El Paso County, Colorado

administration
El Paso County Courthouse and US Post Office
US state :	Colorado
Administrative headquarters :	Colorado Springs
Foundation :	1861
Demographics
Residents :	622,263 (2010)
Population density :	113 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	5516 km²
Water surface :	8 km²
map

Website : www.elpasoco.com

The El Paso County [ ˌɛlˈpæsoʊ ] ( Spanish for The Mountain Pass ) is a county in the central part of the US state Colorado . The county seat is Colorado Springs .

geography

The historic Black Squirrel Creek Bridge , listed on NRHP No. 02001158

El Paso County comprises in the west the eastern mountainous landscape of the Rampart Range , at the transition to the Plains one of the outermost mountain ranges of the Rocky Mountains . At its foot lies the city of Colorado Springs , an important economic and tourist center of Colorado. There are still some small towns south of Colorado Springs along Fountain Creek , while the east of El Paso is barely populated.

It is enclosed in a clockwise direction by the boroughs of Elbert (northeast), Lincoln , Pueblo , Fremont , Teller and Douglas . In the southeast, El Paso also joins the Crowley administrative district , without having a common border with it.

history

El Paso County is one of the 17 original administrative units that emerged in the new Colorado Territory in 1861, but lost the western territories to the newly formed Teller County in 1899 .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1870	987	-
1880	7949	705.4%
1890	21,239	167.2%
1900	31,602	48.8%
1910	43,321	37.1%
1920	44,027	1.6%
1930	49,570	12.6%
1940	54.025	9%
1950	74,523	37.9%
1960	143,742	92.9%
1970	235.972	64.2%
1980	309.424	31.1%
1990	397.014	28.3%
2000	516,929	30.2%
2010	622.263	20.4%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010 El Paso County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

Part of the Cathedral Spiers , Garden of the Gods

Seven Falls

As of the 2000 census , the county had 516,929 people. There were 192,409 households and 133,916 families. The population density was 94 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 81.19 percent white, 6.51 percent African American, 0.91 percent Native American, 2.53 percent Asian, 0.24 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 4.70 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 3.91 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 11.30 percent of the population.

Of the 192,409 households, 36.7 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 55.6 percent were married couples living together, 10.2 percent were single mothers. 30.4 percent were not families. 23.9 percent were single households and 6.1 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.11.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 27.6 percent of residents under the age of 18, 10.5 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 32.5 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, and 20.7 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 8.7 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 100.9 males, and for every 100 females aged 18 and over there were 98.8 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 46,844 , and the median income for a family is $ 53,995. Males had a median income of $ 35,940 versus $ 26,252 for females. The per capita income was $ 22,005. 8.0 percent of the population and 5.7 percent of families are below the poverty line. This included 10.0 percent of the population under the age of 18 and 6.9 percent of the population aged 65 and over.

Places in El Paso County

The only major city in El Paso is Colorado Springs. Residential areas that do not have city rights, but are only officially designated places for the census ( census-designated place ) are shown in italics .

Military bases

There are some significant US military bases in El Paso County, including Fort Carson (location of the 4th Infantry Division of the United States Army ), Schriever Air Force Base , Peterson Air Force Base ( NORAD / USNORTHCOM ), Cheyenne Mountain Complex and the United States Air Force Academy .

Rivers

Fountain Creek

Individual evidence

↑ GNIS-ID: 198135. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011

↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011

↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011

↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011

↑ Excerpt from census.gov ( memento of the original from July 9, 2011 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 31, 2012 @1@ 2

Web links

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

38.84 -104.52Coordinates: 38 ° 50 ′ N , 104 ° 31 ′ W

[1] GNIS-ID: 198135. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

[2] Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011

[3] US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011

[4] Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011

[5] Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011