People QuickFacts Garfield County Colorado Population, 2012 estimate 56,953 5,187,582 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 56,389 5,029,196 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 1.0% 3.1% Population, 2010 56,389 5,029,196 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 7.9% 6.7% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 26.9% 24.0% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 8.9% 11.3% Female persons, percent, 2011 48.6% 49.8%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 94.2% 88.3% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.2% 4.3% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.8% 1.6% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.8% 2.9% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.2% 0.2% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.9% 2.7% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 28.6% 20.9% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 68.5% 69.7%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 80.1% 80.8% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 15.5% 9.7% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 24.4% 16.7% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 85.3% 89.7% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 24.8% 36.3% Veterans, 2007-2011 3,629 405,303 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 28.1 24.3  Housing units, 2011 23,474 2,224,603 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 65.4% 66.8% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 20.2% 25.7% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $343,700 $236,700 Households, 2007-2011 20,186 1,941,193 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.71 2.50 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $27,901 $30,816 Median household income, 2007-2011 $63,929 $57,685 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 10.5% 12.5%     Business QuickFacts Garfield County Colorado Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 2,521 151,973 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 18,334 1,955,336 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 16.8 2.2 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 5,803 426,417  Total number of firms, 2007 8,595 547,770 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 1.7% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.6% 0.8% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 2.6% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 5.7% 6.2% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 25.1% 29.2%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 0 46,331,953 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 442,167 53,598,986 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,184,677 65,896,788 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $22,367 $13,609 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 161,174 11,440,395 Building permits, 2011 33 13,502     Geography QuickFacts Garfield County Colorado Land area in square miles, 2010 2,947.56 103,641.89 Persons per square mile, 2010 19.1 48.5 FIPS Code 045 08 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area None   (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