Elbert County, Colorado

administration
US state :	Colorado
Administrative headquarters :	Kiowa
Foundation :	February 13, 1874
Demographics
Residents :	23,086  (2010)
Population density :	4.8 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	4794 km²
Water surface :	0 km²
map
Website : www.elbertcounty-co.gov

The Elbert County [ ɛlbɚt ] is a county in the central and western part of the US state of Colorado . The county seat is Kiowa .

geography

The county is located southwest of the Denver metropolitan area and is enclosed by the districts of Arapahoe in the north, Lincoln in the west and south, El Paso in the southwest and Douglas in the west.

history

Elbert County was formed on February 13, 1874 from the western part of the Douglas district, which had previously been on the state border with Kansas , and the northern region of the Greenwood district, which was dissolved on that day. On April 11, 1889, Elbert lost his western territories to the newly formed counties of Lincoln, Kit Carson and Cheyenne .

The county is named after the governor of the Colorado Territory Samuel Hitt Elbert .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents		± in%
1880	1708		-
1890	1856		8.7%
1900	3101		67.1%
1910	5331		71.9%
1920	6980		30.9%
1930	6580		-5.7%
1940	5460		-17%
1950	4477		-18%
1960	3708		-17.2%
1970	3903		5.3%
1980	6850		75.5%
1990	9646		40.8%
2000	19,872		106%
2010	23,086		16.2%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Elbert County's age pyramid

The county had a population of 19,872 people as of the 2000 census . There were 6,770 households and 5,652 families. The population density was 4 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 95.22 percent white, 0.64 percent African American, 0.63 percent Native American, 0.37 percent Asian, 0.09 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 1.28 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.76 percent were descended from two or more races. 3.85 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 6,770 households, 42.8 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 75.1 percent were married couples living together, 5.7 percent were single mothers. 16.5 percent were not families. 12.2 percent were single households and 3.1 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.93 and the average family size was 3.19.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 30.2 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 5.5 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 32.8 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 25.5 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 6.0 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 100.6 males, and for every 100 females aged 18 and over there were 99.9 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 62,480 , and the median income for a family is $ 66,740. Males had a median income of $ 45,329 versus $ 29,767 for females. The per capita income was $ 24,960. 4.0 percent of the population and 2.5 percent of families lived below the poverty line. This included 4.6 percent of the population under the age of 18 and 4.5 percent of the population aged 65 and over.

Places in the district

Housing estates that do not have city rights, but are only officially designated places for the census ( census-designated place ) are shown in italics .

Agate Beck Sand Draw Crossing Bijou Cedar Point

Elbert Elizabeth Fondis Kiowa

Kutch Matheson Ponderosa Park Simla

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 198136. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English). 
2. ↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
3. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
4. ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
5. ↑ 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 

Coordinates: 39 ° 17 ′  N , 104 ° 8 ′  W