Akron (Colorado)
Washington County
08-00925
Akron is a Statutory Town in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Colorado - located about 180 km northeast of Denver in the Great Plains. She was raised on 22 September 1887 to the city and is today also the county seat of Washington County. In 2010, the city had 1702 inhabitants.
Geography
The most populous settlement of the county is located at the intersection of U.S. Highway 34 and Colorado State Highway 63 The geographic coordinates of this intersection are 40 ° 10 ' N, 103 ° 13' W40.161666666667 - 103.21194444444.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.8 square kilometers, which accounts for all of it land.
Demography
At the time of the census of 2000, there were 1711 persons Akron. The population density was 1179.3 people per km ². There were 835 housing units at an average 455.6 per km ². The population consisted of Akron 93.51 % White, 0.12 % African American, 1.23% Native American, 1.12% Asian, 0.06 % Pacific Islander, 4.32 % reported other races to belong and 0.64 % from two or more races. 11.75 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Residents of Akron distributed to 734 households out of which 29.3% were living in children under 18 years. 50.8% married couples living together, 9.4 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.7 % were non-families. 33.8 % of households were made up of individuals and someone lived in 16.8 % of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.28 and the average family size is 2.94.
The city population was spread out with 26.2 % under the, 6.3 % 18 -24- year-old, 23.4 % 25 -44- year-old, 21.0% 45-64 year olds and 23.1 % under the age of 65 years or more. The average age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 97.3 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women, 89.8 men.
The median household income in Akron was 29,420 U.S. dollars and the median family income reached the height of 35,156 U.S. dollars. The average income of men was 25 875 U.S. dollars, compared to 21,000 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income in Akron was 15,772 U.S. dollars. 11.0 % of the population and 8.1% of families were below the poverty line, including 13.9 % of those affected and 11.3 % of those age 65 or over.