Lincoln County, Colorado
County seat: Hugo · Population 5,645 (2025) · 2,578 sq mi
Lincoln County is the 50th most populous of Colorado's 64 counties, with 5,645 people (2025 estimate). Its county seat is Hugo. It is part of the Region 5: Central Eastern Plains region, one of the 14 Planning and Management Regions of Colorado. The map shows its 4 cities and towns and the 9 neighboring counties.
Lincoln County facts
- County seat
- Hugo
- Population (2025 estimate)
- 5,645 −0.6% since 2020
- Land area
- 2,578 sq mi 10th largest of 64
- Water area
- 9 sq mi
- Population density
- 2 per sq mi
- Established
- 1889
- Same name
- One of 23 Lincoln Counties in the US
- Named after
- Abraham Lincoln president of the United States from 1861 to 1865 (1809-1865)
- Largest city
- Limon 2,021
- Median household income
- $62,861
- Cities and towns
- 4
- ZIP codes
- 11
- Time zone
- Mountain
- FIPS code
- 08073
Cities and towns in Lincoln County
Lincoln County has 4 incorporated cities, towns and villages. Populations count the people living inside Lincoln County; cities that cross a county line also list the other counties.
| Name | Type | Population 2025 | Also in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Limon | Town | 2,021 | |
| Hugo (county seat) | Town | 781 | |
| Arriba | Town | 203 | |
| Genoa | Town | 156 |
ZIP codes in Lincoln County
11 ZIP codes reach into Lincoln County. ZIP codes ignore county lines, so some also cover a neighboring county.
- 80804
- 80818 also Washington County
- 80821
- 80823
- 80826
- 80828 also Elbert County
- 80832 also Elbert and El Paso counties
- 80833 also El Paso and Elbert counties
- 81021 also Kiowa County
- 81045 also Kiowa and Cheyenne counties
- 81063 also Crowley County
Population of Lincoln County, 2020–2025
Lincoln County shrank by 33 people (−0.6%) between April 2020 and July 2025: 44 more deaths than births and a net gain of 22 people from migration.
| Year (July 1) | Population |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 5,666 |
| 2021 | 5,470 |
| 2022 | 5,515 |
| 2023 | 5,495 |
| 2024 | 5,602 |
| 2025 | 5,645 |
Neighboring counties
- Elbert County northwest · 30,534 people
- Kit Carson County northeast · 7,069 people
- Crowley County south · 5,677 people
- Cheyenne County east · 1,713 people
- Washington County north · 4,732 people
- Kiowa County southeast · 1,412 people
- El Paso County west · 757,040 people
- Arapahoe County northwest · 673,820 people
- Pueblo County southwest · 169,277 people
Printable Lincoln 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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