People QuickFacts	Jefferson County	Colorado
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	545,358	5,187,582
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	534,558	5,029,196
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	2.0%	3.1%
 	Population, 2010    	534,543	5,029,196
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	5.5%	6.7%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	21.8%	24.0%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	13.1%	11.3%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	50.3%	49.8% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	92.4%	88.3%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	1.3%	4.3%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	1.2%	1.6%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	2.7%	2.9%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.1%	0.2%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	2.2%	2.7%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	14.6%	20.9%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	79.6%	69.7% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	83.8%	80.8%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	6.1%	9.7%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	10.2%	16.7%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	93.2%	89.7%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	39.7%	36.3%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	44,571	405,303
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	26.1	24.3 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	230,174	2,224,603
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	71.4%	66.8%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	24.9%	25.7%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$259,400	$236,700
 	Households, 2007-2011    	217,763	1,941,193
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.41	2.50
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$35,587	$30,816
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$67,827	$57,685
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	8.5%	12.5%

   	Business QuickFacts	Jefferson County	Colorado
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	16,097	151,973
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	183,719	1,955,336
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	0.7	2.2
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	49,353	426,417 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	62,249	547,770
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	0.6%	1.7%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	0.6%	0.8%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	2.7%	2.6%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	0.1%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	5.2%	6.2%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	30.2%	29.2% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	6,566,636	46,331,953
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	2,514,091	53,598,986
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	7,282,158	65,896,788
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$13,782	$13,609
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	960,467	11,440,395
 	Building permits, 2011     	958	13,502

   	Geography QuickFacts	Jefferson County	Colorado
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	764.21	103,641.89
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	699.5	48.5
 	FIPS Code    	059	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