Chaffee County, Colorado Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Statewide Claims to Fame

Chaffee County is 11th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Chaffee County is 13th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Chaffee County is 14th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Chaffee County is 18th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Chaffee County is 19th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Home ownership rate

Main Cities Within Chaffee County, Colorado

Salida, Colorado

Chaffee County, Colorado Border Map - Phone Size

General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Chaffee County	Rank	Colorado	US
Current population (2012)	18,150	27th	5,187,582	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,013.4	43rd	103,641.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	17.6	27th	48.5	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Chaffee County	Rank	Colorado	US
Residents younger than 5	4.3%	48th	6.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	15.9%	60th	23.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	21.2%	11th	11.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Chaffee County	Rank	Colorado	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	90.7%	26th	89.7%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	32.2%	22nd	36.3%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Chaffee County	Rank	Colorado	US
Race - White	94.8%	27th	88.1%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.7%	13th	4.3%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.4%	31st	1.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.7%	44th	3.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	47th	0.2%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.4%	53rd	2.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	10.0%	45th	21.0%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	85.8%	21st	69.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Chaffee County	Rank	Colorado	US
Female residents	46.8%	52nd	49.8%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	3.5%	46th	9.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Chaffee County	Rank	Colorado	US
Housing units	10,082	28th	2,224,603	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	7.4%	46th	25.7%	25.9%
Households	7,715	26th	1,941,193	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	74.5%	19th	66.8%	66.1%
Home median value	$244,600	24th	$236,700	$186,200
People per household	2.1	55th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	93	18th	23,301	829,658

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Chaffee County	Rank	Colorado	US
Income per capita	$26,795	30th	$30,816	$27,915
Income per household	$43,684	40th	$57,685	$52,762
Income below poverty line	9.7%	47th	12.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Chaffee County	Rank	Colorado	US
Non-farm private establishments	822	23rd	150,889	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	5,036	29th	1,972,271	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	3,369	23rd	547,770	27,092,908
Retail sales	$252,573	25th	$65,896,788	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$14,982	14th	$13,609	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$49,240	26th	$11,440,395	$613,795,732

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