Census Data for Benton

As far as we can tell, Benton has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.

While we don't have census information for Benton, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:

• Swink
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Swink is located in Otero County
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• La Junta
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • La Junta is located in Otero County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Junta
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• Rocky Ford
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Rocky Ford is located in Otero County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rocky Ford <1>
• Cheraw
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Cheraw is located in Otero County
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• Manzanola
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Manzanola is located in Otero County
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• Crowley
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Crowley is located in Crowley County
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  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crowley <1>
• Ordway
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Ordway is located in Crowley County
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• Sugar City
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Sugar City is located in Crowley County
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• Olney Springs
  (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Olney Springs is located in Crowley County
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• Fowler
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Fowler is located in Otero County
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  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fowler <1>
• Las Animas
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Las Animas is located in Bent County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Animas
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Las Animas <1>

Otero County ...

Benton is located in Otero County<2>.

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Otero County.

Miscellaneous Information for Benton ...

The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Otero County or the community of Benton:

• The GNIS Codes ...
  • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Benton:
  • GNIS ID for Benton: 195630
  • GNIS ID for Otero County: 198160
  • GNIS ID for State of Colorado: 1779779

• The FIPS Codes ...
  • An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
  • State Code: 08 (Colorado)
  • County Code: 089 (Otero County)
  • Place Code: 06100 (Benton)
  • State & County Code: 08/089 (Colorado / Otero County)
  • State & Place Code: 08/06100 (Colorado / Benton)

• Misc. Census Codes ...
  • Benton is located in Census Region #4 (the West Region) and Division #8 (the Mountain Division).

For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Benton.