sangres.com sangres.com

Boulder County, Colorado

Boulder County is northwest of Denver and runs up aginst the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. The early days of Boulder County are filled with stories of hard rock gold miners and the on-going labor war between coal companies and unionizing coal miners.

This is the home of the University of Colorado and a lot of high-tech companies. The National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration (NOAA) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology are located in Boulder.

Boulder County contains 742 square miles of land and 9 square miles of water. The county seat is Boulder.

Fast Facts about Boulder County, Colorado
Resident Racial Breakdown:
White Non-Hispanic: 83.6%
Hispanic: 10.5%
African-American: 0.9%
Native American: 1.2%
Other: 4.7%
Two or More Races: 2.2%
Chinese: 0.8%
Other Asian: 0.6%
Types of Jobs:
Private Sector, wages or salary: 77%
Government Sector: 15%
Unincorporated, Self-Employed: 8%
Population Density: 391 People per Square Mile
2008 Cost of Living Index for Boulder County: 103.3
2007 Estimates:
Population: 290,262
Males: 146,873
Females: 143,389
Median Resident Age: 33.4 Years
Estimated Median Household Income: $63,257
Estimated Median Home Value: $342,400
Major Industries:
Educational Services, Professional Services, Health Care, Construction, Computer & Electronic Products, Lodging & Food Services, Government, Waste Management Services, Finance & Insurance Services
Text and photos are available for re-use under the terms of the
Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License.
 Back to the top

Free Sitemap Generator