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class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3</span> <span>National wildlife refuges</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-National_wildlife_refuges-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Historic_trail" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Historic_trail"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.4</span> <span>Historic trail</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Historic_trail-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Recreational_trails" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Recreational_trails"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.5</span> <span>Recreational trails</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Recreational_trails-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Scenic_byway" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Scenic_byway"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.6</span> <span>Scenic byway</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Scenic_byway-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Golf_course" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Golf_course"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.7</span> <span>Golf course</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Golf_course-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Communities" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Communities"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Communities</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Communities-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Communities subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Communities-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Cities" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Cities"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>Cities</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Cities-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Towns" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Towns"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>Towns</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Towns-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Census-designated_places" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Census-designated_places"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.3</span> <span>Census-designated places</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Census-designated_places-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Unincorporated_communities" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Unincorporated_communities"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.4</span> <span>Unincorporated communities</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Unincorporated_communities-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_K%C5%ABn_(Colorado)" title="Jefferson Kūn (Colorado) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Jefferson Kūn (Colorado)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D1%8D%D1%84%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD_(%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0,_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0)" title="Джэферсан (акруга, Каларада) – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Джэферсан (акруга, Каларада)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%84%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D1%8A%D0%BD_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%8A%D0%B3,_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%BE)" title="Джеферсън (окръг, Колорадо) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Джеферсън (окръг, Колорадо)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_County,_Colorado" title="Jefferson County, Colorado – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Jefferson County, Colorado" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_County_(kondado_sa_Tinipong_Bansa,_Colorado)" title="Jefferson County (kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, Colorado) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Jefferson County (kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, Colorado)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_County_(Colorado)" title="Jefferson County (Colorado) – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Jefferson County (Colorado)" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tum mw-list-item"><a href="https://tum.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_County,_Colorado" title="Jefferson County, Colorado – Tumbuka" lang="tum" hreflang="tum" data-title="Jefferson County, Colorado" data-language-autonym="ChiTumbuka" data-language-local-name="Tumbuka" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiTumbuka</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_County,_Colorado" title="Jefferson County, Colorado – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Jefferson County, Colorado" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_County_(Colorado)" title="Jefferson County (Colorado) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Jefferson County (Colorado)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffersoni_maakond_(Colorado)" title="Jeffersoni maakond (Colorado) – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Jeffersoni maakond (Colorado)" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%B7%CF%84%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CE%A4%CE%B6%CE%AD%CF%86%CE%B5%CF%81%CF%83%CE%BF%CE%BD_(%CE%9A%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%AC%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%BF)" title="Κομητεία Τζέφερσον (Κολοράντο) – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Κομητεία Τζέφερσον (Κολοράντο)" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condado_de_Jefferson_(Colorado)" title="Condado de Jefferson (Colorado) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Condado de Jefferson (Colorado)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kantono_Jefferson_(Koloradio)" title="Kantono Jefferson (Koloradio) – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Kantono Jefferson (Koloradio)" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_konderria_(Colorado)" title="Jefferson konderria (Colorado) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Jefferson konderria (Colorado)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AC%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D8%8C_%DA%A9%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88" title="شهرستان جفرسون، کلرادو – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="شهرستان جفرسون، کلرادو" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comt%C3%A9_de_Jefferson_(Colorado)" title="Comté de Jefferson (Colorado) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Comté de Jefferson (Colorado)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contae_Jefferson,_Colorado" title="Contae Jefferson, Colorado – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Contae Jefferson, Colorado" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%9A_%D8%B4%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_(%DA%A9%D8%A4%D9%84%D8%A4%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A4)" title="جفرسون ٚ شأرستان (کؤلؤرادؤ) – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="جفرسون ٚ شأرستان (کؤلؤرادؤ)" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A0%9C%ED%8D%BC%EC%8A%A8%EA%B5%B0_(%EC%BD%9C%EB%A1%9C%EB%9D%BC%EB%8F%84%EC%A3%BC)" title="제퍼슨군 (콜로라도주) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="제퍼슨군 (콜로라도주)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8B%D5%A5%D6%86%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%BD%D5%B8%D5%B6_%D5%B7%D6%80%D5%BB%D5%A1%D5%B6_(%D4%BF%D5%B8%D5%AC%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%A4%D5%B8)" title="Ջեֆերսոն շրջան (Կոլորադո) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ջեֆերսոն շրջան (Կոլորադո)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a href="https://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AB%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF,_%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A1%E0%A7%8B" title="জেফারশন কাউন্টি, কলোরাডো – Bishnupriya" lang="bpy" hreflang="bpy" data-title="জেফারশন কাউন্টি, কলোরাডো" data-language-autonym="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী" data-language-local-name="Bishnupriya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contea_di_Jefferson_(Colorado)" title="Contea di Jefferson (Colorado) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Contea di Jefferson (Colorado)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_megye_(Colorado)" title="Jefferson megye (Colorado) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Jefferson megye (Colorado)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%80,_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%8B" title="जेफरसन काउंटी, कॉलोराडो – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="जेफरसन काउंटी, कॉलोराडो" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%89_(%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88)" title="چيفيرسون كاونتى (كولورادو) – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="چيفيرسون كاونتى (كولورادو)" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_(%DA%A9%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88)" title="جفرسون شهرستان (کلرادو) – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="جفرسون شهرستان (کلرادو)" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_G%C3%B4ng_(Colorado)" title="Jefferson Gông (Colorado) – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Jefferson Gông (Colorado)" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_County_(Colorado)" title="Jefferson County (Colorado) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Jefferson County (Colorado)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3%E9%83%A1_(%E3%82%B3%E3%83%AD%E3%83%A9%E3%83%89%E5%B7%9E)" title="ジェファーソン郡 (コロラド州) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ジェファーソン郡 (コロラド州)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%84%D1%84%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD_(%D0%B3%D1%83%D0%BE,_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%BE)" title="Джефферсон (гуо, Колорадо) – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Джефферсон (гуо, Колорадо)" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_County_(Colorado)" title="Jefferson County (Colorado) – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Jefferson County (Colorado)" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_County_(Colorado)" title="Jefferson County (Colorado) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Jefferson County (Colorado)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%86_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%A4%D9%86%D9%B9%DB%8C%D8%8C_%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%DA%88%D9%88" title="جیفرسن کاؤنٹی، کولوراڈو – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="جیفرسن کاؤنٹی، کولوراڈو" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_County_(Colorado)" title="Jefferson County (Colorado) – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Jefferson County (Colorado)" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hrabstwo_Jefferson_(Kolorado)" title="Hrabstwo Jefferson (Kolorado) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Hrabstwo Jefferson (Kolorado)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condado_de_Jefferson_(Colorado)" title="Condado de Jefferson (Colorado) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Condado de Jefferson (Colorado)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comitatul_Jefferson,_Colorado" title="Comitatul Jefferson, Colorado – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Comitatul Jefferson, Colorado" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%84%D1%84%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3,_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%BE)" title="Джефферсон (округ, Колорадо) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Джефферсон (округ, Колорадо)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_County" title="Jefferson County – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Jefferson County" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_County,_Colorado" title="Jefferson County, Colorado – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Jefferson County, Colorado" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3_%D0%8F%D0%B5%D1%84%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD_(%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%BE)" title="Округ Џеферсон (Колорадо) – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Округ Џеферсон (Колорадо)" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_County,_Colorado" title="Jefferson County, Colorado – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Jefferson County, Colorado" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffersonin_piirikunta_(Colorado)" title="Jeffersonin piirikunta (Colorado) – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Jeffersonin piirikunta (Colorado)" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_County,_Colorado" title="Jefferson County, Colorado – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Jefferson County, Colorado" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a 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href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qu%E1%BA%ADn_Jefferson,_Colorado" title="Quận Jefferson, Colorado – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Quận Jefferson, Colorado" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condado_han_Jefferson,_Colorado" title="Condado han Jefferson, Colorado – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="Condado han Jefferson, Colorado" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Winaray</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%B0%E6%96%90%E9%80%8A%E5%8E%BF_(%E7%A7%91%E7%BD%97%E6%8B%89%E5%A4%9A%E5%B7%9E)" title="杰斐逊县 (科罗拉多州) – Chinese" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="杰斐逊县 (科罗拉多州)" data-language-autonym="中文" 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.ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Jefferson County</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)">County</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:JeffersonCountyCO_Courthouse_01Oct2017.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Jefferson County Courthouse in Golden, nicknamed "Colorado's Taj Mahal" for its dome architecture"><img alt="Jefferson County Courthouse in Golden, nicknamed "Colorado's Taj Mahal" for its dome architecture" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/JeffersonCountyCO_Courthouse_01Oct2017.jpg/300px-JeffersonCountyCO_Courthouse_01Oct2017.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/JeffersonCountyCO_Courthouse_01Oct2017.jpg/450px-JeffersonCountyCO_Courthouse_01Oct2017.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/JeffersonCountyCO_Courthouse_01Oct2017.jpg/600px-JeffersonCountyCO_Courthouse_01Oct2017.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="2592" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Jefferson County Courthouse in Golden, nicknamed "Colorado's Taj Mahal" for its dome architecture</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Map_of_Colorado_highlighting_Jefferson_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Colorado_highlighting_Jefferson_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="217" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Map_of_Colorado_highlighting_Jefferson_County.svg/450px-Map_of_Colorado_highlighting_Jefferson_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Map_of_Colorado_highlighting_Jefferson_County.svg/600px-Map_of_Colorado_highlighting_Jefferson_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1558" data-file-height="1128" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location within the U.S. state of <a href="/wiki/Colorado" title="Colorado">Colorado</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Colorado_in_United_States.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Colorado's location within the U.S."><img alt="Map 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class="infobox-label">Largest city</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lakewood,_Colorado" title="Lakewood, Colorado">Lakewood</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">774 sq mi (2,000 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">764 sq mi (1,980 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">9.8 sq mi (25 km<sup>2</sup>)  1.3%</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a>)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">582,910</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Estimate <div class="ib-settlement-fn">(2023)</div></div></th><td class="infobox-data">576,366 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">750/sq mi (290/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%927" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−7">UTC−7</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mountain_Time_Zone" title="Mountain Time Zone">Mountain</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%926" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−6">UTC−6</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mountain_Time_Zone" title="Mountain Time Zone">MDT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Congressional districts</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Colorado%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="Colorado's 1st congressional district">1st</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colorado%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="Colorado's 2nd congressional district">2nd</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colorado%27s_6th_congressional_district" title="Colorado's 6th congressional district">6th</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colorado%27s_7th_congressional_district" title="Colorado's 7th congressional district">7th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.jeffco.us">www<wbr />.jeffco<wbr />.us</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Jefferson County</b> is a <a href="/wiki/County" title="County">county</a> located in the <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">U.S. state</a> of <a href="/wiki/Colorado" title="Colorado">Colorado</a>. As of the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 United States Census">2020 census</a>, the population was 582,910,<sup id="cite_ref-2020Census_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020Census-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> making it the fourth-most populous county in Colorado. The <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">county seat</a> is <a href="/wiki/Golden,_Colorado" title="Golden, Colorado">Golden</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-GR6_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR6-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the most populous city is <a href="/wiki/Lakewood,_Colorado" title="Lakewood, Colorado">Lakewood</a>. </p><p>Jefferson County is included in the <a href="/wiki/Denver" title="Denver">Denver</a>-<a href="/wiki/Aurora,_Colorado" title="Aurora, Colorado">Aurora</a>-Lakewood, CO <a href="/wiki/Denver-Aurora-Lakewood,_CO_Metropolitan_Statistical_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area">Metropolitan Statistical Area</a>. Located along the <a href="/wiki/Front_Range" title="Front Range">Front Range</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Rocky_Mountains" title="Rocky Mountains">Rocky Mountains</a>, Jefferson County is adjacent to the state capital of Denver. </p><p>In 2010, the center of population of Colorado was located in Jefferson County.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The county's slogan is the "Gateway to the Rocky Mountains", and it is commonly nicknamed <a href="/wiki/Jeffco_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Jeffco (disambiguation)">Jeffco</a>. The name Jeffco is incorporated in the name of the Jeffco School District, the Jeffco Business Center Metropolitan District No. 1, and several businesses located in Jefferson County. Jeffco is also incorporated in the unofficial monikers of many Jefferson County agencies. The <a href="/wiki/Rocky_Mountain_Metropolitan_Airport" title="Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport">Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport</a> operated by Jefferson County was previously known as the Jeffco Airport. </p><p>A major employer in Jefferson County is the large <a href="/wiki/Coors_Brewing_Company" title="Coors Brewing Company">Coors Brewing Company</a> in Golden. Also, the state-supported <a href="/wiki/Colorado_School_of_Mines" title="Colorado School of Mines">Colorado School of Mines</a>, a university specializing in <a href="/wiki/Mining" title="Mining">mining</a>, <a href="/wiki/Geology" title="Geology">geology</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chemistry" title="Chemistry">chemistry</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Engineering" title="Engineering">engineering</a> is located in Jefferson County. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_County,_Colorado&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On August 25, 1855, the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_Legislature" title="Kansas Legislature">Kansas Territorial Legislature</a> created <a href="/wiki/Arapahoe_County,_Kansas_Territory" title="Arapahoe County, Kansas Territory">Arapahoe County</a> to govern the entire western portion of the <a href="/wiki/Territory_of_Kansas" class="mw-redirect" title="Territory of Kansas">territory</a>. The county was named for the <a href="/wiki/Arapaho_Nation" class="mw-redirect" title="Arapaho Nation">Arapaho Nation</a> of <a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Native Americans</a> who lived in the region. </p><p>In June 1858, <a href="/wiki/Gold" title="Gold">gold</a> was discovered along the <a href="/wiki/South_Platte_River" title="South Platte River">South Platte River</a> in <a href="/wiki/Arapahoe_County,_Kansas_Territory" title="Arapahoe County, Kansas Territory">Arapahoe County</a> (in present-day <a href="/wiki/Englewood,_Colorado" title="Englewood, Colorado">Englewood</a>) by <a href="/wiki/William_Greeneberry_Russell" title="William Greeneberry Russell">William Greeneberry Russell</a> and Sam Bates who had been following up the June 22, 1850, discovery of gold on Ralston Creek in today's Jefferson County by Lewis Ralston, for whom the creek was named. This discovery precipitated the <a href="/wiki/Pike%27s_Peak_Gold_Rush" class="mw-redirect" title="Pike's Peak Gold Rush">Pike's Peak Gold Rush</a>. The Doniphan Party upon arriving upon Clear Creek discovered markers left over from earlier mining in 1834 by the Estes Party, placed their own alongside and on November 29, 1858, founded the future county's first town of Arapahoe City upon the land southeast of today's West 44th Avenue and McIntyre Street (with West 44th running through the town).<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On June 16, 1859, its second town, <a href="/wiki/Golden,_Colorado" title="Golden, Colorado">Golden, Colorado</a>, was founded in the valley to the west. Many residents of the mining region felt disconnected from the remote territorial governments of <a href="/wiki/Territory_of_Kansas" class="mw-redirect" title="Territory of Kansas">Kansas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Territory_of_Nebraska" class="mw-redirect" title="Territory of Nebraska">Nebraska</a>, so they voted to form their own <a href="/wiki/Territory_of_Jefferson" class="mw-redirect" title="Territory of Jefferson">Territory of Jefferson</a> on October 24, 1859. The following month on November 28, 1859, the Jefferson Territorial Legislature organized 12 counties for the new territory, including <a href="/wiki/Jefferson_County,_Jefferson_Territory" title="Jefferson County, Jefferson Territory">Jefferson County</a>. Jefferson County was named for the namesake of the Jefferson Territory, <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson" title="Thomas Jefferson">Thomas Jefferson</a>, the principal author of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence" title="United States Declaration of Independence">Declaration of Independence</a> and the nation's third <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">president</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Golden,_Colorado_Territory" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden, Colorado Territory">Golden City</a> was elected on January 2, 1860, as the <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">county seat</a> of Jefferson County. <a href="/wiki/Robert_Williamson_Steele" title="Robert Williamson Steele">Robert Williamson Steele</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor" title="Governor">Governor</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Provisional_Government_of_the_Territory_of_Jefferson" class="mw-redirect" title="Provisional Government of the Territory of Jefferson">Provisional Government of the Territory of Jefferson</a> from 1859 to 1861, built his home in the county at <a href="/wiki/Mount_Vernon,_Colorado" title="Mount Vernon, Colorado">Mount Vernon</a> and later at <a href="/w/index.php?title=Apex,_Colorado&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Apex, Colorado (page does not exist)">Apex</a>. Originally Jefferson County's borders extended to the <a href="/wiki/40th_parallel_north" title="40th parallel north">40th parallel north</a>, the <a href="/wiki/South_Platte_River" title="South Platte River">South Platte River</a> (excluding the town of Highland) to the east, and to Bear Creek to the south. </p><p>The Jefferson Territory never received federal sanction, but during his last week in office, <a href="/wiki/U.S._President" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. President">President</a> <a href="/wiki/James_Buchanan" title="James Buchanan">James Buchanan</a> signed an act which organized the <a href="/wiki/Territory_of_Colorado" class="mw-redirect" title="Territory of Colorado">Territory of Colorado</a> on February 28, 1861.<sup id="cite_ref-ColoradoTerritory_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ColoradoTerritory-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That November 1, the new <a href="/wiki/Colorado_General_Assembly" title="Colorado General Assembly">Colorado General Assembly</a> organized the 17 original counties of Colorado, including Jefferson County. The reorganized Jefferson County extended to most of its current borders and Golden continued as county seat. In 1908, the southern tip of Jefferson County was transferred to <a href="/wiki/Park_County,_Colorado" title="Park County, Colorado">Park County</a>, reducing Jefferson County to its present length of 54 miles (87 km). Several annexations by the <a href="/wiki/Denver,_Colorado" class="mw-redirect" title="Denver, Colorado">City & County of Denver</a> and the 2001 consolidation of the <a href="/wiki/Broomfield,_Colorado" title="Broomfield, Colorado">City & County of Broomfield</a> removed the east and extreme northeastern corner of the county, respectively. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_County,_Colorado&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Long_Scraggy_Peak.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Long_Scraggy_Peak.JPG/250px-Long_Scraggy_Peak.JPG" decoding="async" width="250" height="168" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Long_Scraggy_Peak.JPG/375px-Long_Scraggy_Peak.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Long_Scraggy_Peak.JPG/500px-Long_Scraggy_Peak.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4997" data-file-height="3361" /></a><figcaption>Long Scraggy Peak in the southeastern part of the county.</figcaption></figure> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Census_Bureau" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Census Bureau">U.S. Census Bureau</a>, the county has a total area of 774 square miles (2,000 km<sup>2</sup>), of which 764 square miles (1,980 km<sup>2</sup>) is land and 9.8 square miles (25 km<sup>2</sup>) (1.3%) is water.<sup id="cite_ref-GR1_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adjacent_counties">Adjacent counties</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_County,_Colorado&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Adjacent counties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Jefferson County is one of the few counties in the United States to border as many as ten counties. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boulder_County,_Colorado" title="Boulder County, Colorado">Boulder County</a> – north</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broomfield,_Colorado" title="Broomfield, Colorado">City and County of Broomfield</a> – northeast</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adams_County,_Colorado" title="Adams County, Colorado">Adams County</a> – east</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denver" title="Denver">City and County of Denver</a> – east</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arapahoe_County,_Colorado" title="Arapahoe County, Colorado">Arapahoe County</a> – east</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_County,_Colorado" title="Douglas County, Colorado">Douglas County</a> – east</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teller_County,_Colorado" title="Teller County, Colorado">Teller County</a> – south</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Park_County,_Colorado" title="Park County, Colorado">Park County</a> – southwest</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clear_Creek_County,_Colorado" title="Clear Creek County, Colorado">Clear Creek County</a> – west</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilpin_County,_Colorado" title="Gilpin County, Colorado">Gilpin County</a> – northwest</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Major_highways">Major highways</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_County,_Colorado&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Major highways"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:I-70_(CO).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/I-70_%28CO%29.svg/20px-I-70_%28CO%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/I-70_%28CO%29.svg/30px-I-70_%28CO%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/I-70_%28CO%29.svg/40px-I-70_%28CO%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Interstate_70_(Colorado)" class="mw-redirect" title="Interstate 70 (Colorado)">Interstate 70</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Business_Spur_70.svg/24px-Business_Spur_70.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Business_Spur_70.svg/36px-Business_Spur_70.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Business_Spur_70.svg/48px-Business_Spur_70.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Interstate_70_Business_(Denver,_Colorado)" class="mw-redirect" title="Interstate 70 Business (Denver, Colorado)">I-70 BS</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_6.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/US_6.svg/20px-US_6.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/US_6.svg/30px-US_6.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/US_6.svg/40px-US_6.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Highway_6_(Colorado)" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Highway 6 (Colorado)">U.S. Highway 6</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_40.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/US_40.svg/20px-US_40.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/US_40.svg/30px-US_40.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/US_40.svg/40px-US_40.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Highway_40_(Colorado)" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Highway 40 (Colorado)">U.S. Highway 40</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_285.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/US_285.svg/20px-US_285.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/US_285.svg/30px-US_285.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/US_285.svg/40px-US_285.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Highway_285_(Colorado)" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Highway 285 (Colorado)">U.S. Highway 285</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Colorado_8.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Colorado_8.svg/20px-Colorado_8.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Colorado_8.svg/30px-Colorado_8.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Colorado_8.svg/40px-Colorado_8.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Colorado_State_Highway_8" title="Colorado State Highway 8">State Highway 8</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Colorado_58.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Colorado_58.svg/20px-Colorado_58.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Colorado_58.svg/30px-Colorado_58.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Colorado_58.svg/40px-Colorado_58.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Colorado_State_Highway_58" title="Colorado State Highway 58">State Highway 58</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Colorado_72.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Colorado_72.svg/20px-Colorado_72.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Colorado_72.svg/30px-Colorado_72.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Colorado_72.svg/40px-Colorado_72.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Colorado_State_Highway_72" title="Colorado State Highway 72">State Highway 72</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Colorado_74.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Colorado_74.svg/20px-Colorado_74.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Colorado_74.svg/30px-Colorado_74.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Colorado_74.svg/40px-Colorado_74.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Colorado_State_Highway_74" title="Colorado State Highway 74">State Highway 74</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Colorado_75.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Colorado_75.svg/20px-Colorado_75.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Colorado_75.svg/30px-Colorado_75.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Colorado_75.svg/40px-Colorado_75.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Colorado_State_Highway_75" title="Colorado State Highway 75">State Highway 75</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Colorado_93.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Colorado_93.svg/20px-Colorado_93.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" 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<li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Colorado_391.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Colorado_391.svg/20px-Colorado_391.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Colorado_391.svg/30px-Colorado_391.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Colorado_391.svg/40px-Colorado_391.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Colorado_State_Highway_391" title="Colorado State Highway 391">State Highway 391</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Colorado_470.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Colorado_470.svg/20px-Colorado_470.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Colorado_470.svg/30px-Colorado_470.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Colorado_470.svg/40px-Colorado_470.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Colorado_State_Highway_470" title="Colorado State Highway 470">State Highway 470</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chatfield_Ave&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chatfield Ave (page does not exist)">Chatfield Ave</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=44th_Ave&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="44th Ave (page does not exist)">44th Ave</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Recreational_areas">Recreational areas</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_County,_Colorado&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Recreational areas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 15em;"> <ul><li>Alderfer/Three Sisters Park</li> <li>Apex Park</li> <li>Bear Creek Lake Park</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centennial_Cone" title="Centennial Cone">Centennial Cone Park</a></li> <li>Clear Creek Canyon Park</li> <li>Coal Creek Canyon</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crown_Hill_Park" title="Crown Hill Park">Crown Hill Park</a></li> <li>Deer Creek Canyon Park</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elk_Meadow_Park" title="Elk Meadow Park">Elk Meadow Park</a></li> <li>Evergreen Lake</li> <li>Fairmount Trail</li> <li>Flying J Ranch Park</li> <li>Hildebrand Ranch Park</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiwan_Homestead_Museum" title="Hiwan Homestead Museum">Hiwan Homestead Museum</a></li> <li>Lair o' the Bear Park</li> <li>Lewis Meadows Park</li> <li>Lookout Mountain Nature Center</li> <li>Matthews/Winters Park</li> <li>Meyer Ranch Park</li> <li>Mount Falcon Park</li> <li>Mount Galbraith Park</li> <li>Mount Glennon</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Lindo" title="Mount Lindo">Mount Lindo</a></li> <li>North Table Mountain Park</li> <li>Pine Valley Ranch Park</li> <li>Ranson/Edwards Homestead Ranch</li> <li>Reynolds Park</li> <li>Sister City Park</li> <li>South Table Mountain Park</li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Valley_Park" title="South Valley Park">South Valley Park</a></li> <li>Standley Lake Regional Park</li> <li>Van Bibber Park</li> <li>Welchester Tree Grant Park</li> <li>White Ranch Park</li> <li>Windy Saddle Park</li> <li>Urban Trails</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_County,_Colorado&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224496135">.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop{border-spacing:1px;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0.3em;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop caption{background-color:lavender;color:black;padding-right:0.2em;padding-left:0.2em;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-bottom:none}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop th[scope=col]{border-bottom:1px solid black}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(2){text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td.us-census-pop-estimate{padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(3){padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(4){padding-left:0.5em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-footnote{border-top:1px solid black;font-size:85%;text-align:center}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-right{float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 1em 1em}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-none{float:none;margin:0 1em 1em 0}}</style> <table class="us-census-pop us-census-pop-right"> <caption>Historical population</caption> <tbody><tr><th scope="col">Census</th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></th><th scope="col"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="sr-only">Note</span></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1870_United_States_census" title="1870 United States census">1870</a></th><td>2,390</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_census" title="1880 United States census">1880</a></th><td>6,804</td><td></td><td>184.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_census" title="1890 United States census">1890</a></th><td>8,450</td><td></td><td>24.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_census" title="1900 United States census">1900</a></th><td>9,306</td><td></td><td>10.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_census" title="1910 United States census">1910</a></th><td>14,231</td><td></td><td>52.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_census" title="1920 United States census">1920</a></th><td>14,400</td><td></td><td>1.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td>21,810</td><td></td><td>51.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td>30,725</td><td></td><td>40.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>55,687</td><td></td><td>81.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>127,520</td><td></td><td>129.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>233,031</td><td></td><td>82.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>371,753</td><td></td><td>59.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>438,430</td><td></td><td>17.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>527,056</td><td></td><td>20.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>534,543</td><td></td><td>1.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>582,910</td><td></td><td>9.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">2023 (est.)</th><td class="us-census-pop-estimate">576,366</td><td><sup id="cite_ref-USCensusEst2023_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USCensusEst2023-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td>−1.1%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote" style="text-align: center">U.S. Decennial Census<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /> <p>1790-1960<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1900-1990<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /> </p> 1990-2000<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2010-2020<sup id="cite_ref-2020Census_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020Census-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/Census" title="Census">census</a><sup id="cite_ref-GR8_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR8-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of 2000, there were 527,056 people, 206,067 households, and 140,537 families residing in the county. The <a href="/wiki/Population_density" title="Population density">population density</a> was 683 people per square mile (264 people/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 212,488 housing units at an average density of 275 people per square mile (106 people/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the county was </p> <dl><dd><table> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="float:right;">90.59%</div></td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">White</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div style="float:right;">0.89%</div></td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Black</a> or <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">African American</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div style="float:right;">0.75%</div></td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Native American</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div style="float:right;">2.28%</div></td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Asian</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div style="float:right;">0.08%</div></td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Pacific Islander</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div style="float:right;">3.23%</div></td> <td></td> <td>from <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">other races</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"> 9.95% of the population were either <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Latino</a> of any race</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"> 2.18% in two or more races </div> </td></tr></tbody></table></dd></dl> <p>There were 206,067 households, out of which 33.40% had children under age 18 living with them, 55.10% were <a href="/wiki/Marriage" title="Marriage">married couples</a> living together, 9.10% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.80% were non-families. 24.50% of all households were made up of individuals, of those 6.30% were someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52, and the average family size was 3.03 persons. </p><p>In the county, the population ages were spread out: </p> <dl><dd><table> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="float:right;">25.30%</div></td> <td></td> <td>under age 18 </td></tr> <tr> <td><div style="float:right;">8.10%</div></td> <td></td> <td>aged 18–24 </td></tr> <tr> <td><div style="float:right;">32.10%</div></td> <td></td> <td>aged 25–44 </td></tr> <tr> <td><div style="float:right;">24.90%</div></td> <td></td> <td>aged 45–64 </td></tr> <tr> <td><div style="float:right;">9.60%</div></td> <td></td> <td>65 years of age or older </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">The median age was 37 years.</div> </td></tr></tbody></table></dd></dl> <p>For every 100 females there were 99.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.80 males. </p><p>The median income for a household in the county was $57,339, and the median income for a family was $67,310. Males had a median income of $45,306 versus $32,372 for females. The <a href="/wiki/Per_capita_income" title="Per capita income">per capita income</a> for the county was $28,066. About 3.40% of families and 5.20% of the population were below the <a href="/wiki/Poverty_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Poverty line">poverty line</a>, including 5.80% of those under age 18, and 5.10% of those age 65 or over. </p><p>According to a report in the <a href="/wiki/Journal_of_the_American_Medical_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="Journal of the American Medical Association">JAMA</a>, residents of Jefferson County had a 2014 life expectancy of 80.02 years.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_County,_Colorado&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The sole school district serving the county is <a href="/wiki/Jefferson_County_School_District_R-1" class="mw-redirect" title="Jefferson County School District R-1">Jefferson County School District R-1</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dt>Private schools</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Academy" title="Colorado Academy">Colorado Academy</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Higher Education</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Christian_University" title="Colorado Christian University">Colorado Christian University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_School_of_Mines" title="Colorado School of Mines">Colorado School of Mines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Rocks_Community_College" title="Red Rocks Community College">Red Rocks Community College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rocky_Mountain_College_of_Art_and_Design" title="Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design">Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design</a></li></ul> <p><br /> <a href="/wiki/Jefferson_County_Public_Library" title="Jefferson County Public Library">Jefferson County Public Library</a> is the county library system. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government_and_infrastructure">Government and infrastructure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_County,_Colorado&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Government and infrastructure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Federal_Correctional_Institution,_Englewood" title="Federal Correctional Institution, Englewood">Federal Correctional Institution, Englewood</a> is in <a href="/wiki/Unincorporated_area" title="Unincorporated area">unincorporated</a> Jefferson County.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Rocky_Flats_Plant" title="Rocky Flats Plant">Rocky Flats Plant</a> produced nuclear weapons in Jefferson County from 1952 until 1989.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Jefferson_County_Public_Library" title="Jefferson County Public Library">Jefferson County Public Library</a>, established in 1952.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Jefferson_County_Government_Center" title="Jefferson County Government Center">Jefferson County Government Center</a>, also known as the "Taj Mahal".</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Denver_Federal_Center" title="Denver Federal Center">Denver Federal Center</a>, the largest concentration of federal government agencies outside of <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, is located in Lakewood.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Government">Government</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_County,_Colorado&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Board of County Commissioners operates as the governing body of the county. Established in 1861, the board consists of three commissioners who are elected <a href="/wiki/At-large" title="At-large">at-large</a> to four-year terms. The board sets policies that guide county programs and operations which serves residents and businesses. There are several elected officials that oversee a department or aspect of county operations.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Board of County Commissioners<sup id="cite_ref-:0_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>District </th> <th>Commissioner </th> <th>Party </th></tr> <tr> <td>District 1 </td> <td>Tracy Kraft-Tharp </td> <td>Democratic </td></tr> <tr> <td>District 2 </td> <td>Andy Kerr </td> <td>Democratic </td></tr> <tr> <td>District 3 </td> <td>Lesley Dahlkemper </td> <td>Democratic </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Elected County Officials<sup id="cite_ref-:0_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Title </th> <th>Official </th> <th>Party </th></tr> <tr> <td>Assessor </td> <td>Scot Kersgaard </td> <td>Democratic </td></tr> <tr> <td>Clerk and Recorder </td> <td>Amanda Gonzalez </td> <td>Democratic </td></tr> <tr> <td>Coroner </td> <td>Dr. Annette Cannon </td> <td>Democratic </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sheriff </td> <td>Regina "Reggie" Marinelli </td> <td>Democratic </td></tr> <tr> <td>Surveyor </td> <td>Robert Hennessy </td> <td>Republican<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Treasurer </td> <td>Gerald "Jerry" DiTullio </td> <td>Democratic </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Jefferson County lies within the 1st Judicial District which is represented by District Attorney Alexis King.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sheriff's_office"><span id="Sheriff.27s_office"></span>Sheriff's office</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_County,_Colorado&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Sheriff's office"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Jefferson County Sheriff is an oldest elective office in Jefferson County (along with Clerk and Recorder, Assessor and Treasurer) and among the first popularly elected offices in Colorado, established in 1859 with the first Sheriff, Walter Pollard, elected on January 2, 1860.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its office holders over the course of over 150 years have included some of the most noted law enforcement officers in Colorado history. </p><p>The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office responded to the 1999 <a href="/wiki/Columbine_High_School_massacre" title="Columbine High School massacre">Columbine High School massacre</a>, and investigated it together with the <a href="/wiki/F.B.I." class="mw-redirect" title="F.B.I.">F.B.I.</a> The Sheriff's Office received backlash after it was revealed the agency had the perpetrators <a href="/wiki/Eric_Harris_and_Dylan_Klebold" title="Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold">Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold</a> in and out of custody prior to the shooting. After the shooting <a href="/wiki/Sue_Klebold" title="Sue Klebold">Sue Klebold</a> sued the Sheriff's office for failing to prevent their son from carrying out the Columbine High shootings. According to a "notice of intent to sue" filed by Susan and Thomas Klebold, county officials were "reckless, willful and wanton" in the way they handled a 1998 police report about Eric Harris' Internet ravings.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This lawsuit was dismissed along with several others pertaining to the shooting.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The current county sheriff is Regina "Reggie" Marinelli.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was in elected 2022 and became the first woman to do so in county history and became the first Democrat to hold the office in nearly a century. She previously worked in the county Sheriff's Office for over 30 years.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Politics">Politics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_County,_Colorado&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Jefferson County was a Republican stronghold for most of the 20th century. However, it has voted Democratic in every presidential election since 2008, consistent with the general trend in the Denver metropolitan area. In 2020, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> won the largest percentage for a Democratic presidential candidate since 1916. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible floatright" style="font-size: 95%;"> <caption>United States presidential election results for Jefferson County, Colorado<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" rowspan="2">Year </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Third_party_(U.S._politics)" title="Third party (U.S. politics)">Third party(ies)</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th>No. </th> <th scope="col">%</th> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">%</th> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado" title="2020 United States presidential election in Colorado">2020</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">148,417 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">39.33% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">218,396 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>57.88%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">10,545 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.79% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado" title="2016 United States presidential election in Colorado">2016</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">138,177 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">42.01% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">160,776 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>48.89%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">29,930 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">9.10% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado" title="2012 United States presidential election in Colorado">2012</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">144,197 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">46.36% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">159,296 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>51.21%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">7,559 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.43% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado" title="2008 United States presidential election in Colorado">2008</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">131,628 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">44.61% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">158,158 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>53.60%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">5,282 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.79% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado" title="2004 United States presidential election in Colorado">2004</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">140,644 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>51.79%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">126,558 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">46.60% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">4,366 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.61% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado" title="2000 United States presidential election in Colorado">2000</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">120,138 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>51.02%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">100,970 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">42.88% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">14,383 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">6.11% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado" title="1996 United States presidential election in Colorado">1996</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">101,517 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>48.41%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">89,494 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">42.67% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">18,712 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">8.92% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado" title="1992 United States presidential election in Colorado">1992</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">82,705 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>37.05%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">80,834 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">36.22% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">59,664 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">26.73% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1988_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado" title="1988 United States presidential election in Colorado">1988</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">110,820 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>56.39%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">81,824 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">41.64% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3,867 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.97% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1984_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado" title="1984 United States presidential election in Colorado">1984</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">124,496 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>68.92%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">53,700 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">29.73% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2,432 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.35% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado" title="1980 United States presidential election in Colorado">1980</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">97,008 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>59.66%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">41,525 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">25.54% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">24,078 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">14.81% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado" title="1976 United States presidential election in Colorado">1976</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">87,080 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>60.44%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">52,782 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">36.64% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">4,211 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.92% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1972_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado" title="1972 United States presidential election in Colorado">1972</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">80,082 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>69.88%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">31,555 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">27.54% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2,960 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.58% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado" title="1968 United States presidential election in Colorado">1968</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">50,847 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>56.90%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">31,392 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">35.13% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">7,118 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">7.97% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1964_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado" title="1964 United States presidential election in Colorado">1964</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">33,398 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">43.48% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">43,162 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>56.19%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">252 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.33% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado" title="1960 United States presidential election in Colorado">1960</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">34,105 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>59.62%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">22,962 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">40.14% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">137 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.24% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1956_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado" title="1956 United States presidential election in Colorado">1956</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">25,398 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>63.71%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">14,270 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">35.80% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">197 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.49% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1952_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado" title="1952 United States presidential election in Colorado">1952</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">19,971 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>63.05%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">11,509 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">36.34% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">194 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.61% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1948_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado" title="1948 United States presidential election in Colorado">1948</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">9,903 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>51.29%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">9,145 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">47.36% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">260 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.35% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1944_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado" title="1944 United States presidential election in Colorado">1944</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">9,815 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>57.20%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">7,277 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">42.41% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">68 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.40% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado" title="1940 United States presidential election in Colorado">1940</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">8,780 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>52.81%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">7,745 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">46.59% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">100 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.60% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1936_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado" title="1936 United States presidential election in Colorado">1936</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">5,271 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">41.10% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">7,283 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>56.79%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">271 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.11% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1932_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado" title="1932 United States presidential election in Colorado">1932</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">5,522 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">45.83% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">6,023 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>49.99%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">503 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">4.17% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1928_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado" title="1928 United States presidential election in Colorado">1928</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">6,754 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>69.09%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,880 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">29.46% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">141 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.44% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1924_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado" title="1924 United States presidential election in Colorado">1924</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">4,869 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>63.69%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,271 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">16.63% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,505 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">19.69% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado" title="1920 United States presidential election in Colorado">1920</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,593 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>61.52%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,941 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">33.24% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">306 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">5.24% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1916_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado" title="1916 United States presidential election in Colorado">1916</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,040 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">36.60% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,368 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>60.42%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">166 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.98% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1912_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado" title="1912 United States presidential election in Colorado">1912</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,011 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">18.87% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,309 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>43.10%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2,037 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">38.03% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1908_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado" title="1908 United States presidential election in Colorado">1908</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,623 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>48.58%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,583 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">47.84% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">193 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3.57% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1904_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado" title="1904 United States presidential election in Colorado">1904</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,903 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>60.76%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,739 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">36.40% </td> <td style="text-align:center; 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style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,176 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>88.99%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">93 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.61% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#ACE1AF"><b><a href="/wiki/1892_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado" title="1892 United States presidential election in Colorado">1892</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">792 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">42.86% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">0 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">0.00% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,056 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;"><b>57.14%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1888_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado" title="1888 United States presidential election in Colorado">1888</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">970 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>52.92%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">767 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">41.84% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">96 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">5.24% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1884_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado" title="1884 United States presidential election in Colorado">1884</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">845 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>50.97%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">743 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">44.81% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">70 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">4.22% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a 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class="country-name">United States</span></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3" style="color:inherit;"><div><a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat"><span>County seat</span></a>: <b><a href="/wiki/Golden,_Colorado" title="Golden, Colorado"><span>Golden</span></a></b></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/City" title="City">Cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arvada,_Colorado" title="Arvada, Colorado">Arvada</a>‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgewater,_Colorado" title="Edgewater, Colorado">Edgewater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golden,_Colorado" title="Golden, Colorado">Golden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakewood,_Colorado" title="Lakewood, Colorado">Lakewood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Littleton,_Colorado" title="Littleton, Colorado">Littleton</a>‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westminster,_Colorado" title="Westminster, Colorado">Westminster</a>‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wheat_Ridge,_Colorado" title="Wheat Ridge, Colorado">Wheat Ridge</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="6" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Map of Colorado highlighting Jefferson County"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Map_of_Colorado_highlighting_Jefferson_County.svg/180px-Map_of_Colorado_highlighting_Jefferson_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Map_of_Colorado_highlighting_Jefferson_County.svg/270px-Map_of_Colorado_highlighting_Jefferson_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Map_of_Colorado_highlighting_Jefferson_County.svg/360px-Map_of_Colorado_highlighting_Jefferson_County.svg.png 2x" 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place">CDPs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Applewood,_Colorado" title="Applewood, Colorado">Applewood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aspen_Park,_Colorado" title="Aspen Park, Colorado">Aspen Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brook_Forest,_Colorado" title="Brook Forest, Colorado">Brook Forest</a>‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coal_Creek,_Boulder_County,_Colorado" class="mw-redirect" title="Coal Creek, Boulder County, Colorado">Coal Creek</a>‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbine,_Colorado" title="Columbine, Colorado">Columbine</a>‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dakota_Ridge,_Colorado" title="Dakota Ridge, Colorado">Dakota Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Pleasant_View,_Colorado" title="East Pleasant View, Colorado">East Pleasant View</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evergreen,_Colorado" title="Evergreen, Colorado">Evergreen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairmount,_Colorado" 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class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Colorado">Images</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Native_American_reservations_in_Colorado" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Native American reservations in Colorado">Indian reservations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_of_Colorado" title="Law of Colorado">Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Colorado-related_lists" title="List of Colorado-related lists">Lists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_military_installations_in_Colorado" class="mw-redirect" title="List of military installations in Colorado">Military</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountain_peaks_of_Colorado" title="List of mountain peaks of Colorado">Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Colorado" title="List of municipalities in Colorado">Municipalities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_museums_in_Colorado" title="List of museums in Colorado">Museums</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_national_forests_in_Colorado" class="mw-redirect" title="List of national forests in Colorado">National Forests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Park_System_areas_in_Colorado" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Park System areas in Colorado">National Parks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paleontology_in_Colorado" title="Paleontology in Colorado">Paleontology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prehistoric_sites_in_Colorado" title="List of prehistoric sites in Colorado">Prehistoric sites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prehistory_of_Colorado" title="Prehistory of Colorado">Prehistory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_protected_areas_of_Colorado" title="List of protected areas of Colorado">Protected areas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Colorado_railroads" title="List of Colorado railroads">Railroads</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_Colorado" title="List of rivers of Colorado">Rivers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_slavery_in_Colorado" title="History of slavery in Colorado">Slavery</a></li> <li><a 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</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Society</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abortion_in_Colorado" title="Abortion in Colorado">Abortion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_Colorado" title="Crime in Colorado">Crime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado#Culture" title="Colorado">Culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado#Demographics" title="Colorado">Demographics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Colorado" title="Economy of Colorado">Economy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado#Education" title="Colorado">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Colorado" title="Gun laws in Colorado">Gun laws</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homelessness_in_Colorado" title="Homelessness in Colorado">Homelessness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Colorado" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Colorado">LGBT rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Colorado" title="Politics of Colorado">Politics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado#Religion" title="Colorado">Religion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_Colorado" title="Sports in Colorado">Sports</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Colorado" title="List of municipalities in Colorado">Cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alamosa,_Colorado" title="Alamosa, Colorado">Alamosa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arvada,_Colorado" title="Arvada, Colorado">Arvada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aspen,_Colorado" title="Aspen, Colorado">Aspen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aurora,_Colorado" title="Aurora, Colorado">Aurora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Hawk,_Colorado" title="Black Hawk, Colorado">Black Hawk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boulder,_Colorado" title="Boulder, Colorado">Boulder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brighton,_Colorado" title="Brighton, Colorado">Brighton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broomfield,_Colorado" title="Broomfield, Colorado">Broomfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brush,_Colorado" title="Brush, Colorado">Brush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burlington,_Colorado" title="Burlington, Colorado">Burlington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ca%C3%B1on_City,_Colorado" title="Cañon City, Colorado">Cañon City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castle_Pines,_Colorado" title="Castle Pines, Colorado">Castle Pines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centennial,_Colorado" title="Centennial, Colorado">Centennial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_City,_Colorado" title="Central City, Colorado">Central City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cherry_Hills_Village,_Colorado" title="Cherry Hills Village, Colorado">Cherry Hills Village</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Springs,_Colorado" title="Colorado Springs, Colorado">Colorado Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commerce_City,_Colorado" title="Commerce City, Colorado">Commerce City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cortez,_Colorado" title="Cortez, Colorado">Cortez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craig,_Colorado" title="Craig, Colorado">Craig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cripple_Creek,_Colorado" title="Cripple Creek, Colorado">Cripple Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dacono,_Colorado" title="Dacono, Colorado">Dacono</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta,_Colorado" title="Delta, Colorado">Delta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denver" title="Denver">Denver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durango,_Colorado" title="Durango, Colorado">Durango</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgewater,_Colorado" title="Edgewater, Colorado">Edgewater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Englewood,_Colorado" title="Englewood, Colorado">Englewood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evans,_Colorado" title="Evans, Colorado">Evans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Heights,_Colorado" title="Federal Heights, Colorado">Federal Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florence,_Colorado" title="Florence, Colorado">Florence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Collins,_Colorado" title="Fort Collins, Colorado">Fort Collins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Lupton,_Colorado" title="Fort Lupton, Colorado">Fort Lupton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Morgan,_Colorado" title="Fort Morgan, Colorado">Fort Morgan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fountain,_Colorado" title="Fountain, Colorado">Fountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fruita,_Colorado" title="Fruita, Colorado">Fruita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glendale,_Colorado" title="Glendale, Colorado">Glendale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenwood_Springs,_Colorado" title="Glenwood Springs, Colorado">Glenwood Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golden,_Colorado" title="Golden, Colorado">Golden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Junction,_Colorado" title="Grand Junction, Colorado">Grand Junction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greeley,_Colorado" title="Greeley, Colorado">Greeley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenwood_Village,_Colorado" title="Greenwood Village, Colorado">Greenwood Village</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gunnison,_Colorado" title="Gunnison, Colorado">Gunnison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holyoke,_Colorado" title="Holyoke, Colorado">Holyoke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Idaho_Springs,_Colorado" title="Idaho Springs, Colorado">Idaho Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Junta,_Colorado" title="La Junta, Colorado">La Junta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lafayette,_Colorado" title="Lafayette, Colorado">Lafayette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakewood,_Colorado" title="Lakewood, Colorado">Lakewood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamar,_Colorado" title="Lamar, Colorado">Lamar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Las_Animas,_Colorado" title="Las Animas, Colorado">Las Animas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leadville,_Colorado" title="Leadville, Colorado">Leadville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Littleton,_Colorado" title="Littleton, Colorado">Littleton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lone_Tree,_Colorado" title="Lone Tree, Colorado">Lone Tree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longmont,_Colorado" title="Longmont, Colorado">Longmont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louisville,_Colorado" title="Louisville, Colorado">Louisville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loveland,_Colorado" title="Loveland, Colorado">Loveland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manitou_Springs,_Colorado" title="Manitou Springs, Colorado">Manitou Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monte_Vista,_Colorado" title="Monte Vista, Colorado">Monte Vista</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montrose,_Colorado" title="Montrose, Colorado">Montrose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northglenn,_Colorado" title="Northglenn, Colorado">Northglenn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ouray,_Colorado" title="Ouray, Colorado">Ouray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pueblo,_Colorado" title="Pueblo, Colorado">Pueblo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rifle,_Colorado" title="Rifle, Colorado">Rifle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rocky_Ford,_Colorado" title="Rocky Ford, Colorado">Rocky Ford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salida,_Colorado" title="Salida, Colorado">Salida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheridan,_Colorado" title="Sheridan, Colorado">Sheridan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steamboat_Springs,_Colorado" title="Steamboat Springs, Colorado">Steamboat Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sterling,_Colorado" title="Sterling, Colorado">Sterling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thornton,_Colorado" title="Thornton, Colorado">Thornton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trinidad,_Colorado" title="Trinidad, Colorado">Trinidad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victor,_Colorado" title="Victor, Colorado">Victor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walsenburg,_Colorado" title="Walsenburg, Colorado">Walsenburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westminster,_Colorado" title="Westminster, Colorado">Westminster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wheat_Ridge,_Colorado" title="Wheat Ridge, Colorado">Wheat Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodland_Park,_Colorado" title="Woodland Park, Colorado">Woodland Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wray,_Colorado" title="Wray, Colorado">Wray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yuma,_Colorado" title="Yuma, Colorado">Yuma</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Colorado" title="List of counties in Colorado">Counties</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adams_County,_Colorado" title="Adams County, Colorado">Adams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alamosa_County,_Colorado" title="Alamosa County, Colorado">Alamosa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arapahoe_County,_Colorado" title="Arapahoe County, Colorado">Arapahoe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archuleta_County,_Colorado" title="Archuleta County, Colorado">Archuleta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baca_County,_Colorado" title="Baca County, Colorado">Baca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bent_County,_Colorado" title="Bent County, Colorado">Bent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boulder_County,_Colorado" title="Boulder County, Colorado">Boulder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broomfield,_Colorado" title="Broomfield, Colorado">Broomfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaffee_County,_Colorado" title="Chaffee County, Colorado">Chaffee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheyenne_County,_Colorado" title="Cheyenne County, Colorado">Cheyenne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clear_Creek_County,_Colorado" title="Clear Creek County, Colorado">Clear Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conejos_County,_Colorado" title="Conejos County, Colorado">Conejos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Costilla_County,_Colorado" title="Costilla County, Colorado">Costilla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crowley_County,_Colorado" title="Crowley County, Colorado">Crowley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Custer_County,_Colorado" title="Custer County, Colorado">Custer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_County,_Colorado" title="Delta County, Colorado">Delta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denver" title="Denver">Denver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolores_County,_Colorado" title="Dolores County, Colorado">Dolores</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_County,_Colorado" title="Douglas County, Colorado">Douglas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eagle_County,_Colorado" title="Eagle County, Colorado">Eagle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Paso_County,_Colorado" title="El Paso County, Colorado">El Paso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elbert_County,_Colorado" title="Elbert County, Colorado">Elbert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fremont_County,_Colorado" title="Fremont County, Colorado">Fremont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garfield_County,_Colorado" title="Garfield County, Colorado">Garfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilpin_County,_Colorado" title="Gilpin County, Colorado">Gilpin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_County,_Colorado" title="Grand County, Colorado">Grand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gunnison_County,_Colorado" title="Gunnison County, Colorado">Gunnison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hinsdale_County,_Colorado" title="Hinsdale County, Colorado">Hinsdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huerfano_County,_Colorado" title="Huerfano County, Colorado">Huerfano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_County,_Colorado" title="Jackson County, Colorado">Jackson</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Jefferson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiowa_County,_Colorado" title="Kiowa County, Colorado">Kiowa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kit_Carson_County,_Colorado" title="Kit Carson County, Colorado">Kit Carson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Plata_County,_Colorado" title="La Plata County, Colorado">La Plata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_County,_Colorado" title="Lake County, Colorado">Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larimer_County,_Colorado" title="Larimer County, Colorado">Larimer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Las_Animas_County,_Colorado" title="Las Animas County, Colorado">Las Animas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_County,_Colorado" title="Lincoln County, Colorado">Lincoln</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Logan_County,_Colorado" title="Logan County, Colorado">Logan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mesa_County,_Colorado" title="Mesa County, Colorado">Mesa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mineral_County,_Colorado" title="Mineral County, Colorado">Mineral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moffat_County,_Colorado" title="Moffat County, Colorado">Moffat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montezuma_County,_Colorado" title="Montezuma County, Colorado">Montezuma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montrose_County,_Colorado" title="Montrose County, Colorado">Montrose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgan_County,_Colorado" title="Morgan County, Colorado">Morgan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Otero_County,_Colorado" title="Otero County, Colorado">Otero</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ouray_County,_Colorado" title="Ouray County, Colorado">Ouray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Park_County,_Colorado" title="Park County, Colorado">Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phillips_County,_Colorado" title="Phillips County, Colorado">Phillips</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pitkin_County,_Colorado" title="Pitkin County, Colorado">Pitkin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prowers_County,_Colorado" title="Prowers County, Colorado">Prowers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pueblo_County,_Colorado" class="mw-redirect" title="Pueblo County, Colorado">Pueblo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rio_Blanco_County,_Colorado" title="Rio Blanco County, Colorado">Rio Blanco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rio_Grande_County,_Colorado" title="Rio Grande County, Colorado">Rio Grande</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Routt_County,_Colorado" title="Routt County, Colorado">Routt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saguache_County,_Colorado" title="Saguache County, Colorado">Saguache</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Juan_County,_Colorado" title="San Juan County, Colorado">San Juan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Miguel_County,_Colorado" title="San Miguel County, Colorado">San Miguel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sedgwick_County,_Colorado" title="Sedgwick County, Colorado">Sedgwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Summit_County,_Colorado" title="Summit County, Colorado">Summit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teller_County,_Colorado" title="Teller County, Colorado">Teller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_County,_Colorado" title="Washington County, Colorado">Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weld_County,_Colorado" title="Weld County, Colorado">Weld</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yuma_County,_Colorado" title="Yuma County, Colorado">Yuma</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_of_the_United_States#Colorado" title="List of regions of the United States">Regions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Central_Colorado" title="Central Colorado">Central Colorado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Plains" title="Eastern Plains">Eastern Plains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Mineral_Belt" title="Colorado Mineral Belt">Colorado Mineral Belt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Piedmont" title="Colorado Piedmont">Colorado Piedmont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Plateau" title="Colorado Plateau">Colorado Plateau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Western_Slope" title="Colorado Western Slope">Colorado Western Slope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denver_metropolitan_area" title="Denver metropolitan area">Denver Metropolitan Area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Four_Corners" title="Four Corners">Four Corners Region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Front_Range_Urban_Corridor" class="mw-redirect" title="Front Range Urban Corridor">Front Range Urban Corridor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Plains_(United_States)" title="High Plains (United States)">High Plains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Central_Colorado_Urban_Area" title="North Central Colorado Urban Area">North Central Colorado Urban Area</a></li> <li><a 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