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Rifle, CO Micro Area

The Rifle, CO micro area is made up of 2 counties in Colorado: Garfield and Pitkin. About 80,099 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 1.3% more than in April 2020.

Garfield County, centralPitkin County, outlyingRifle
Central Outlying 2 counties in Colorado
Population, July 2025
80,099 1.3% more than in April 2020
Type
Micropolitan statistical area
Counties
2: 1 central, 1 outlying
Land area
3,918 sq mi (10,148 km²)
Time zone
Mountain TimeUTC-07:00 in January; UTC-06:00 in July
State
Colorado
Combined statistical area
Edwards-Rifle, CO
CBSA code
40090
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Counties in the Rifle, CO micro area, largest first

CountyRolePopulation, July 2025Share of the area
Garfield CountyCentral63,47479.2%
Pitkin CountyOutlying16,62520.8%

A central county holds the area’s core, an urban area of 10,000 to 49,999 people. An outlying county is in the area because of commuting: at least a quarter of its workers have jobs in the central county, or at least a quarter of the people working there live in them. A county belongs to one metro or micro area at most, and it counts whole, countryside included.

Principal city

  1. Rifle10,570 people

OMB names the area after its largest principal cities. A principal city is the area’s largest city, plus any other city that is very large or a big job center, and smaller ones with at least as many jobs as working residents (2020 Census and commuting figures). People counts are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates.

Part of the Edwards-Rifle, CO combined statistical area

OMB joins neighboring metro and micro areas into a combined statistical area when enough people commute between them. The other area in this one is

  1. Edwards, CO Micro Area54,291 people

Bordering metro and micro areas, nearest first

Areas with a county on this area’s edge. Distances are straight lines between the areas’ largest cities.

  1. Grand Junction, CO Metro Area53 mi southwest
  2. Edwards, CO Micro Area61 mi east
  3. Steamboat Springs, CO Micro Area82 mi northeast
  4. Breckenridge, CO Micro Area92 mi east
  5. Vernal, UT Micro Area113 mi northwest

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A metro or micro area is a statistical area that OMB draws for federal statistics. It is not a city, a local government or a mailing address, and it is not a measure of urban and rural: whole counties count, rural parts included. Programs that use metro areas, such as housing income limits or wage rates, can use their own version of these lists; check the program’s own list for an address.

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