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Clear Creek County, Colorado

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Clear Creek County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,397.<ref name=2020Census>Template:Cite web</ref> The county seat is Georgetown.<ref name="GR6">Template:Cite web</ref>

History

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Clear Creek, ca. 1870
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Crystalline gold specimen from the Dixie mine, Lamartine District, SW of Idaho Springs, Colorado. Size: 1.8 x 0.9 x 0.2 cm.<ref>Lamartine Mining District at Mindat.org</ref>

Clear Creek County was one of the original 17 counties created by the Colorado legislature on November 1, 1861, and is one of only two counties (along with Gilpin) to have persisted with its original boundaries unchanged. It was named after Clear Creek, which runs down from the continental divide through the county. Idaho Springs was originally designated the county seat, but the county government was moved to Georgetown in 1867.

Geography

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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert is land and Template:Convert (0.3%) is water.<ref name="GR1">Template:Cite web</ref>

Adjacent counties

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Major highways

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Demographics

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At the 2000 census there were 9,322 people, 4,019 households, and 2,608 families living in the county. The population density was Template:Convert. There were 5,128 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert. The racial makeup of the county was 96.37% White, 0.28% Black or African American, 0.73% Native American, 0.36% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 1.02% from other races, and 1.20% from two or more races. 3.87% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.<ref name="GR8">Template:Cite web</ref> Of the 4,019 households 28.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.60% were married couples living together, 6.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.10% were non-families. 27.20% of households were one person and 4.30% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 2.81.

The age distribution was 22.60% under the age of 18, 5.60% from 18 to 24, 32.60% from 25 to 44, 32.20% from 45 to 64, and 7.10% 65 or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 108.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 110.20 males.

The median household income was $50,997 and the median family income was $61,400. Males had a median income of $41,667 versus $30,757 for females. The per capita income for the county was $28,160. About 3.00% of families and 5.40% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.80% of those under age 18 and 5.60% of those age 65 or over

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Ghost towns

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Politics

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Throughout its history, Clear Creek County tended to be somewhat divided between Republicans and Democrats, but has reliably voted Democratic in recent elections, with George W. Bush having been the most recent Republican to win the county, in 2000, while his father, George H. W. Bush, was the last Republican to win the narrow majority of the county's votes, in 1988. In 2008, Barack Obama won the county with the best performance by a Democrat since 1964. During the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton became the first Democrat since her husband in 1996 to not win the majority of the county's vote, while still winning the county by a plurality. Since then, the county has decisively swung further into the Democratic column, and in 2024 it saw a continued leftward shift, opposite of the national average.

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Education

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The county is served by Clear Creek School District RE-1.

Elementary Schools

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  • Carlson Elementary School (Idaho Springs)
  • King-Murphy Mountain School (Evergreen)

Middle School

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  • Clear Creek Middle School (Idaho Springs)

High School

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  • Clear Creek High School (Evergreen)

Charter School

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  • Georgetown Community School (Georgetown)

Historic areas

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Ski areas

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See also

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