Census Data for Columbus

As far as we can tell, Columbus 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 Columbus, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:

• Bayfield
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Bayfield is located in La Plata County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayfield
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bayfield <1>
• Durango
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Durango is located in La Plata County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durango
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Durango <1>
• Ignacio
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Ignacio is located in La Plata County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ignacio
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ignacio <1>

La Plata County ...

Columbus is located in La Plata County<2>.

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

Miscellaneous Information for Columbus ...

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 La Plata County or the community of Columbus:

• The GNIS Codes ...
  • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Columbus:
  • GNIS ID for Columbus: 184198
  • GNIS ID for La Plata County: 198148
  • 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: 067 (La Plata County)
  • Place Code: 16410 (Columbus)
  • State & County Code: 08/067 (Colorado / La Plata County)
  • State & Place Code: 08/16410 (Colorado / Columbus)

• Misc. Census Codes ...
  • Columbus 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 Columbus.