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El Paso County, CO

752,772 Population
2,126.4 square miles 354 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.5 ±0.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Colorado: 38 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$47,360 ±$1,374 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Colorado: $54,531 ±$713
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$91,009 ±$2,718 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Colorado: $97,113 ±$1,081
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

8.5% ±1% (62,133  ±6,980) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado: 9.6% 560,040 (±0.4% / ±25,707)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

24.6 minutes ±0.8 (8,052,105  ±334,525) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Colorado: 25.7 65,264,340 (±0.3 / ±872,544)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

304,631 ±2,396 Number of households
  • Colorado: 2,479,892 ±8,293
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0 (729,546  ±359) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Colorado: 2.4 5,828,363
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

7.4% ±1.3% (13,630  ±2,421) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Colorado: 5.2% 75,577 (±0.4% / ±5,202)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

316,954 ±164 Number of housing units
  • Colorado: 2,662,111 ±3,196
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$486,000 ±$5,897 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Colorado: $574,600 ±$3,773
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

17.2% ±1.5% (127,869  ±11,423) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 14.2% 836,283 (±0.4% / ±25,616.6)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

95.1% ±2.2% (481,172  ±11,304.6) 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)
42.8% ±1.4% (216,358  ±7,085.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado: 47.8% 2,008,558 (±0.5% / ±22,920.4)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

8.2% (61,446  ±7,001) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Colorado: 10.6% 628,683
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

15.6% ±1% (85,526  ±5,284) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Colorado: 7% 328,370 (±0.2% / ±9,257)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
85,526 Total veterans ±5,284 70,340 Male ±4,544 15,186 Female ±2,466

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