Jackson County, Colorado

Jackson County Courthouse
administration
US state :	Colorado
Administrative headquarters :	Walden
Foundation :	1909
Made up from:	Grand County , Larimer County
Demographics
Residents :	1394  (2010)
Population density :	0.3 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	4198 km²
Water surface :	20 km²
map

The Jackson County is a county in the northern part of the US state of Colorado . The county seat is in Walden .

geography

The county is located in a 45-65 km wide valley between the Park Range and the Medicine Bow Mountains , which is traversed by the North Platte River and forms the southernmost part of the Wyoming Basin . Like the basin, Jackson County is bounded to the south by the Rabbit Ears Range .

history

The district was established in 1909 as a neutral administrative unit after years of dispute between Grand and Larimer Counties as to which district the disputed area should be assigned to did not lead to any result. It was named after President Andrew Jackson .

During and after World War II, Jackson County was an internment camp for German prisoners of war near the village of Gould.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents		± in%
1910	1013		-
1920	1340		32.3%
1930	1386		3.4%
1940	1798		29.7%
1950	1976		9.9%
1960	1758		-11%
1970	1811		3%
1980	1863		2.9%
1990	1605		-13.8%
2000	1577		-1.7%
2010	1394		-11.6%
1900-1990 2000 2010 Jackson County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

The Nokhu Crags

The Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge

The county had 1,577 people as of the 2000 census . There were 661 households and 442 families. The population density was 0.1 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 96.20 percent white, 0.25 percent African American, 0.76 percent Native American, 0.06 percent Asian and 1.46 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.27 percent were descended from two or more races. 6.53 percent of the total population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 661 households, 29.2 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 54.9 percent were married couples living together, 7.9 percent were single mothers. 33.0 percent were not families. 28.4 percent were single households and 10.1 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 2.91 people.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 25.6 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 5.4 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 26.9 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 29.1 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 13.1 percent were 65 years of age or over. The average age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 101.4 males, for every 100 females aged 18 and over there were 107.8 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $ 31,821 , and the median income for a family was $ 37,361. Males had a median income of $ 26,250 versus $ 18,417 for females. The per capita income was $ 17,826. 14.0 percent of the population and 10.3 percent of families are below the poverty line. This included 22.5 percent of the population under the age of 18 and 9.0 percent of the population aged 65 and over.

Places in Jackson County

• Bockman Lumber Camp
• Brownlee
• Coalmont
• Cowdrey
• Fort Boettcher
• Gould
• Hebron
• Kings Canyon
• Larand
• Northgate
• Old Homestead
• Pearl
• edge
• Stelbars Lindland
• Walden
• Willey Lumber Camp

Individual evidence

1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 198144. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English). 
2. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
3. ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
4. ↑ Excerpt from census.gov ( memento of the original from July 12, 2011 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 31, 2012 

Web links

Commons : Jackson County, Colorado  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 40 ° 40 ′  N , 106 ° 20 ′  W