Littleton is a Home Rule
Municipality in Arapahoe County
and Jefferson County
in the U.S. state of
Colorado
.
Littleton is a suburb of the
Denver-Aurora Metropolitan
Statistical Area.
Littleton is the county seat of Arapahoe
County and the 17th most populous
city in the State of
Colorado. The population was 40,342 at the
2000 census.
The City of Littleton's history dates back to the 1859 "Pikes Peak"
gold rush, which brought not only gold seekers, but merchants and
farmers to the community. Richard Sullivan Little was an engineer
from New Hampshire that made his way out west to work on irrigation
systems. Little quickly fell in love with the area that is present
day Littleton and brought his wife Angeline out from the East in
1862. The Littles, along with many neighbors built the Rough and
Ready Flour Mill in 1867, which provided a solid economic base in
the community. By 1890, the community had grown to 245 people and
the residents voted to incorporate the Town of Littleton.
Littleton
became widely known in 1999 when the Columbine High
School massacre
occurred at nearby Columbine High School
, which some in the news media erroneously reported
as being located in the city. The school is actually
located in Columbine
, an unincorporated
community in Jefferson County, yet in a ZIP code
associated primarily with Littleton. The school is included
in the Jefferson County school system, and not one of the
Littleton Public Schools.
The Colorado Center for the Blind, a skills training program for
blind teenagers and adults operated by the
National Federation of the
Blind, is located in Littleton. The Denver Theological Seminary
is also in Littleton.
Intelligent Vehicle Safety Technologies' "Desert Tortoise," a
competitor in the
DARPA Grand
Challenge, is based in Littleton.
The city is also the site of the grave of
Alferd Packer, an American
prospector.
He is one of three people imprisoned in the
United
States
for cannibalism.
Geography
Littleton is located at (39.599691, -105.010929) .
According to the
United
States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of
13.9
square miles
(36.1
km²), of which, 13.5 square
miles (35.0 km²) of it is land and 0.4 square miles
(1.1 km²) of it (2.95%) is water.
Littleton
is a suburb south of Denver
, on the west
side of I-25. Since
July 2000, it has been served by the
Regional Transportation
District's
light rail system.
Demographics
- Section source: Census
As of the
census of 2000 there were 40,340
people; 17,313 households; and 10,387 families residing in the
city. The
population density was
2,984.8 people per square mile (1,152.0/km²). There were 18,084
housing units at an average density of 1,338.0/sq mi
(516.4/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 91.77%
White, 1.16%
African American, 0.73%
Native American, 1.66%
Asian, 0.06%
Pacific Islander, 2.67% from
other races, and 1.95%
from two or more races.
Hispanic or
Latino of any race were 8.45% of the
population.
There were 17,313 households out of which 28.0% had children under
the age of 18 living with them, 47.3% were
married couples living together, 9.2% had a female
householder with no husband present, and 40.0% were non-families.
33.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.1% had
someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average
household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.96.
In the city the population was spread out with 23.3% under the age
of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 30.1% from 25 to 44, 24.2% from 45 to
64, and 14.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was
39 years. For every 100 females there were 94.5 males. For every
100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.0 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $50,583, and the
median income for a family was $64,671. Males had a median income
of $43,698 versus $33,377 for
females. The
per capita income for the city was $28,681. About 3.9% of families
and 6.0% of the population were below the
poverty line, including 7.5% of those under age
18 and 5.1% of those age 65 or over.
Education
Points of interest
Sister cities
Neighboring communities with Littleton ZIP codes
The place name "Littleton" is assigned to eleven
ZIP codes which cover a vast area west, east and
south of the city that is much larger than the city itself. Thus
the following
unincorporated
communities have "Littleton addresses":
See also
References
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