Routt County

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Routt County Courthouse
Routt County Courthouse
administration
US state : Colorado
Administrative headquarters : Steamboat Springs
Foundation : January 29, 1877
Made up from: Grand County
Demographics
Residents : 23,509  (2010)
Population density : 3.8 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 6133 km²
Water surface : 17 km²
map
Map of Routt County within Colorado
Website : www.co.routt.co.us

The Routt County is a county in the state of Colorado in the midst of the Rocky Mountains . The county seat is Steamboat Springs .

geography

The county in the northwest of Colorado borders the US state Wyoming in the north and Utah in the west behind what is now Moffat County . The county has an area of ​​6133 square kilometers, of which 17 square kilometers are water.

To the west of the county around the locality was Hayden and Oak Creek earlier coal mined. There are numerous geothermal springs in the county.

history

Routt County was formed in 1877 from parts of Grand County . Thirty-four years later, in 1911, the western portion of Routt County became a separate county. Since then, what is now Moffat County borders directly on Utah.

Routt County is named after John Long Routt , the first and seventh governor of Colorado.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1880 140 -
1890 2369 1,592.1%
1900 3661 54.5%
1910 7561 106.5%
1920 8948 18.3%
1930 9352 4.5%
1940 10,525 12.5%
1950 8940 -15.1%
1960 5900 -34%
1970 6592 11.7%
1980 13,404 103.3%
1990 14,088 5.1%
2000 19,690 39.8%
2010 23,509 19.4%
Before 1900

1900–1990 2000 2010

Routt County's age pyramid (as of 2000)
Fish Creek Falls
The Eagles Nest Wilderness

According to the 2000 census , the county had 19,690 people. There were 7,953 households and 4,779 families. The population density was 3 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 96.90 percent white, 0.13 percent African American, 0.49 percent Native American, 0.39 percent Asian, 0.09 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.73 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.28 percent were descended from two or more races. 3.22 percent of the total population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 7,953 households, 31.1 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 50.6 percent were married couples living together, 5.8 percent were single mothers. 39.9 percent were not families. 24.4 percent were single households and 3.7 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.92 people.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 22.6 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 10.1 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 36.5 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 25.7 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 5.0 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 116.6 males, and for every 100 females aged 18 and over there were 119.4 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 53,612 , and the median income for a family is $ 61,927. Males had a median income of $ 36,997 versus $ 26,576 for females. The per capita income was $ 28,792. 6.1 percent of the population and 2.8 percent of families are below the poverty line. This included 5.2 percent of the population under the age of 18 and 7.7 percent of the population aged 65 and over.

Places in Routt County

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 198169. 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. ^ Extract from census.gov.Retrieved March 31, 2012

Web links

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

Coordinates: 40 ° 29 ′  N , 106 ° 59 ′  W