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El Paso County, CO

744,215 Population
2,126.4 square miles 350 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.4 ±0.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Colorado: 37.9 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$46,269 ±$1,661 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Colorado: $51,768 ±$630
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$89,549 ±$3,982 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Colorado: $92,911 ±$1,057
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

7% ±0.7% (50,648  ±5,200) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Colorado: 9.3% 536,507 (±0.4% / ±22,964)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

23.8 minutes ±0.6 (7,718,945  ±250,477) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Colorado: 25.5 64,361,552 (±0.3 / ±879,288)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

298,973 ±3,263 Number of households
  • Colorado: 2,428,261 ±9,051
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0 (722,444  ±403) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Colorado: 2.4 † 5,752,541 (±,228.8 / ±-555,555,600)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

5.7% ±1.2% (10,284  ±2,124) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 4.8% 68,829 (±0.4% / ±5,130)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

312,300 ±207 Number of housing units
  • Colorado: 2,638,093 ±2,183
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$470,900 ±$6,273 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Colorado: $550,300 ±$4,023
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

18.9% ±1.6% (138,643  ±11,617.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 15.7% 915,016 (±0.5% / ±29,617.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

95.4% ±2.3% (475,382  ±11,465.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Colorado: 93.3% 3,857,279 (±0.8% / ±32,004.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
44.3% ±1.5% (220,900  ±7,423.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Colorado: 46.4% 1,920,057 (±0.5% / ±21,581.8)
  • about 25 percent higher than 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

6.9% ±5,183.6% (51,677  ±5,396) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Colorado: 9.6% † 563,101 (±,905.6% / ±15,894)
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

15.1% ±0.9% (80,863  ±4,864) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Colorado: 7.2% 332,717 (±0.2% / ±10,113)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
80,863 Total veterans ±4,864 66,186 Male ±3,702 14,677 Female ±2,246

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