Population: 125,000
Elevation: 5003 feet
County: Larimer
Land area: 46.5 square miles
Zip codes: 80521..80528, 80553. Median resident age: 28.2 years Median household income: $45,959 Median house value: $280,000
Races in Fort Collins:
- White Non-Hispanic (85.4%)
- Hispanic (8.8%)
- Other race (3.6%)
- Two or more races (2.5%)
- American Indian (1.3%)
- Black (1.0%)
- Chinese (0.6%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: German (28.7%), English (14.2%), Irish (14.1%), Italian (5.4%), French (4.1%), Swedish (4.0%).
For population 25 years and over in Fort Collins
- High school or higher: 94.0%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 48.4%
- Graduate or professional degree: 18.4%
- Unemployed: 5.2%
- Mean travel time to work: 18.5 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Fort Collins city
- Never married: 40.3%
- Now married: 46.0%
- Separated: 0.9%
- Widowed: 3.9%
- Divorced: 8.9%
5.3% Foreign born (1.9% Asia, 1.4% Latin America, 1.4% Europe).
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Denver, CO (58.1 miles, pop. 554,636).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Phoenix, AZ (683.8 miles, pop. 1,321,045).
Nearest cities: Timnath, CO (6.9 miles),
Laporte, CO (7.1 miles),
Loveland, CO (10.7 miles),
Wellington, CO (11.1 miles),
Windsor, CO (12.8 miles),
Campion, CO (14.6 miles),
Severance, CO (15.7 miles),
Berthoud, CO (17.5 miles).
Single-family new house construction building permits:
- 1996: 1080 buildings, average cost: $95,600
- 1997: 930 buildings, average cost: $108,300
- 1998: 1173 buildings, average cost: $115,900
- 1999: 1157 buildings, average cost: $121,900
- 2000: 984 buildings, average cost: $133,500
- 2001: 1116 buildings, average cost: $126,000
- 2002: 1210 buildings, average cost: $140,300
Area code: 970
Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (24.3%), Manufacturing (13.9%), Retail trade (12.6%), Professional,scientific,management,administrative,and waste management services (11.5%), Arts,entertainment,recreation,accommodation and food services (10.3%).
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