Longmont, Colorado

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The 2000 Census showed that Longmont had a population of 71,093 people^<1>. This represents 1.64% of the total population of Colorado, making it the state's 12th 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
9	Boulder	SW	12 mi [19.31 km]	94,171	0.53% decrease
10	Thornton	SE	19 mi [30.58 km]	113,429	37.68% increase
11	Greeley	NE	24 mi [38.62 km]	91,492	18.93% increase
-12-	Longmont			85,928	20.87% increase
13	Loveland	N	17 mi [27.36 km]	65,587	29.6% increase
14	Grand Junction	W	198 mi [318.7 km]	49,688	18.34% increase
15	Littleton	S	40 mi [64.4 km]	40,777	1.08% increase

Longmont had 27,394 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Longmont has an area^<4> of 21.79 square miles [56.4 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Longmont had a 2000 population density of 3,262 people per square mile [1,259 people/km²], making it the state's 13th most densely populated area.

Boulder County

The city of Longmont is primarily located in Boulder County. A portion of Longmont extends into Weld County.

The county had a population of 271,651 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 71,093 people, Longmont contained 26.17% of the Boulder County total.

In addition, where the community of Longmont has a population density of 3,262 people per square mile [1,259 people/km²], Boulder County averages 365.9 people per square mile [141.3 people/km²].

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

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Longmont and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Longmont. 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 Longmont. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Longmont, it also contains a comparison between Longmont and the state of Colorado.

Click here for the Longmont QuickFact (QF-0845970).

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

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Boulder	QF-0807850	SW	12 mi [19.31 km]	94,171	0.53% decrease
	Broomfield	QF-0809280	S	17 mi [27.36 km]	54,858	43.34% increase
	Loveland	QF-0846465	N	17 mi [27.36 km]	65,587	29.6% increase
	Northglenn	QF-0854330	S	19 mi [30.58 km]	33,697	6.72% increase
	Thornton	QF-0877290	SE	19 mi [30.58 km]	113,429	37.68% increase
	Westminster	QF-0883835	S	19 mi [30.58 km]	107,056	6.06% increase
	Arvada	QF-0803455	S	24 mi [38.62 km]	107,361	5.1% increase
	Greeley	QF-0832155	NE	24 mi [38.62 km]	91,492	18.93% increase

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

A Census Quickfact is available for Boulder County (QF-08013).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Boulder County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Adams	QF-08001	SE	430,836	22.76% increase
	Gilpin	QF-08047	SW	5,153	7.02% increase
	Grand	QF-08049	W	13,781	10.34% increase
	Jefferson	QF-08059	S	533,339	1.31% increase
	Larimer	QF-08069	N	292,825	15.68% increase
	Weld	QF-08123	NE	249,775	36.46% increase

Miscellaneous Information

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

Longmont 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 Longmont.

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Search for Local Businesses

People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning 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) Longmont. 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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