under 1818 to 705.2% to 18.0%
18 to 5910 to 1001.3% to 12.0%
60 and over18 to 643.8% to 12.8%

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Cheyenne County, ACS 2020–2024
MeasureCheyenne CountyColorado
Housing units986 ±902,589,053 ±653
Occupied79.6% ±4.091.7% ±0.2
Vacant20.4% ±6.08.3% ±0.2
Owner occupied72.6% ±6.266.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied27.4% ±9.133.8% ±0.3
Median home value$187,500 ±$38,306$539,400 ±$2,069
Median gross rent$926 ±$69$1,761 ±$7
Median year built1968 ±51988 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Cheyenne County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
OriginPeopleShare
Hispanic or Latino188 ±8710.8% ±4.9
White alone, not Hispanic1,364 ±12678.3% ±4.1
Black alone, not Hispanic0 to 730% to 4.2%
Asian alone, not Hispanic0 to 140% to 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic0 to 40% to 0.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic0 to 270% to 1.5%
Some other race alone, not Hispanic0 to 70% to 0.4%
Two or more races, not Hispanic63 to 2273.7% to 13.0%

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Cheyenne County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
BornPeopleShare
Born in the state1,017 ±11158.4% ±4.6
Born in another state628 ±10536.1% ±5.4
Born a citizen outside the states0 to 280% to 1.6%
Born abroad19 to 1471.1% to 8.4%
Naturalized citizens3 to 850.2% to 4.9%
Not citizens0 to 840% to 4.8%

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Cheyenne County among the counties of Colorado

59th of 64 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Colorado page.

Counties of Colorado near Cheyenne County in population, July 2025
CountyJuly 2025Change since 2020
Phillips County4,420−2.4%
Costilla County3,679+5.1%
Baca County3,347−3.8%
Dolores County2,466+5.8%
Sedgwick County2,247−6.0%
Cheyenne County1,713−1.9%
Kiowa County1,412−2.8%
Jackson County1,211−12.2%
Mineral County910+4.6%
San Juan County813+14.5%
Hinsdale County753−4.6%

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