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Arapahoe County, CO

666,918 Population
797.9 square miles 835.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.4 ±0.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Colorado: 38 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$54,577 ±$1,853 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Colorado: $54,531 ±$713
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$103,914 ±$3,086 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Colorado: $97,113 ±$1,081
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

7.4% ±1.2% (48,785  ±7,724) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Colorado: 9.6% 560,040 (±0.4% / ±25,707)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

27.9 minutes ±0.8 (8,126,265  ±315,998) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Colorado: 25.7 65,264,340 (±0.3 / ±872,544)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

263,763 ±2,160 Number of households
  • Colorado: 2,479,892 ±8,293
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0 (661,586  ±221) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Colorado: 2.4 5,828,363
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.8% ±1% (8,006  ±1,578) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado: 5.2% 75,577 (±0.4% / ±5,202)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

275,293 ±102 Number of housing units
  • Colorado: 2,662,111 ±3,196
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$589,300 ±$9,034 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Colorado: $574,600 ±$3,773
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

15.2% ±1.5% (100,029  ±9,894.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 14.2% 836,283 (±0.4% / ±25,616.6)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

92.7% ±2.4% (430,589  ±10,959.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Colorado: 93.2% 3,917,493 (±0.8% / ±32,413.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
48.4% ±1.5% (224,869  ±6,976.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Colorado: 47.8% 2,008,558 (±0.5% / ±22,920.4)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

24% ±1.4% (150,608  ±8,905.5) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Colorado: 16.7% 941,924 (±0.4% / ±21,347.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 23% 74,050,850 (±0.1% / ±226,318.1)

18% (120,098  ±8,390) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Colorado: 10.6% 628,683
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.3% ±0.6% (32,746  ±3,014) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado: 7% 328,370 (±0.2% / ±9,257)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
32,746 Total veterans ±3,014 27,799 Male ±2,598 4,947 Female ±1,336

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