Garfield County, Colorado Demographics

Garfield County is 4th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Foreign born residents

Garfield County is 4th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Garfield County is 4th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Garfield County is 7th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Garfield County is 8th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Size in square miles

Garfield County is 9th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Home median value

Garfield County is 10th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in People per household

Garfield County is 12th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Retail sales

Garfield County is 13th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Current population (2012)

Garfield County is 13th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Income per household

Size Demographics
	Garfield County	Rank	Colorado	US
Current population (2012)	56,953	13th	5,187,582	313,914,040
Size in square miles	2,947.6	8th	103,641.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	19.1	24th	48.5	87.4

Age Demographics
	Garfield County	Rank	Colorado	US
Residents younger than 5	7.6%	4th	6.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	26.7%	7th	23.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	9.5%	59th	11.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Garfield County	Rank	Colorado	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	85.3%	43rd	89.7%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	24.8%	33rd	36.3%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Garfield County	Rank	Colorado	US
Race - White	94.4%	32nd	88.1%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.2%	21st	4.3%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.7%	25th	1.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.8%	30th	3.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	25th	0.2%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.8%	35th	2.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	28.4%	18th	21.0%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	68.6%	45th	69.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Garfield County	Rank	Colorado	US
Female residents	48.6%	40th	49.8%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	15.5%	4th	9.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Garfield County	Rank	Colorado	US
Housing units	23,474	15th	2,224,603	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	20.2%	17th	25.7%	25.9%
Households	20,186	14th	1,941,193	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	65.4%	54th	66.8%	66.1%
Home median value	$343,700	9th	$236,700	$186,200
People per household	2.7	10th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	96	16th	23,301	829,658

Income Demographics
	Garfield County	Rank	Colorado	US
Income per capita	$27,901	27th	$30,816	$27,915
Income per household	$63,929	13th	$57,685	$52,762
Income below poverty line	10.5%	43rd	12.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Garfield County	Rank	Colorado	US
Non-farm private establishments	2,428	13th	150,889	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	18,169	16th	1,972,271	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	8,595	13th	547,770	27,092,908
Retail sales	$1,184,677	12th	$65,896,788	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$22,367	4th	$13,609	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$161,174	19th	$11,440,395	$613,795,732