Phillips County, Colorado

Phillips County is one of the of the  of the. The county was named in honor of R.O. Phillips, a secretary of the Lincoln Land Company, who organized several towns in Colorado. The county population was 4,480 at. The is.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,781 (688 ). 1,781 km² (688 sq mi) of it is land and 0 km² (0 sq mi) of it (0.02%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 4,480 people, 1,781 households, and 1,239 families residing in the county. The was 3/km² (6/sq mi). There were 2,014 housing units at an average density of 1/km² (3/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 93.04%, 0.20% or , 0.29% , 0.40% , 0.02% , 4.71% from , and 1.34% from two or more races. 11.76% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 1,781 households out of which 32.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.20% were living together, 5.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.40% were non-families. 27.50% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 3.01.

In the county the population was spread out with 26.90% under the age of 18, 6.30% from 18 to 24, 25.30% from 25 to 44, 22.20% from 45 to 64, and 19.40% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 93.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.50 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $32,177, and the median income for a family was $38,144. Males had a median income of $30,095 versus $18,682 for females. The for the county was $16,394. About 8.80% of families and 11.60% of the population were below the, including 14.70% of those under age 18 and 7.20% of those age 65 or over.