Clear Creek County

administration
Clear Creek County Courthouse
US state :	Colorado
Administrative headquarters :	Georgetown
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Clear Creek County Courthouse 405 Argentine Street Georgetown, CO 80444-2000
Foundation :	November 1, 1861
Area code :	001 303
Demographics
Residents :	9088 (2010)
Population density :	8.9 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1027 km²
Water surface :	3 km²
map

Website : www.co.clear-creek.co.us

the Echo Lake in Echo Lake Park

The Grays Peak

The Clear Creek County [ klɪɹ kɹiːk ], named after the river Clear Creek ( "clear stream"), is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Colorado . In 2010 , the county had 9,088 people and a population density of 8.9 people per square kilometer. By 2013 the population decreased to 9031. The county seat is Georgetown .

geography

Clear Creek County is located in northern central Colorado in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains , west of Denver . From the northeast (Denver), Interstate 70 meanders through the mountains to the east, in whose catchment area the only larger towns are. On its way to the western county border, it leads through the health resort of Idaho Springs (where the infamous " Oh My God Road " ends when coming from the north ), through the old mining town of Georgetown and finally through the Loveland ski area . The Loveland Pass region is a popular destination for winter sports enthusiasts. The neighboring Summit district, which is reached through the Eisenhower Tunnel , begins a few kilometers behind it .

To the south, Clear Creek County bordering Park County has the greater share of Mount Evans Wildlife Sanctuary .

The following neighboring counties border Clear Creek County:

Grand County		Gilpin County
Summit County		Jefferson County
	Park County

mountains

Grays Peak (4349 m)
Torreys Peak (4349 m)

Mount Evans (4348 m)
Mount Bierstadt (4285 m)

Rivers

history

Clear Creek County is one of the 17 counties set up under the foundation of the state in 1861 and is the only one other than Gilpin that is still within its original boundaries. In 1867 the administrative center was moved from Idaho Springs to Georgetown.

population

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1870	1596	-
1880	7823	390.2%
1890	6612	-15.5%
1900	7082	7.1%
1910	5001	-29.4%
1920	2891	-42.2%
1930	2155	-25.5%
1940	3784	75.6%
1950	3289	-13.1%
1960	2793	-15.1%
1970	4819	72.5%
1980	7308	51.6%
1990	7619	4.3%
2000	9322	22.4%
2010	9088	-2.5%
2013 estimate	9031	-0.6%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010–2012

According to the 2010 census , Clear Creek County's 9,088 people lived in 4,013 households. The population density was 8.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.23 people lived in each of the 4013 households.

The racial the population was composed of 95.5 percent white, 0.9 percent African American, 1.2 percent Native American, 0.8 percent Asian, 0.1 percent Polynesian and other ethnic groups; 1.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 5.1 percent of the population.

15.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 68.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.9 percent were 65 years or older. 48.3 percent of the population were female.

The median income for a household was 60,517 USD . The per capita income was $ 36,015. 9.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.