Yuma is a home rule municipality that is the most populous municipality in Yuma County, Colorado, United States. The population was 3,456 at the 2020 census.
A post office in Yuma has been in operation since 1885. The community was named after a Native American named Yuma who worked for the railroad, died and is buried near the town site.
On August 8, 2023, a tornado touched down near the town, damaging farms.
The Yuma School's mascot is the Outlaws.
The novels of esteemed writer Kent Haruf, such as Plainsong, are based in Holt, Colorado which is loosely based on Yuma. Haruf spent a number of years teaching at Yuma schools in the early 1980s and has family ties to the High Plains region.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and 0.41% is water. Yuma is 27 miles from the nearest city, Wray.