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Custer County, Colorado

Use a county reference when organizing a market-research brief, outreach territory or business calculation. County population gives geographic context; it does not measure the number of qualified customers.

County FIPS08027Five-digit Census identifier
Population5,590July 1, 2025 estimate
Land area738.63 mi²2025 Gazetteer
Population per land mi²7.57Calculated from the cited population and land area

Identify the right place

Custer County is a county or county equivalent in Colorado. Its five-digit FIPS code is 08027; preserve the leading zero when storing county codes as text. The Gazetteer lists 1.3 square miles of water and a representative point at 38.101996, -105.373512. That point identifies the geography; it is not a street address or a site boundary.

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Business planning by county checklist

  1. Define who the offer is for before selecting an area.
  2. Distinguish residents, businesses and potential customers in the calculation.
  3. Keep source dates and assumptions attached to your working file.

These are geographic reference records, not contact lists or verified sales leads.

Sources and interpretation

Geography: 2025 U.S. Census Gazetteer. Population: Vintage 2025 estimates, July 1, 2025. County equivalents include parishes, boroughs, independent cities and planning regions. Puerto Rico population is not supplied by this population file.

Population is an estimate, not a live count. Gazetteer land and water measures describe the geographic area; they do not measure service availability, households, businesses or market demand. Match the FIPS code and source vintage when joining another dataset.

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