El Paso County, Colorado Demographics

El Paso County is 45th out of 3,143 other counties in Building permits (last year)

El Paso County is 1st in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Current population (2012)

El Paso County is 1st in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

El Paso County is 1st in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Race - Two or More

El Paso County is 2nd in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Building permits (last year)

El Paso County is 2nd in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Households

El Paso County is 2nd in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Housing units

El Paso County is 2nd in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

El Paso County is 2nd in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Retail sales

El Paso County is 3rd in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Non-farm private employees

El Paso County is 4th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Size Demographics
	El Paso County	Rank	Colorado	US
Current population (2012)	644,964	1st	5,187,582	313,914,040
Size in square miles	2,126.8	19th	103,641.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	292.6	8th	48.5	87.4

Age Demographics
	El Paso County	Rank	Colorado	US
Residents younger than 5	7.0%	12th	6.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	25.3%	10th	23.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	10.7%	53rd	11.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	El Paso County	Rank	Colorado	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	92.8%	22nd	89.7%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	35.1%	19th	36.3%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	El Paso County	Rank	Colorado	US
Race - White	84.1%	62nd	88.1%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	6.8%	4th	4.3%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.3%	33rd	1.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	2.9%	7th	3.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.4%	1st	0.2%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	4.5%	1st	2.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	15.6%	27th	21.0%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	71.3%	44th	69.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	El Paso County	Rank	Colorado	US
Female residents	49.9%	22nd	49.8%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	7.1%	21st	9.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	El Paso County	Rank	Colorado	US
Housing units	254,559	2nd	2,224,603	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	22.2%	15th	25.7%	25.9%
Households	230,620	2nd	1,941,193	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	65.6%	53rd	66.8%	66.1%
Home median value	$217,000	30th	$236,700	$186,200
People per household	2.6	18th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	2,974	2nd	23,301	829,658

Income Demographics
	El Paso County	Rank	Colorado	US
Income per capita	$28,624	24th	$30,816	$27,915
Income per household	$57,079	23rd	$57,685	$52,762
Income below poverty line	11.7%	37th	12.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	El Paso County	Rank	Colorado	US
Non-farm private establishments	15,743	4th	150,889	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	212,287	3rd	1,972,271	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	57,475	4th	547,770	27,092,908
Retail sales	$7,950,151	2nd	$65,896,788	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$13,578	24th	$13,609	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$1,153,810	2nd	$11,440,395	$613,795,732