Clear Creek County, Colorado
County seat: Georgetown · Population 8,994 (2025) · 395 sq mi
Clear Creek County is the 39th most populous of Colorado's 64 counties, with 8,994 people (2025 estimate). Its county seat is Georgetown. It is part of the Region 3: Denver Metropolitan Area region, one of the 14 Planning and Management Regions of Colorado. The map shows its 5 cities and towns and the 5 neighboring counties.
Clear Creek County facts
- County seat
- Georgetown
- Population (2025 estimate)
- 8,994 −4% since 2020
- Land area
- 395 sq mi 59th largest of 64
- Water area
- 1 sq mi
- Population density
- 23 per sq mi
- Established
- 1861
- Named after
- Clear Creek tributary of the South Platte River in north central Colorado, United States
- Largest city
- Idaho Springs 1,842
- Median household income
- $94,577
- Cities and towns
- 5 plus 9 CDPs
- ZIP codes
- 6
- Time zone
- Mountain
- FIPS code
- 08019
Cities and towns in Clear Creek County
Clear Creek County has 5 incorporated cities, towns and villages. Populations count the people living inside Clear Creek County; cities that cross a county line also list the other counties.
| Name | Type | Population 2025 | Also in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho Springs | City | 1,842 | |
| Georgetown (county seat) | Town | 1,217 | |
| Empire | Town | 317 | |
| Silver Plume | Town | 180 | |
| Central | City | 0 | Gilpin County |
Unincorporated communities (CDPs)
Census-designated places are communities without their own city government; the county provides their services.
| Community | Population | Also in |
|---|---|---|
| Upper Bear Creek | 954 | |
| Floyd Hill | 841 | |
| Upper Witter Gulch | 731 | |
| Pine Valley | 392 | |
| Downieville-Lawson-Dumont | 345 | |
| Brook Forest | 184 | Jefferson County |
| Echo Hills | 180 | |
| Blue Valley | 120 | |
| St. Mary's | 68 |
ZIP codes in Clear Creek County
6 ZIP codes reach into Clear Creek County. ZIP codes ignore county lines, so some also cover a neighboring county.
- 80436
- 80438
- 80439 also Jefferson County
- 80444
- 80452 also Gilpin County
- 80476
Population of Clear Creek County, 2020–2025
Clear Creek County shrank by 370 people (−4%) between April 2020 and July 2025: 89 more deaths than births and a net loss of 263 people from migration.
| Year (July 1) | Population |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 9,358 |
| 2021 | 9,403 |
| 2022 | 9,282 |
| 2023 | 9,078 |
| 2024 | 9,023 |
| 2025 | 8,994 |
Neighboring counties
- Grand County northwest · 16,496 people
- Park County south · 18,314 people
- Gilpin County northeast · 6,073 people
- Summit County west · 31,517 people
- Jefferson County east · 580,451 people
Printable Clear Creek County map
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Sources
- Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files (1:500,000).
- Population: Census Bureau county and city estimates, Vintage 2025. CDP populations: American Community Survey 2020–2024.
- Places and ZIP codes: Census Bureau 2026 Gazetteer and 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Area relationship files.
- County seat, founding year and name origin: Wikidata (CC0), checked against state sources.
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