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Arapahoe County, CO

656,061 Population
797.9 square miles 822.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.4 ±0.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Colorado: 37.9 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$50,532 ±$1,418 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Colorado: $51,768 ±$630
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$98,239 ±$4,307 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Colorado: $92,911 ±$1,057
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

10.7% ±1.5% (69,906  ±9,819) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 9.3% 536,507 (±0.4% / ±22,964)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

27.3 minutes ±0.7 (7,974,095  ±273,657) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Colorado: 25.5 64,361,552 (±0.3 / ±879,288)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

261,161 ±2,558 Number of households
  • Colorado: 2,428,261 ±9,051
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.5 ±0 (651,165  ±245) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Colorado: 2.4 5,752,541
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

4.8% ±0.9% (7,804  ±1,539) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Colorado: 4.8% 68,829 (±0.4% / ±5,130)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

272,175 ±115 Number of housing units
  • Colorado: 2,638,093 ±2,183
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$567,300 ±$10,433 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Colorado: $550,300 ±$4,023
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

16.1% ±1.4% (104,339  ±9,005.4) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Colorado: 15.7% 915,016 (±0.5% / ±29,617.2)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

92% ±2.2% (419,997  ±9,953.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Colorado: 93.3% 3,857,279 (±0.8% / ±32,004.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
46.3% ±1.5% (211,387  ±6,727.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Colorado: 46.4% 1,920,057 (±0.5% / ±21,581.8)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

16.9% (110,534  ±6,705) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Colorado: 9.6% 563,101
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

6.5% ±0.6% (33,245  ±3,215) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado: 7.2% 332,717 (±0.2% / ±10,113)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
33,245 Total veterans ±3,215 29,012 Male ±2,730 4,233 Female ±1,198

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