Clear Creek County, Colorado


Clear Creek County is one of the 64 counties of the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2010 census, the population was 9,088. The county seat is Georgetown.
Clear Creek County is part of the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History

Clear Creek County was one of the original 17 counties created by the Colorado legislature on 1 November 1861, and is one of only two counties to have persisted with its original boundaries unchanged. It was named after Clear Creek, which runs down from the continental divide through the county. Idaho Springs was originally designated the county seat, but the county government was moved to Georgetown in 1867.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of, of which is land and is water.

Adjacent counties

Clear Creek County tends to be somewhat divided between Republicans and Democrats. In the 2012 election, Barack Obama won over Mitt Romney 54% to 42%.
YearRepublicanDemocraticOthers
201643.9% 2,57546.5% 2,7299.6% 562
201242.3% 2,43054.3% 3,1193.4% 194
200839.9% 2,30057.8% 3,3322.3% 135
200444.9% 2,52253.3% 2,9891.8% 102
200045.6% 2,24744.4% 2,1889.9% 489
199642.0% 1,74644.8% 1,86313.2% 551
199230.4% 1,35639.1% 1,74430.5% 1,360
198850.1% 1,82046.8% 1,6983.1% 114
198465.3% 2,15133.1% 1,0891.6% 52
198056.2% 1,78426.4% 83717.4% 552
197655.4% 1,47740.1% 1,0694.6% 122
197262.2% 1,55732.6% 8155.2% 130
196852.7% 1,01137.5% 7199.8% 188
196438.3% 67661.5% 1,0860.3% 5
196058.4% 96441.7% 6880.0% 0
195664.9% 97334.7% 5200.5% 7
195267.7% 1,14531.9% 5400.4% 6
194848.7% 81050.2% 8361.1% 18
194455.3% 79544.2% 6360.5% 7
194044.2% 1,01855.6% 1,2810.3% 7
193634.7% 72064.6% 1,3400.8% 16
193238.2% 59760.0% 9391.8% 28
192861.1% 79037.2% 4811.8% 23
192461.9% 72224.3% 28413.8% 161
192058.3% 76539.5% 5182.2% 29
191626.4% 47471.7% 1,2892.0% 36
191223.8% 46959.3% 1,16616.9% 333

Demographics

At the 2000 census there were 9,322 people, 4,019 households, and 2,608 families living in the county. The population density was 24 people per square mile. There were 5,128 housing units at an average density of 13 per square mile. The racial makeup of the county was 96.37% White, 0.28% Black or African American, 0.73% Native American, 0.36% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 1.02% from other races, and 1.20% from two or more races. 3.87% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 4,019 households 28.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.60% were married couples living together, 6.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.10% were non-families. 27.20% of households were one person and 4.30% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 2.81.
The age distribution was 22.60% under the age of 18, 5.60% from 18 to 24, 32.60% from 25 to 44, 32.20% from 45 to 64, and 7.10% 65 or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 108.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 110.20 males.
The median household income was $50,997 and the median family income was $61,400. Males had a median income of $41,667 versus $30,757 for females. The per capita income for the county was $28,160. About 3.00% of families and 5.40% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.80% of those under age 18 and 5.60% of those age 65 or over.

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