Greeley, Colorado

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The 2000 Census showed that Greeley had a population of 76,930 people^<1>. This represents 1.78% of the total population of Colorado, making it the state's 11th 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
8	Westminster	S	39 mi [62.8 km]	107,056	6.06% increase
9	Boulder	SW	36 mi [57.9 km]	94,171	0.53% decrease
10	Thornton	S	35 mi [56.3 km]	113,429	37.68% increase
-11-	Greeley			91,492	18.93% increase
12	Longmont	SW	24 mi [38.62 km]	85,928	20.87% increase
13	Loveland	W	15 mi [24.14 km]	65,587	29.6% increase
14	Grand Junction	SW	221 mi [355.7 km]	49,688	18.34% increase

Greeley had 28,972 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Greeley has an area^<4> of 29.9 square miles [77.5 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Greeley had a 2000 population density of 2,572 people per square mile [993 people/km²], making it the state's 29th most densely populated area.

Weld County

The city of Greeley is located in Weld County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 183,036 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 76,930 people, Greeley contained 42.03% of the Weld County total.

In addition, where the community of Greeley has a population density of 2,572 people per square mile [993 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 Greeley and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Greeley. 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 don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Greeley. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Greeley, it also contains a comparison between Greeley and the state of Colorado.

Click here for the Greeley QuickFact (QF-0832155).

The following communities are nearby Greeley and also have Census QuickFacts:

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Loveland	QF-0846465	W	15 mi [24.14 km]	65,587	29.6% increase
	Fort Collins	QF-0827425	NW	18 mi [28.97 km]	136,509	15.05% increase
	Longmont	QF-0845970	SW	24 mi [38.62 km]	85,928	20.87% increase

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

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 Greeley:

Greeley 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 Greeley.

The Commemorative Quarter for Colorado<6>

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) Greeley. 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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