Demographics of Grand County, Colorado

Grand County, Colorado had 16,496 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +748 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.

Grand County, in four figures

16,496
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; +4.7%
Change since July 2020: +748 people.; 45.4 ±0.5
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $88,612 ±$8,655
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.

Grand County, Colorado's population grew 4.7% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Grand 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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Grand County, Colorado's population grew 4.7% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Grand 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 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	15,748	100.0	100.0
2021	15,858	100.7	100.2
2022	15,781	100.2	100.7
2023	16,051	101.9	101.6
2024	16,283	103.4	102.5
2025	16,496	104.7	103.1

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Population of Grand County, Colorado on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change	Births less deaths	From abroad	From elsewhere in the country
2020	15,748	+34	+26	0	+9
2021	15,858	+110	+13	+9	+95
2022	15,781	−77	+7	+68	−145
2023	16,051	+270	+41	+76	+143
2024	16,283	+232	+48	+91	+85
2025	16,496	+213	+58	+47	+106

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 45.4 ±0.5: for men 45.8 ±1.1 and for women 45.0 ±2.4. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Grand County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Colorado	United States
Under 5	688 ±121	4.3% ±0.8	5.3% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	1,847 ±271	11.6% ±1.7	15.7% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	923 ±181	5.8% ±1.1	9.1% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	4,351 ±334	27.4% ±2.1	30.3% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	4,761 ±408	30.0% ±2.6	23.9% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	3,325 ±364	20.9% ±2.3	15.6% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $88,612 ±$8,655, and income per person $51,664 ±$3,709, 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 Grand County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Colorado	United States
Under $25,000	642 ±187	8.6% ±2.4	11.2% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	1,421 ±356	19.0% ±4.6	13.6% ±0.2	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	1,104 ±312	14.8% ±4.1	14.6% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	963 ±226	12.9% ±2.9	12.8% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	1,471 ±304	19.7% ±3.9	19.2% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	1,067 ±305	14.3% ±4.0	11.7% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	807 ±213	10.8% ±2.8	17.0% ±0.2	13.4% ±0.1

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 Grand County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Colorado	United States
All ages	1,201 ±398	7.6% ±2.5	9.4% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	11 to 269	0.5% to 10.6%	11.1% ±0.3	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	787 ±254	9.2% ±2.9	9.1% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	131 to 417	2.7% to 8.6%	8.7% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

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 Grand County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Grand County	Colorado	United States
Housing units	17,421 ±25	2,589,053 ±653	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	42.9% ±2.6	91.7% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	57.1% ±2.6	8.3% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	73.4% ±6.0	66.2% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	26.6% ±5.4	33.8% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$601,500 ±$55,601	$539,400 ±$2,069	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,493 ±$141	$1,761 ±$7	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1990 ±2	1988 ±1	1980 ±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 Grand County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Colorado	United States
Hispanic or Latino	1,614 ±0	10.2% ±<0.1	22.5% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	12,204 ±308	76.8% ±1.9	64.8% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	0 to 76	0% to 0.5%	3.8% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	113 ±48	0.7% ±0.3	3.2% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	82 to 346	0.5% to 2.2%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 21	0% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	14 to 222	0.1% to 1.4%	0.5% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	1,599 ±360	10.1% ±2.3	4.6% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

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 Grand County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Colorado	United States
Born in the state	5,878 ±588	37.0% ±3.7	41.2% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	9,016 ±570	56.7% ±3.6	47.2% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	326 ±125	2.1% ±0.8	1.7% ±0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	675 ±191	4.2% ±1.2	9.8% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	236 ±84	1.5% ±0.5	4.7% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	439 ±173	2.8% ±1.1	5.2% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

Grand County among the counties of Colorado

32nd of 64 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Colorado page.

Counties of Colorado near Grand County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Park County	18,314	+5.1%
Otero County	17,683	−5.2%
Gunnison County	17,439	+2.9%
Alamosa County	16,688	+1.9%
Pitkin County	16,625	−4.3%
Grand County	16,496	+4.7%
Las Animas County	14,391	−0.7%
Archuleta County	14,306	+6.6%
Moffat County	13,122	−1.1%
Prowers County	11,884	−1.1%
Rio Grande County	11,087	−3.9%

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Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Data retrieved September 25, 2026