Chaffee County

Chaffee County is a county in the U.S. state of Colorado, CO with an estimated population of 20,027 as of July 1, 2018 and is thus ranked 208 in the United States.

In contrast to the 2010 census, the population of Chaffee County was still 17,809. This means that the 2018 population percent change from 2010 population of Chaffee County has risen by 12.5%.

Chaffee County is formed in 1879-02-10 and covers an total area of 1,014.95 square miles. This area is divided into 1,013.40 square miles land area and 1.55 square miles water area. Density per square kilometre of land area are 17.6 of population in 9.9 housing units.

There were 10,020 housing units in the whole of Chaffee County for the 2010 census with 7.601 total households, 4.844 of them family households. At the 1990 census, the population of Chaffee County was still 12,684. 2011 population percent change from 1990 population of Chaffee County was still 40,41 %, or expressed in detail 5.125 inhabitants. 2017 ACS Population - High School Diploma or more as a percent of 2017 ACS Population - Population 25 and over was 91.6% (percent) and is ranked number 653 of all counties in the United States.

Labor Force 2018 in Chaffee County was 9,708 and is ranked number 1740, with a Unemployment Rate 2018 of 2.7 % (percent), which is ranked on number 2706 of all counties in the United States. Median Household Income 2017 was $53,545 (percent), which is ranked on number 1054 of all counties in the United States.