Gilpin County, Colorado

Gilpin County [ gɪlpən ] is an administrative unit ( county ) in the northern part of the U.S. state of Colorado. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Central City

Geography

The County is located in north-central Colorado, in the front mountain range of the Rocky Mountains and is surrounded by the districts in the north Boulder, Jefferson in the East Clear Creek in the south and Grand in the West.

History

Named after William Gilpin County is one of 17 administrative units of the original 1861 created Colorado Territory and adjacent to the neighboring Clear Creek the only district, which still exists today in its former borders.

Demographic data

1900-1990 2000 2010

According to the census of 2000, there were 4,757 people in the county. There were 2,043 households and 1,264 families. The population density was 12 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 94.37 percent White, 0.53 percent African American, 0.82 percent Native American, 0.69 percent Asian, 0.19 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 1.53 percent from other races groups; 1.87 percent were descended from two or more races. 4.25 percent of the total population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 2,043 households out of which 26.9 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 53.0 percent were married couples living together, 5.7 percent were single mothers. 38.1 percent were non-families. 26.8 percent of all households and 3.7 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.32 and the average family size was 2.81 persons.

Based on the county the population was spread from 21.1 percent population under 18 years, 5.8 percent between 18 and 24 years, 37.4 percent between 25 and 44 years, 30.0 percent between 45 and 64 years and 5.7 percent were 65 years old or older. The average age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 112.7 males to 100 females age 18 and over, there were 116.1 males.

The median income for a household was $ 51,942, and the median income for a family was $ 61,859. Males have a median income of $ 38,560, women $ 30,820. The per capita income was $ 26,148. 4.0 percent of the population and 1.0 percent of families are below the poverty line. Among them were 1.4 percent of the population aged under 18 and 6.1 percent of the population aged 65 and over.

Places

Places that do not have city status are shown in italics.