Census Data for Sierra

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

• Blanca
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanca
  • Blanca is located in Costilla County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blanca <1>
• La Veta
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Veta
  • La Veta is located in Huerfano County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for La Veta <1>
• San Luis
  (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for San Luis have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Luis
  • San Luis is located in Costilla County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Luis <1>
• Walsenburg
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walsenburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walsenburg
  • Walsenburg is located in Huerfano County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walsenburg <1>

Costilla County ...

Sierra is located in Costilla County<3>.

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

Miscellaneous Information for Sierra ...

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 Costilla County or the community of Sierra:

• The GNIS Codes ...
  • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Sierra:
  • GNIS ID for Sierra: 192768
  • GNIS ID for Costilla County: 198127
  • 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: 023 (Costilla County)
  • Place Code: 70085 (Sierra)
  • State & County Code: 08/023 (Colorado / Costilla County)
  • State & Place Code: 08/70085 (Colorado / Sierra)

• Misc. Census Codes ...
  • Sierra 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 Sierra.