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El Paso County, CO

740,567 Population
2,126.4 square miles 348.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.2 ±0.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Colorado: 37.7 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$42,212 ±$1,132 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Colorado: $49,071 ±$524
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$82,389 ±$2,645 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Colorado: $89,302 ±$1,281
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

8.3% ±1.1% (59,578  ±7,656) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado: 9.4% 540,517 (±0.4% / ±20,050)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

23.1 minutes ±0.6 (7,370,905  ±261,333) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Colorado: 25 61,639,016 (±0.3 / ±806,928)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

293,070 ±1,962 Number of households
  • Colorado: 2,384,584 ±7,807
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.5 ±0 (718,785  ±280) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Colorado: 2.4 5,718,342
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

5.7% ±1.1% (10,079  ±1,905) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 5% 70,204 (±0.4% / ±5,001)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

304,249 ±125 Number of housing units
  • Colorado: 2,590,205 ±2,107
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$464,300 ±$7,444 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Colorado: $531,100 ±$4,869
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

18.7% ±1.6% (136,870  ±11,813.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 16.4% 946,956 (±0.5% / ±28,188)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

95.4% ±2.2% (469,625  ±10,961) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Colorado: 93% 3,799,436 (±0.8% / ±30,855)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
42.5% ±1.4% (209,103  ±6,954.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado: 45.9% 1,875,132 (±0.5% / ±21,209.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

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

6.5% (47,912  ±4,679) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Colorado: 9.6% 557,528
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

15.1% ±0.8% (80,992  ±4,276) Population with veteran status
  • about double the rate in Colorado: 7.4% 340,050 (±0.2% / ±10,540)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
80,992 Total veterans ±4,276 66,902 Male ±3,741 14,090 Female ±1,867

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