Is Gunnison County, CO's population growing or shrinking?
Refreshed annually
It grew by 32 between 2024 and 2025. Changes in population can reflect birth and death rates, immigration patterns, regional shifts, and even the overall health of the economy. The 0.18% annual increase was primarily driven by births outpacing deaths.
In the decade between 2015 and 2025, Gunnison County, CO’s population grew by 8.1%.
+32
population change (2024 to 2025)
+0.18%
percent change in population (2024 to 2025)
Since 2000, Gunnison County, CO’s population increased 21 out of 25 years. The largest increase occurred between 2016 and 2017, when Gunnison County, CO gained 449 residents. Its largest decline occurred between 2019 and 2020 when there were 530 fewer residents.
Gunnison County, CO gained 32 residents between 2024 and 2025.
Annual population change, 2001–2025
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What contributes to population change in Gunnison County, CO?
A county’s population is influenced by three factors:
- Natural population change: If births outnumber deaths in a given year, natural population growth is positive. If deaths exceed births, it is negative. Between 2024 and 2025 natural population change was positive in Gunnison County, CO, with births exceeding deaths by 52.
- Immigration: international migration directly into or out of a county: If more people move in than move out, population change from immigration is positive. If more people move out than move in, it’s negative. Between 2024 to 2025, Gunnison County, CO’s population change from immigration was positive with about eight more people coming from another country directly to Gunnison County, CO than leaving.
- Domestic migration, moving between counties: Between 2024 to 2025, Gunnison County, CO’s population change from domestic migration was negative with about 32 more people moving to any other county in the US.
Between 2024 and 2025, natural change was the primary driver of population growth in Gunnison County, CO.
Components of population change from previous year, 2011–2025
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