Routt County, Colorado

Routt County is the 15th most extensive of the of the  of the. The county population was 19,690 at. The is.

History
Routt County was created out of the western portion of on,. It was named in honor of, the last territorial and first state governor of Colorado. The western portion of Routt County was split off to form on,.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 6,133 (2,368 ). 6,116 km² (2,362 sq mi) of it is land and 17 km² (6 sq mi) of it (0.27%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 19,690 people, 7,953 households, and 4,779 families residing in the county. The was 3/km² (8/sq mi). There were 11,217 housing units at an average density of 2/km² (5/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 96.90%, 0.13% or , 0.49% , 0.39% , 0.09% , 0.73% from , and 1.28% from two or more races. 3.22% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 7,953 households out of which 31.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.60% were living together, 5.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.90% were non-families. 24.40% of all households were made up of individuals and 3.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.92.

In the county the population was spread out with 22.60% under the age of 18, 10.10% from 18 to 24, 36.50% from 25 to 44, 25.70% from 45 to 64, and 5.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 116.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 119.40 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $53,612, and the median income for a family was $61,927. Males had a median income of $36,997 versus $26,576 for females. The for the county was $28,792. About 2.80% of families and 6.10% of the population were below the, including 5.20% of those under age 18 and 7.70% of those age 65 or over.