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| Garfield County, Colorado | ||
 Garfield County Courthouse
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 Location in the state of Colorado | ||
 Colorado's location in the U.S. | ||
| Founded | February 10, 1883 | |
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| Named for | James A. Garfield | |
| Seat | Glenwood Springs | |
| Largest city | Rifle | |
| Area - Total - Land - Water |
2,956 sq mi (7,656 km²) 2,948 sq mi (7,635 km²) 8.3 sq mi (21 km²), 0.3% | |
| PopulationEst. - (2020) - Density |
61,685 21/sq mi (8/km²) | |
| Congressional district | 3rd | |
| Time zone | Mountain: UTC-7/-6 | |
| Website | www.garfield-county.com | |
Garfield County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 61,685.[1] The county seat is Glenwood Springs.[2] The county is named in honor of United States President James A. Garfield.[3] Garfield County is included in the Glenwood Springs, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Edwards-Glenwood Springs, CO Combined Statistical Area.
Geography[]
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 2,956 square miles (7,660 km2), of which 2,948 square miles (7,640 km2) is land and 8.3 square miles (21 km2) (0.3%) is water.[4]
Adjacent counties[]
- Rio Blanco County - north
- Routt County - northeast
- Eagle County - east
- Pitkin County - southeast
- Mesa County - south
- Grand County, Utah - southwest
- Uintah County, Utah - northwest
Major highways[]
Interstate 70- I-70 Bus.
- I-70 Bus.
- U.S. Highway 6
- State Highway 13
- State Highway 82
- State Highway 133
- State Highway 139
- State Highway 325
Protected areas[]
- Flat Tops Wilderness
- Grand Mesa National Forest
- Harvey Gap State Park
- Rifle Falls State Park
- Rifle Gap State Park
- Routt National Forest
- White River National Forest
Scenic byways[]
- Dinosaur Diamond Prehistoric Highway National Scenic Byway
- Flat Tops Trail Scenic Byway
- West Elk Loop Scenic Byway
Demographics[]
| Historical populations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1890 | 4,478 | ||
| 1900 | 5,835 | 30.3% | |
| 1910 | 10,144 | 73.8% | |
| 1920 | 9,304 | −8.3% | |
| 1930 | 9,975 | 7.2% | |
| 1940 | 10,560 | 5.9% | |
| 1950 | 11,625 | 10.1% | |
| 1960 | 12,017 | 3.4% | |
| 1970 | 14,821 | 23.3% | |
| 1980 | 22,514 | 51.9% | |
| 1990 | 29,974 | 33.1% | |
| 2000 | 43,791 | 46.1% | |
| 2010 | 56,389 | 28.8% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[5] 1790-1960[6] 1900-1990[7] 1990-2000[8] 2010-2020[1] | |||
The 2019 Census population estimate for Garfield County is 60,061,[9] a 6.5% increase from the 2010 Census.
- Population density per square mile: 19.1 (2010)
- Race Estimations (2019)
- White alone, not Hispanic or Latino (67.4%)
- Hispanic or Latino (29.3%)
- Black or African American alone (1.3%)
- American Indian and Alaskan Native alone (1.7%)
- Asian, alone (0.9%)
- Two or more races (2.0%)
- Age and Sex Estimations (2019)
- Persons under 5 years of age (6.8%)
- Persons under 18 years of age (24.9%)
- Persons 65 years of age and over (13.8%)
- Female persons (48.9%)
- Housing
- Housing units, 2019: (24,363)
- Owner occupied housing unit rate, 2014-2018: (66.9%)
- Persons per household, 2014-2018: (2.73)
- Education (2014-2018)
- High school graduate (87.5%)
- Bachelor's degree or higher (30.0%)
- Income and Poverty (2014 - 2018)
- Median household income: ($72, 898)
- Per capita income: $32,491)
- Persons in poverty: (8.4%)
Politics[]
Voting participation rates in Garfield County are above the U.S. national average.[10][11] In the 2018 General Election, 65% of eligible voters participated. In the 2020 presidential election, 84.47% eligible voters participated. The county leans slightly Republican based on vote totals in elections (2008 - 2018 data) with an estimated range of two to one-thousand votes often determining candidate outcomes for the county.
Garfield County has primarily voted for Republican Party candidates in presidential elections throughout its history, with the county only failing to back the Republican candidates ten times from 1884 to 2020. Although the county includes the relatively liberal city of Glenwood Springs, this is outweighed by the extremely conservative city of Rifle, as well as the nearby towns of Silt, Parachute, and Battlement Mesa. Until 2020, the most recent Democratic win was by Bill Clinton in 1992, but Republicans were held to a plurality of the county's votes in half of the six following presidential elections prior to 2020. Notably, Barack Obama lost the county to John McCain by two votes in 2008.
In 2020, Joe Biden became the first Democratic presidential candidate to win the county since Clinton in 1992, with about 50% of the vote. No Democratic presidential candidate has won a majority of the vote in the county since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964, although in 2020, Joe Biden was just 26 votes shy of having the majority of the vote in the county.
The county lies in Colorado's 3rd congressional district, represented by local Rifle resident and theme bar owner Lauren Boebert.
| Year | Republican | Democratic | Third party | |||
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| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
| 2020 | 14,717 | 47.62% | 15,427 | 49.92% | 760 | 2.46% |
| 2016 | 13,132 | 49.61% | 11,271 | 42.58% | 2,067 | 7.81% |
| 2012 | 12,535 | 51.36% | 11,305 | 46.32% | 568 | 2.33% |
| 2008 | 11,359 | 49.21% | 11,357 | 49.20% | 366 | 1.59% |
| 2004 | 11,123 | 53.87% | 9,228 | 44.69% | 296 | 1.43% |
| 2000 | 9,103 | 53.22% | 6,087 | 35.59% | 1,914 | 11.19% |
| 1996 | 6,281 | 44.43% | 5,722 | 40.47% | 2,135 | 15.10% |
| 1992 | 4,404 | 31.51% | 5,082 | 36.36% | 4,490 | 32.13% |
| 1988 | 6,358 | 57.21% | 4,620 | 41.57% | 136 | 1.22% |
| 1984 | 7,111 | 69.14% | 3,076 | 29.91% | 98 | 0.95% |
| 1980 | 5,416 | 58.08% | 2,639 | 28.30% | 1,270 | 13.62% |
| 1976 | 4,699 | 59.74% | 2,852 | 36.26% | 315 | 4.00% |
| 1972 | 4,452 | 66.27% | 2,088 | 31.08% | 178 | 2.65% |
| 1968 | 3,157 | 52.24% | 2,273 | 37.61% | 613 | 10.14% |
| 1964 | 2,282 | 41.58% | 3,196 | 58.24% | 10 | 0.18% |
| 1960 | 3,215 | 58.04% | 2,313 | 41.76% | 11 | 0.20% |
| 1956 | 3,332 | 62.90% | 1,953 | 36.87% | 12 | 0.23% |
| 1952 | 3,914 | 68.44% | 1,777 | 31.07% | 28 | 0.49% |
| 1948 | 2,416 | 50.10% | 2,364 | 49.03% | 42 | 0.87% |
| 1944 | 2,588 | 57.97% | 1,865 | 41.78% | 11 | 0.25% |
| 1940 | 2,894 | 57.18% | 2,141 | 42.30% | 26 | 0.51% |
| 1936 | 1,945 | 42.95% | 2,406 | 53.14% | 177 | 3.91% |
| 1932 | 1,734 | 36.05% | 2,946 | 61.25% | 130 | 2.70% |
| 1928 | 2,435 | 60.03% | 1,562 | 38.51% | 59 | 1.45% |
| 1924 | 1,934 | 51.27% | 917 | 24.31% | 921 | 24.42% |
| 1920 | 1,912 | 54.32% | 1,489 | 42.30% | 119 | 3.38% |
| 1916 | 1,139 | 29.86% | 2,479 | 64.98% | 197 | 5.16% |
| 1912 | 824 | 21.10% | 1,806 | 46.25% | 1,275 | 32.65% |
| 1908 | 1,504 | 41.99% | 1,898 | 52.99% | 180 | 5.03% |
| 1904 | 1,639 | 53.09% | 1,286 | 41.66% | 162 | 5.25% |
| 1900 | 826 | 32.29% | 1,700 | 66.46% | 32 | 1.25% |
| 1896 | 173 | 7.61% | 2,065 | 90.81% | 36 | 1.58% |
| 1892 | 634 | 47.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 715 | 53.00% |
| 1888 | 1,110 | 56.63% | 820 | 41.84% | 30 | 1.53% |
| 1884 | 245 | 63.80% | 139 | 36.20% | 0 | 0.00% |
Communities[]
Cities[]
- Glenwood Springs
- Rifle
Towns[]
- Carbondale
- New Castle
- Silt
- Parachute
Census-designated places[]
- Battlement Mesa
- Catherine
- Cattle Creek
- Chacra
- Mulford
- No Name
See also[]
- Colorado
- Outline of Colorado
- Index of Colorado-related articles
- Bibliography of Colorado
- Geography of Colorado
- History of Colorado
- Colorado statistical areas
- Glenwood Springs, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area
- List of counties in Colorado
- Garfield County, Colorado
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Garfield County, Colorado
- Garfield County, Colorado
- List of places in Colorado
- List of census-designated places in Colorado
- List of forts in Colorado
- List of ghost towns in Colorado
- List of mountain passes in Colorado
- List of mountain peaks of Colorado
- List of municipalities in Colorado
- List of post offices in Colorado
- Protected areas of Colorado
- Outline of Colorado
References[]
- ^ a b "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/garfieldcountycolorado/PST045219.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx.
- ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off.. pp. 134. https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ.
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html.
- ^ "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html.
- ^ "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu.
- ^ "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/co190090.txt.
- ^ "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000". United States Census Bureau. https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf.
- ^ "U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Garfield County, Colorado" (in en). https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/garfieldcountycolorado.
- ^ "Election archives – Clerk and Recorder". https://www.garfield-county.com/clerk-recorder/election-archives/.
- ^ "Voter turnout in the United States presidential elections" (in en), Wikipedia, 2020-10-08, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Voter_turnout_in_the_United_States_presidential_elections&oldid=982487457, retrieved 2020-10-11
- ^ Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/.
External links[]
- Garfield County Government website
- Garfield County Statistical Data
- Colorado County Evolution by Don Stanwyck
- Colorado Historical Society
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