Jefferson County, Colorado Demographics

Jefferson County is 2nd in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Jefferson County is 3rd in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Jefferson County is 3rd in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Retail sales

Jefferson County is 4th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Current population (2012)

Jefferson County is 4th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Households

Jefferson County is 4th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Housing units

Jefferson County is 4th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Jefferson County is 4th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Jefferson County is 4th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Jefferson County is 8th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Income per household

Size Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Colorado	US
Current population (2012)	545,358	4th	5,187,582	313,914,040
Size in square miles	764.2	50th	103,641.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	699.5	4th	48.5	87.4

Age Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Colorado	US
Residents younger than 5	5.4%	34th	6.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.4%	32nd	23.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.6%	40th	11.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Colorado	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	93.2%	21st	89.7%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	39.7%	16th	36.3%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Colorado	US
Race - White	92.4%	44th	88.1%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.3%	19th	4.3%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.2%	34th	1.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	2.8%	8th	3.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	23rd	0.2%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.3%	19th	2.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	14.9%	28th	21.0%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	79.2%	33rd	69.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Colorado	US
Female residents	50.3%	14th	49.8%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	6.1%	26th	9.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Colorado	US
Housing units	230,174	4th	2,224,603	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	24.9%	12th	25.7%	25.9%
Households	217,763	4th	1,941,193	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	71.4%	31st	66.8%	66.1%
Home median value	$259,400	21st	$236,700	$186,200
People per household	2.4	33rd	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	1,010	10th	23,301	829,658

Income Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Colorado	US
Income per capita	$35,587	9th	$30,816	$27,915
Income per household	$67,827	8th	$57,685	$52,762
Income below poverty line	8.5%	51st	12.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Colorado	US
Non-farm private establishments	15,986	3rd	150,889	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	184,960	4th	1,972,271	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	62,249	2nd	547,770	27,092,908
Retail sales	$7,282,158	3rd	$65,896,788	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$13,782	21st	$13,609	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$960,467	4th	$11,440,395	$613,795,732