Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2005: $1,447 (0.6%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2005: $1,385 (0.6%)
Area name: Denver-Aurora, CO MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Arapahoe County is $702 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $889 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $1262 a month.
Cities in this county include: Southglenn
, Littleton
, Englewood
, Castlewood
, Greenwood Village
, Cherry Hills Village
, Sheridan
, Glendale
, Byers
, Columbine Valley
.
2005 air pollution in Arapahoe County:
Ozone (1-hour): 0.095 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Ozone (8-hour): 0.080 ppm (standard limit: 0.08 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5)
Annual (standard limit: 15.0 µg/m3):
8.2 µg/m3.
Below U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5)
24-hour (standard limit: 35 µg/m3):
22 µg/m3.
Below U.S. average.
Neighboring
counties: Denver County
, Adams County
, Denver County
, Douglas County
, Elbert County
, Jefferson County
, Jefferson County
, Lincoln County
, Washington County
.
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Arapahoe County: Arrow
K Ranch
(A),
Cross J Ranch
(B)
Cemetery: Running
Creek Cemetery
(1).
Reservoirs: Noonen
Reservoir Number 2
(A),
Noonen Reservoir
(B),
Jolly John Reservoir
(C),
Rock Canyon Erosion Control Reservoir Number 2
(D),
Rock Canyon Erosion Control Reservoir Number 1
(E)
Creeks: Wilson
Creek
(A),
Cottonwood Creek
(B),
First Creek
(C),
Middle Bijou Creek
(D),
Middlemist Creek
(E)
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Unemployment in September 2007:
Current college students: 27,529
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 90.7%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 37.0%
Number of foreign born residents: 53,442 (37% naturalized citizens)
| Arapahoe
County: |
11.0% | | Whole
state: |
8.6% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population
|
- 1995
to March 2000: 17,897
- 1990
to 1994: 10,825
- 1985
to 1989: 6,459
- 1980
to 1984: 5,963
- 1975
to 1979: 3,868
- 1970
to 1974: 2,350
- 1970
to 1974: 1,594
- 1965
to 1969: 4,486
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Mean travel time to work: 26.1 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 50.1%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 111,736
- One,
attached: 20,687
- Two:
1,692
- 3
or 4: 5,985
- 5
to 9: 11,679
- 10
to 19: 17,587
- 20
or more: 24,466
- Mobile
homes: 2,860
- Boats,
RVs, vans, etc.: 143
Housing units in Arapahoe County with a mortgage: 94,874 (15,910 second mortgage, 9,471 home equity loan, 546 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 17,239 Agriculture
in Arapahoe County
Average size of farms: 742 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $44588
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $216.02
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 23.81%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $45237
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 21.18%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 4.36%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $74232
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 89.73%
Average age of principal farm operators: 53 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 2.57
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 0.09%
Corn for grain: 353 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 59751 harvested acres
Vegetables: 3 harvested acres
Most
common industries for males in 2005: |
- Construction
(13%)
- Accommodation
and food services (8%)
- Professional,
scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Administrative
and support and waste management services (5%)
- Finance
and insurance (5%)
- Health
care (4%)
- Public
administration (4%)
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Most
common industries for females in 2005:
|
- Health
care (15%)
- Educational
services (11%)
- Finance
and insurance (9%)
- Accommodation
and food services (9%)
- Professional,
scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Administrative
and support and waste management services (4%)
- Broadcasting
and telecommunications (4%)
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Most
common occupations for males in 2005:
|
- Other
management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Computer
specialists (5%)
- Driver/sales
workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Sales
representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Material
recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Building
and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (3%)
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Most
common occupations for females in 2005:
|
- Other
office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other
management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Information
and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (4%)
- Bookkeeping,
accounting, and auditing clerks (3%)
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Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
|
- Mexico
(32%)
- Korea
(7%)
- Vietnam
(5%)
- Canada
(4%)
- Russia
(3%)
- Philippines
(3%)
- Germany
(3%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in Arapahoe County:
|
- German
(18%)
- English
(10%)
- Irish
(9%)
- United
States or American (6%)
- Italian
(4%)
- Norwegian
(2%)
- Scottish
(2%)
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 205,191 (79%)
- Carpooled:
28,303 (11%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 8,038 (3%)
- Streetcar
or trolley car: 67 (0%)
- Subway
or elevated: 103 (0%)
- Railroad:
40 (0%)
- Taxi:
132 (0%)
- Motorcycle:
172 (0%)
- Bicycle:
622 (0%)
- Walked:
4,081 (2%)
- Other
means: 1,601 (1%)
- Worked
at home: 11,921 (5%)
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People
in group quarters in Arapahoe County, Colorado
- 2049
people in nursing homes
- 1015
people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 393
people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 253
people in halfway houses
- 240
people in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children
- 191
people in military barracks, etc.
- 166
people in other group homes
- 136
people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
- 92
people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 76
people in homes for the physically handicapped
- 75
people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 46
people in homes for the mentally ill
- 26
people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 26
people in hospices or homes for chronically ill
- 26
people in orthopedic wards and institutions for the physically handicapped
- 21
people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 20
people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
- 18
people in religious group quarters
- 2
people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
- 2
people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $70,528.
11.63% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($44,670 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
11.63% | | Colorado
average: |
10.77% |
0.14% of residents moved from foreign countries ($448 average AGI)
| Arapahoe
County: |
0.14% | | Colorado
average: | 0.18% |
7.62% relocated from other counties in Colorado ($27,554 average AGI)
3.87% relocated from other states ($16,668 average AGI)
| Arapahoe
County: |
3.87% | | Colorado
average: | 4.67% |
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
Denver County, CO
|
3.53% ($41,768 average AGI) |
| from
Douglas County, CO
|
1.11% ($53,977) |
| from
Jefferson County, CO
|
1.03% ($42,239) |
| from
Adams County, CO
|
0.93% ($32,985) |
| from
El Paso County, CO
|
0.23% ($41,676) |
| from
Los Angeles County, CA
|
0.15% ($47,539) |
| from
Larimer County, CO
|
0.14% ($31,244) |
11.61% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($49,078 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
11.61% | | Colorado
average: |
10.03% |
0.09% of residents moved to foreign countries ($396 average AGI)
| Arapahoe
County: |
0.09% | | Colorado
average: | 0.12% |
7.90% relocated to other counties in Colorado ($31,772 average AGI)
3.61% relocated to other states ($16,910 average AGI)
| Arapahoe
County: |
3.61% | | Colorado
average: | 3.96% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
Denver County, CO
|
3.26% ($39,809 average AGI) |
| to
Douglas County, CO
|
1.57% ($67,161) |
| to
Jefferson County, CO
|
1.00% ($44,220) |
| to
Adams County, CO
|
0.97% ($40,437) |
| to
El Paso County, CO
|
0.19% ($38,481) |
| to
Maricopa County, AZ
|
0.16% ($59,895) |
| to
Boulder County, CO
|
0.14% ($41,299) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 14.4
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 15.0
Births
per 1000 population in Arapahoe County |
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 5.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 5.7
Deaths
per 1000 population in Arapahoe County |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.3
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 5.6
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Arapahoe County
|
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 47,245 (41,721 aged, 5,524 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 483,135
- In
family households: 402,741 (95,614 male householders, 30,854 female householders)
99,466
spouses, 147,188 children (135,265 natural, 4,202 adopted, 7,721 stepchildren), 4,780 grandchildren, 4,398 brothers or sisters, 3,496 parents, 7,288 other relatives, 9,657 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 80,394 (29,995 male householders (22,554 living alone)), 34,498 female householders (28,835 living alone)), 15,901 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 4,832 (3,772 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 50,370 2-persons, 29,884 3-persons, 27,940 4-persons, 11,830 5-persons, 4,331 6-persons, 2,113 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 51,389 1-person, 11,173 2-persons, 1,443 3-persons, 311 4-persons, 92 5-persons, 57 6-persons, 28 7-or-more-persons.
92,933 married couples with children.
27,714 single-parent households (6,319 men, 21,395 women).
84.5% of residents of Arapahoe County speak English at home.
8.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (48% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 21% speak English not well, 12% don't speak English at all).
3.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (65% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
3.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (50% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other language at home (66% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $2,475,281,000 ($4735 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $757,513,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $1,051,490,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $289,869,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $4,854,000
Federal grants: $224,378,000
Federal procurement contracts: $650,874,000 ($450,432,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $253,815,000 ($130,348,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $1,022,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $1,350,576,000
Federal Government insurance: $137,105,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 40,349
| Here: |
76 per 1000 residents | | State: |
76 per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 14,848
| Here: |
28 per 1000 residents | | State: | 32
per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +14,953
| Here: |
+28 per 1000 residents | | State: |
+24 per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: +356
| Here: |
+1 per 1000 residents | | State: | +10
per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Arapahoe County |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 95.42 millions of gallons per day (4% from ground, 96% from surface)
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Median
number of rooms in apartments:
Year
house built: |
- 1999
to March 2000: 6,859
- 1995
to 1998: 16,572
- 1990
to 1994: 11,940
- 1980
to 1989: 56,044
- 1970
to 1979: 59,662
- 1960
to 1969: 21,242
- 1950
to 1959: 16,707
- 1940
to 1949: 3,632
- 1939
or earlier: 4,177
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Arapahoe County, Colorado: |
- 1
room: 449
- 2
rooms: 1,747
- 3
rooms: 5,300
- 4
rooms: 10,110
- 5
rooms: 16,456
- 6
rooms: 20,642
- 7
rooms: 22,787
- 8
rooms: 21,395
- 9
or more rooms: 31,013
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Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Arapahoe County, Colorado: |
- 1
room: 3,986
- 2
rooms: 9,485
- 3
rooms: 15,475
- 4
rooms: 14,853
- 5
rooms: 8,092
- 6
rooms: 3,909
- 7
rooms: 2,335
- 8
rooms: 1,681
- 9
or more rooms: 1,194
|
Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Arapahoe County:
|
- no
bedroom: 907
- 1
bedroom: 5,118
- 2
bedrooms: 24,372
- 3
bedrooms: 47,832
- 4
bedrooms: 40,222
- 5
or more bedrooms: 11,448
|
Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Arapahoe County:
|
- no
bedroom: 4,705
- 1
bedroom: 24,273
- 2
bedrooms: 21,823
- 3
bedrooms: 6,911
- 4
bedrooms: 2,602
- 5
or more bedrooms: 696
|
Cars
and other vehicles available in Arapahoe County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
|
- no
vehicle: 3,022
- 1
vehicle: 33,165
- 2
vehicles: 60,864
- 3
vehicles: 24,363
- 4
vehicles: 6,263
- 5
or more vehicles: 2,222
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Arapahoe County in renter-occupied apartments
|
- no
vehicle: 7,665
- 1
vehicle: 30,998
- 2
vehicles: 17,632
- 3
vehicles: 3,608
- 4
vehicles: 675
- 5
or more vehicles: 432
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46% of Arapahoe County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 38% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Colorado.
| Arapahoe
County: |
46.1% | | State
average: |
45.7% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 175849
- Northeast:
35900
- Midwest:
101344
- South:
53529
- West:
60697
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $170,700 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0%
Year
Householders Moved Into Unit:
|
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Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
|
- Utility
gas (87%)
- Electricity
(11%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (1%)
|
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
|
- Utility
gas (62%)
- Electricity
(34%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (1%)
- Other
fuel (1%)
- No
fuel used (1%)
|
Private
vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5,440
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2,514
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 4,700
| Here: |
21.9% | | Colorado: |
16.7% |
Arapahoe
County government finances in 2004:
- Bond
Fund - Cash & Deposits: $24,572,000
- Charges
- All Other: $22,960,000
Parks & Recreation: $39,000
- Construction
- Regular Highways: $5,930,000
Sewerage: $2,850,000
Police Protection: $587,000
Central Staff Services: $185,000
- Current
Operations - Welfare - Other: $45,855,000
Health Services - Other: $35,502,000
Police Protection: $31,954,000
Corrections - Other: $23,138,000
Regular Highways: $19,762,000
Financial Administration: $18,680,000
Central Staff Services: $16,994,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $13,536,000
General - Other: $9,912,000
General Public Buildings: $5,639,000
Housing & Community Development: $2,048,000
Sewerage: $1,082,000
Parks & Recreation: $454,000
- Federal
Intergovernmental - Housing & Community Development: $1,742,000
General Support: $1,026,000
- General
- Interest on Debt: $8,571,000
- Local
Intergovernmental - Public Welfare: $1,083,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $147,940,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $135,190,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $8,265,000
- Long
Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $4,485,000
- Miscellaneous
- General Revenue, NEC: $7,406,000
Interest Earnings: $2,871,000
Property Sale Other: $1,666,000
- Other
Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $7,083,000
Police Protection: $2,305,000
Central Staff: $1,162,000
Sewerage: $945,000
Parks & Recreation: $113,000
Judicial: $59,000
Welfare - Other: $28,000
Financial Administration: $9,000
- Other
Funds - Cash & Deposits: $87,439,000
- State
Intergovernmental - Public Welfare: $28,041,000
All Other: $23,048,000
Health & Hospitals: $11,131,000
Highways: $7,528,000
General Support: $1,115,000
- Tax
- Property: $113,924,000
NEC: $3,133,000
Motor Vehicle License: $1,130,000
- Total
Salaries & Wages: $83,975,000
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