Lake County (Colorado)
The Lake County is a county located in the western center of the U.S. state of Colorado. 2000, the population was 7,812. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Leadville.
Geography
Lake County covers an area of 994 km ². Of these, 1.83 percent, or 18 km ², water. The area of Lake County is centrally located in the Rocky Mountains, and is dominated by the high, wooded mountain slopes. In the west the municipality is intersected by the Continental Divide of the Americas.
History
Lake County is one of the 16 original counties of Colorado from 1861, the number has now grown to 64. Originally comprised Lake County a large part of the area of the West of Colorado south and west of the boundaries of present-day Lake County.
In the following decades, Lake County slowly lost territories, as in the south of Saguache County ( 1866) and Hinsdale County ( 1874), southwest of La Plata County ( 1874) and San Juan County ( 1876) and to the west by Ouray County and Gunnison County ( 1877).
Due to the strong reduction in its size, the county seat of Lake County moved frequently within a short time. He was, among other things in: Oro City (1861 ), Lourette (1863 ), Dayton (1866 ) and Granite (1868 ).
1878 Lake County was reduced to an area that only included the present territory and Chafee. On February 8, 1879 Lake County was renamed in Carbonate County. This district existed only two days, then, the area around Chafee County, in the south of carbonates County, separated, and again renamed the remaining north into Lake County. Leadville became the new county seat.
Demographic data
1900-1990 2000 2010
According to the census of 2000, there were 7,812 people in the county. There were 2,977 households and 1,914 families. The population density was 8 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 77.60 percent White, 0.18 percent African American, 1.25 percent Native American, 0.31 percent Asian, 0.05 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 17.99 percent from other races groups; 2.62 percent were descended from two or more races. 36.14 percent of the total population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 2,977 households out of which 33.9 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 50.7 percent were married couples living together, 8.4 percent were single mothers. 35.7 percent were non-families. 26.3 percent of all households and 5.6 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.15 persons.
Based on the county the population was spread from 26.9 percent population under 18 years, 12.8 percent between 18 and 24 years, 33.1 percent between 25 and 44 years, 20.6 percent between 45 and 64 years and 6.6 percent were 65 years old or older. The average age was 30 years. For every 100 females there were 115.8 males to 100 females age 18 and over, there were 116.7 males.
The median income for a household was $ 37,691, and the median income for a family was $ 41,652. Males have a median income of $ 30,977, women $ 24,415. The per capita income was $ 18,524. 12.9 percent of the population and 9.5 percent of families are below the poverty line. This included 15.6 percent of the population under the age of 18 and 6.3 percent of the population aged 65 and over.
Places in Lake County
- Ball Town
- Birdseye
- Everett
- Kobe
- Leadville
- Leadville Junction
- Malta
- Mount Massive Lakes
- Resurrection Mill
- Stringtown
- Twin Lakes
Passports
Located just outside the Summit County of Fremont is through.