Columbine (Colorado)

Arapahoe County Jefferson County

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Columbine is a census -designated place in the U.S. state of Colorado, which lies partly in Arapahoe County, but for the most part in Jefferson County.

In 2010, Columbine had 24,280 inhabitants. The Columbine High School, which was the site of what became known as the Columbine High School massacre shootout on April 20, 1999, is located within the boundaries of CDPs Columbine.

Geography

Columbines geographical coordinates are 39 ° 35 'N, 105 ° 4' W39.587777777778 - 105.06944444444. The site is bordered to the east by the city of Littleton.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Columbine has an area of 17.2 km ², of which 16.9 km ² of land and 0.3 km ² omitted ( = 1.97 %) to water.

Demography

At the time of the census of 2000, there were 24 095 persons Columbine the city. The population density was 1401.1 people per km ². There were 8,800 housing units at an average 511.7 per km ². The population consisted of Columbines 94.82 % White, 0.41 % African American, 0.40 % Native American, 1.16 % Asian, 0.12% Pacific Islander, 1.57 % reported other races to belong and 1.46 % from two or more races. 5.58 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Residents Columbines distributed to 8656 households out of which 38.1% were living in children under 18 years. 69.7 % married couples living together, 7.3 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.9% ​​were non-families. 15.8% of households were made ​​up of individuals and someone lived in 3.9 % of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.77 and the average family size is 3.11.

The city population was spread out with 27.0 % under the, 6.5 % 18 -24- year-old, 28.0 % 25 -44- year-old, 29.3% 45-64 year olds and 9.2 % under the age of 65 years or more. The average age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 99.6 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women, 96.3 men.

The median household income in Columbine was 71 319 U.S. dollars, and the median family income reached the level of 77 866 U.S. dollars. The average income of men was 51,300 U.S. dollars, compared to 35 713 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income in Hoquiam was 28,471 U.S. dollars. 2.0% of the population and 1.6 % of families were below the poverty line, including 2.7 % of those affected and 2.2 % of those age 65 or over.

Demographics

Newspapers

The Columbine Courier is the local newspaper.