People QuickFacts	Adams County	Colorado
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	459,598	5,187,582
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	441,603	5,029,196
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	4.1%	3.1%
 	Population, 2010    	441,603	5,029,196
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	8.3%	6.7%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	28.4%	24.0%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	8.5%	11.3%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	49.6%	49.8% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	87.6%	88.3%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	3.5%	4.3%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	2.1%	1.6%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	3.8%	2.9%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.2%	0.2%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	2.8%	2.7%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	38.2%	20.9%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	53.0%	69.7% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	81.6%	80.8%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	15.0%	9.7%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	27.6%	16.7%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	81.5%	89.7%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	20.7%	36.3%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	27,975	405,303
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	28.2	24.3 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	163,419	2,224,603
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	67.5%	66.8%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	23.9%	25.7%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$192,300	$236,700
 	Households, 2007-2011    	149,508	1,941,193
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.88	2.50
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$24,384	$30,816
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$56,089	$57,685
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	14.0%	12.5%

   	Business QuickFacts	Adams County	Colorado
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	8,169	151,973
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	129,834	1,955,336
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	1.8	2.2
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	25,955	426,417 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	32,777	547,770
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	1.6%	1.7%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	0.8%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	3.8%	2.6%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	0.1%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	14.0%	6.2%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	29.8%	29.2% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	6,161,531	46,331,953
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	11,193,392	53,598,986
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	4,848,908	65,896,788
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$11,556	$13,609
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	578,044	11,440,395
 	Building permits, 2011     	565	13,502

   	Geography QuickFacts	Adams County	Colorado
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	1,167.65	103,641.89
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	378.2	48.5
 	FIPS Code    	001	08
 	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO Metro Area	 

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts