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Garfield County, Colorado
The Garfield County Courthouse and county office building in Glenwood Springs, Colorado LCCN2015633571
Garfield County Courthouse
Flag of Garfield County, Colorado
Flag
Map of Colorado highlighting Garfield County
Location in the state of Colorado
Map of the U.S
Colorado's location in the U.S.
Founded February 10, 1883
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[]

Major highways[]

  • I-70 (CO) Interstate 70
  • Business Loop 70 I-70 Bus.
  • Business Loop 70 I-70 Bus.
  • US 6 U.S. Highway 6
  • Colorado 13 State Highway 13
  • Colorado 82 State Highway 82
  • Colorado 133 State Highway 133
  • Colorado 139 State Highway 139
  • Colorado 325 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.

United States presidential election results for Garfield County, Colorado[12]
Year Republican Democratic Third party
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
    • 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

References[]

  1. ^ a b "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/garfieldcountycolorado/PST045219. 
  2. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx. 
  3. ^ 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. 
  4. ^ "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. 
  5. ^ "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html. 
  6. ^ "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu. 
  7. ^ "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/co190090.txt. 
  8. ^ "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. 
  9. ^ "U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Garfield County, Colorado" (in en). https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/garfieldcountycolorado. 
  10. ^ "Election archives – Clerk and Recorder". https://www.garfield-county.com/clerk-recorder/election-archives/. 
  11. ^ "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 
  12. ^ Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/. 

External links[]

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Coordinates: 39°36′N 107°54′W / 39.60, -107.90

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