Douglas County Facts

Census Statistics

	Douglas County	Colorado
Population, 2003 estimate	223,471	4,550,688
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	27.1%	5.8%
Population, 2000	175,766	4,301,261
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	191.0%	30.6%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	9.6%	6.9%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	31.6%	25.6%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	4.2%	9.7%
Female persons, percent, 2000	50.1%	49.6%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	92.8%	82.8%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	1.0%	3.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.4%	1.0%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	2.5%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	0.1%	0.1%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	1.4%	7.2%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	1.9%	2.8%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	5.1%	17.1%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	89.7%	74.5%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	34.3%	44.1%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	5.2%	8.6%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	7.2%	15.1%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	97.0%	86.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	51.9%	32.7%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	13,069	638,654
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	29.3	24.3?
Housing units, 2002	77,094	1,929,092
Homeownership rate, 2000	87.9%	67.3%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	9.6%	25.7%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$236,000	$166,600?
Households, 2000	60,924	1,658,238
Persons per household, 2000	2.88	2.53
Median household income, 1999	$82,929	$47,203
Per capita money income, 1999	$34,848	$24,049
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	2.1%	9.3%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	4,233	139,225
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	43,096	1,986,570
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	13.7%	3.8%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	13,547	333,364
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	289,696	40,012,820
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	1,212,002	40,536,034
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$9,550	$10,417
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	7.6%	9.0%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	30.8%	28.0%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	4,503	47,871
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	200,815	26,229,424
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	840	103,718
Persons per square mile, 2000	209.2	41.5
Metropolitan Area	Denver, CO PMSA	?
FIPS Code	035	08

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