Eagle County, Colorado

Eagle County is the thirteenth most populous of the of the  of the. The county is named for the. The county population was 41,659 at. The is the. The comprises Eagle County and.

History
Eagle County was created by the Colorado legislature on, from portions of. It was named after the, which runs through the county. The county seat was originally set in, but was moved to the town of Eagle in.

In, , a local woman accused star  of , putting the county and the town of Eagle on the map.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 4,382 (1,692 ). 4,372 km² (1,688 sq mi) of it is land and 10 km² (4 sq mi) of it (0.23%) is water.

Much of the county is taken up by, and much of the rest is managed by the. crosses the county from east to west.

The rises in the southeastern part of the county. It receives at Dowds Junction, and joins the  in the west. and the intersect the southwest corner of the county.

Adjacent Counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 41,659 people, 15,148 households, and 9,013 families residing in the county. The was 10/km² (25/sq mi). There were 22,111 housing units at an average density of 5/km² (13/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 85.35%, 0.34% or , 0.71% , 0.82% , 0.07% , 10.80% from , and 1.90% from two or more races. 23.24% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 15,148 households out of which 32.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.00% were living together, 5.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.50% were non-families. 20.90% of all households were made up of individuals and 1.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.73 and the average family size was 3.17.

In the county the population was spread out with 23.50% under the age of 18, 11.40% from 18 to 24, 42.10% from 25 to 44, 20.00% from 45 to 64, and 3.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females there were 121.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 125.80 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $62,682, and the median income for a family was $68,226. Males had a median income of $37,603 versus $30,579 for females. The for the county was $32,011. About 3.90% of families and 7.80% of the population were below the, including 6.80% of those under age 18 and 7.60% of those age 65 or over.