Adams County, Colorado

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Adams County Courthouse in Brighton, listed on NRHP No. 06000916 [1]
Adams County Courthouse in Brighton, listed on NRHP No. 06000916
administration
US state : Colorado
Administrative headquarters : Brighton
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		450 S. 4th Street
Brighton, CO 80601-3123
Foundation : April 15, 1901
Made up from: Arapahoe
Demographics
Residents : 441,603  (2010)
Population density : 143.1 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 3102 km²
Water surface : 15 km²
map
Map of Adams County within Colorado
Website : co.adams.co.us

Adams County [ ˈædəmz ] is an administrative unit ( county ) in the northeast of the US state Colorado , which emerged in 1902 from the northern part of the Arapahoe district and was named after Alva Adams, a governor popular in the region at the time . In 1989, part of the southwestern Adams' of the city of Denver was added to the construction of the Denver International Airport and its access road ( Peña Boulevard ). In 2001 the borough lost another small part to the northwest when the town of Broomfield declared itself an independent borough .

The largest city completely in the county is Thornton with around 105,000 inhabitants, while only about 42,000 people live in Adams County from the about three times the size of the Aurora . Adams County is headquartered in Brighton .

geography

Adams County is located in the central to northeastern part of Colorado and extends over an area of ​​around 115 km in length and mostly around 30 km in width. It is enclosed by the districts of Weld , Morgan , Washington , Arapahoe , Denver , Boulder and Jefferson . The total area of ​​3,102 square kilometers accounts for 15 km² of water, of which the South Platte River and Barr Lake, which has been declared a state park , are the most important.

population

The majority of the population lives in the western part of the county, where Adams County forms part of the Denver-Aurora metropolitan area . Most of the territory, however, is barely populated over a length of around 85 km to the west. 63.3 percent of the population are white and 28.2 percent Hispanic 37% of the population are younger than 18, while 7.8 percent are older than 65 years, the average age is 31.4 years.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1900 --- -
1910 8892 8,892%
1920 14,430 62.3%
1930 20,245 40.3%
1940 22,481 11%
1950 40.234 79%
1960 120,296 199%
1970 185,789 54.4%
1980 245.944 32.4%
1990 265.038 7.8%
2000 363,857 37.3%
2010 441,603 21.4%
1900–1990 2000 2010
Adam County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

The county had 363,857 people as of the 2000 census . There were 128,156 households and 92,144 families. The population density was 118 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 77.29 percent white, 2.97 percent African American, 1.19 percent Native American, 3.21 percent Asian, 0.12 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 11.73 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 3.49 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 28.19 percent of the population.

Of the 128,156 households, 37.8 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 53.8 percent were married couples living together, 12.1 percent were single mothers. 28.1 percent were not families. 21.2 percent were single households and 5.5 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.81 and the average family size was 3.27.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 28.6 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 10.3 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 34.0 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 19.4 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 7.8 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females there were 102.8 males, and for every 100 females aged 18 and over there were 102.1 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 47,323 , and the median income for a family is $ 52,517. Males had a median income of $ 36,499 versus $ 28,053 for females. The per capita income was $ 19,944. 8.9 percent of the population and 6.5 percent of families are below the poverty line. This included 10.9 percent of the population under the age of 18 and 7.3 percent of the population aged 65 and over.

cities and communes

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011
  2. ↑ GNIS-ID: 198116. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  3. ^ Adams County, Colorado , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .
  4. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 14, 2011
  5. ↑ census.gov (2000) ( Memento from May 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) ( MS Excel ; 26 kB) Retrieved on March 31, 2012
  6. ^ Extract from census.gov.Retrieved March 31, 2012

Web links

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Coordinates: 39 ° 52 ′  N , 104 ° 21 ′  W