Summit County, Colorado

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Summit County, Colorado
Map of Colorado highlighting Summit County
Location in the state of Colorado
Map of the U.S. highlighting Colorado
Colorado's location in the U.S.
Founded November 1, 1861
Seat Breckenridge
Largest town Silverthorne
Area
 - Total
 - Land
 - Water
619.25 sq mi (1,604 km²)
608.16 sq mi (1,575 km²)
11.09 sq mi (29 km²), 1.82%
Population
 - (2000)
 - Density
23,538
41.76/sq mi (14.65/km²)
Time zone Mountain: UTC-7/-6
Website www.co.summit.co.us
Footnotes:
19th most populous Colorado county

Summit County is the 19th most populous of the 64 counties of the state of Colorado of the United States. The county population was 23,538 at U.S. Census 2000.[1] The county seat is Breckenridge. The Silverthorne Micropolitan Statistical Area comprises Summit County.

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[edit] History

Summit County was organized as one of the seventeen original Colorado counties by the First Territorial Legislature on November 1, 1861. It was named for the many mountain summits in the county. Until February 2, 1874, its boundaries included the area now comprising Summit County, Grand County, Routt County, Moffat County, Garfield County, Eagle County, and Rio Blanco County.

In 1874, the northern half of the original Summit County was split off to form Grand County; with the creation of Garfield and Eagle counties in 1883, Summit County arrived at its present boundaries.

[edit] Geography

According to the 2000 census, the county has a total area of 619.25 square miles (1,603.9 km2), of which 608.16 square miles (1,575.1 km2) (or 98.21%) is land and 11.09 square miles (28.7 km2) (or 1.79%) is water.[2]

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[edit] Demographics

Historical populations
Census Pop. %±
1900 2,744
—
1910 2,003 −27.0%
1920 1,724 −13.9%
1930 987 −42.7%
1940 1,754 77.7%
1950 1,135 −35.3%
1960 2,073 82.6%
1970 2,665 28.6%
1980 8,848 232.0%
1990 12,281 38.8%
2000 23,548 91.7%
2010 27,994 18.9%
sources:[3][4]

As of the census[5] of 2000, there were 23,548 people, 9,120 households, and 4,769 families residing in the county. The population density was 39 people per square mile (15/km²). There were 24,201 housing units at an average density of 40 per square mile (15/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 91.84% White, 0.68% Black or African American, 0.48% Native American, 0.87% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 3.96% from other races, and 2.10% from two or more races. 9.79% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 9,120 households out of which 24.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.00% were married couples living together, 4.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 47.70% were non-families. 21.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 1.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 2.86.

In the county the population was spread out with 17.40% under the age of 18, 15.70% from 18 to 24, 44.30% from 25 to 44, 19.40% from 45 to 64, and 3.30% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females there were 139.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 144.90 males.

Summit County court house in Breckenridge.

The median income for a household in the county was $56,587, and the median income for a family was $66,914 (these figures had risen to $65,281 and $80,441 respectively as of a 2007 estimate[6]). Males had a median income of $33,741 versus $27,017 for females. The per capita income for the county was $28,676. About 3.10% of families and 9.00% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.30% of those under age 18 and 3.40% of those age 65 or over.

The 2009 average real estate prices in Summit County were $905,030 for a single family home, $398,051 for a condo, townhome or duplex and $399,025 for a piece of land. [7]

Snowmelt runoff fills Lake Dillon in Summit County
Wire gold from the old Breckenridge mining district

[edit] Cities and towns

[edit] National forest and wilderness

[edit] Trails

[edit] Bicycle routes

[edit] National scenic byway

[edit] Additional information

Summit County is home to four major ski areas: Keystone, Copper Mountain, Breckenridge, and Arapahoe Basin. The county also has two reservoirs, Dillon and Green Mountain, that are also popular.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Annual County Population Estimates and Estimated Components of Change: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 (CO-EST2006-alldata)" (CSV). 2006 Population Estimates. United States Census Bureau, Population Division. 2007-03-22. http://www.census.gov/popest/counties/files/CO-EST2006-ALLDATA.csv. Retrieved 2007-05-10. 
  2. ^ "Census 2000 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Counties". United States Census. http://www.census.gov/tiger/tms/gazetteer/county2k.txt. Retrieved 2011-02-13. 
  3. ^ census.gov Colorado population by county, 1900-90 accessed 2009-05-12
  4. ^ quickfacts.census.gov - Summit County accessed 2009-05-12
  5. ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
  6. ^ factfinder.census.gov
  7. ^ "Summit County Real Estate" (PDF). Land Title Market Snapshot. Ben Brewer. http://www.team-brewer.com/valuablelinksfiles/LTGMarketStatisticsApril2010.pdf. Retrieved 2010-05-29. 

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