Frederick, Colorado

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The 2000 Census showed that Frederick had a population of 2,467 people^<1>. This represents 0.06% of the total population of Colorado, making it the state's 86th most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
83	Basalt	SW	120 mi [193.1 km]	3,244	21% increase
84	Wellington	N	41 mi [66 km]	5,052	89.07% increase
85	Palisade	W	193 mi [310.6 km]	2,840	10.12% increase
-86-	Frederick			8,127	229.43% increase
87	Frisco	SW	70 mi [112.7 km]	2,696	10.36% increase
88	Breckenridge	SW	71 mi [114.3 km]	3,420	42.03% increase
89	Center	S	173 mi [278.4 km]	2,389	0.13% decrease

Frederick had 896 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Frederick has an area^<4> of 8.61 square miles [22.31 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Frederick had a 2000 population density of 286.4 people per square mile [110.6 people/km²].

Weld County

The town of Frederick is located in Weld County.

The county had a population of 183,036 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 2,467 people, Frederick contained 1.35% of the Weld County total.

In addition, where the community of Frederick has a population density of 286.4 people per square mile [110.6 people/km²], Weld County averages 45.85 people per square mile [17.7 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Weld County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Frederick and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Frederick. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they haven't created a QuickFact for Frederick, there are QuickFacts available for the following nearby communities:

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Longmont	QF-0845970	NW	8 mi [12.87 km]	85,928	20.87% increase
	Northglenn	QF-0854330	S	13 mi [20.92 km]	33,697	6.72% increase
	Thornton	QF-0877290	S	13 mi [20.92 km]	113,429	37.68% increase
	Broomfield	QF-0809280	SW	14 mi [22.53 km]	54,858	43.34% increase
	Boulder	QF-0807850	W	16 mi [25.75 km]	94,171	0.53% decrease
	Westminster	QF-0883835	S	16 mi [25.75 km]	107,056	6.06% increase
	Arvada	QF-0803455	S	21 mi [33.8 km]	107,361	5.1% increase
	Loveland	QF-0846465	N	22 mi [35.41 km]	65,587	29.6% increase

For more about neighboring communities, please visit our Neighborhood Page for Frederick.

A Census Quickfact is available for Weld County (QF-08123).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Weld County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Kimball (NE)	QF-31105	NE	3,534	12.91% decrease
	Logan	QF-08075	E	20,905	1.25% increase
	Morgan	QF-08087	E	27,804	2.06% increase
	Adams	QF-08001	S	430,836	22.76% increase
	Broomfield	QF-08014	SW	54,858	38.68% increase
	Boulder	QF-08013	SW	293,161	7.92% increase
	Larimer	QF-08069	NW	292,825	15.68% increase
	Laramie (WY)	QF-56021	N	87,542	7.09% increase

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Frederick:

Frederick is located in Census Region #4 (the West Region) and in Division #8 (the Mountain Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Frederick.

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Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Frederick. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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