People QuickFacts Teller County Colorado Population, 2012 estimate 23,389 5,187,582 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 23,350 5,029,196 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 0.2% 3.1% Population, 2010 23,350 5,029,196 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 4.3% 6.7% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 20.0% 24.0% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 14.0% 11.3% Female persons, percent, 2011 49.1% 49.8%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 95.0% 88.3% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.7% 4.3% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.1% 1.6% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.8% 2.9% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.2% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 2.3% 2.7% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 5.6% 20.9% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 90.2% 69.7%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 88.8% 80.8% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 2.2% 9.7% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 5.6% 16.7% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 94.1% 89.7% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 29.9% 36.3% Veterans, 2007-2011 3,231 405,303 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 33.4 24.3  Housing units, 2011 12,708 2,224,603 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 84.5% 66.8% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 4.2% 25.7% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $229,600 $236,700 Households, 2007-2011 9,051 1,941,193 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.51 2.50 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $28,569 $30,816 Median household income, 2007-2011 $57,931 $57,685 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 7.5% 12.5%     Business QuickFacts Teller County Colorado Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 696 151,973 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 5,199 1,955,336 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 -1.9 2.2 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 2,524 426,417  Total number of firms, 2007 3,429 547,770 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 1.7% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 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 S 6.2% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 31.0% 29.2%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 0 46,331,953 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 26,287 53,598,986 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 169,017 65,896,788 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $7,771 $13,609 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 128,005 11,440,395 Building permits, 2011 55 13,502     Geography QuickFacts Teller County Colorado Land area in square miles, 2010 557.06 103,641.89 Persons per square mile, 2010 41.9 48.5 FIPS Code 119 08 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Colorado Springs, 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