Littleton, Colorado
Littleton is a city located in the
Denver-Aurora metropolitan area in the
U.S. state of
Colorado. As of 2005, the city is estimated to have a total population of 40,396. It is the
county seat of
Arapahoe County. Portions of the city are also in
Jefferson County and
Douglas County.
Littleton became widely known in
1999 when the
Columbine High School massacre occurred at nearby
Columbine High School, which the media reported as being located in the city. The school is actually in
unincorporated Jefferson County and is closer to Denver, but is in a
ZIP code associated with Littleton.
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.
In the
DARPA Grand Challenge, a robot race in the
Mojave Desert Intelligent Vehicle Safety Technologies' "Desert Tortoise" hometown was Littleton.
The city is also the site of the grave of
Alferd Packer, one of the only two people ever imprisoned in the
United States for
cannibalism.
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Location of Littleton, Colorado |
Littleton is located at (39.599691, -105.010929).
According to the
United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 36.1
km² (13.9
mi²). 35.0 km² (13.5 mi²) of it is land and 1.1 km² (0.4 mi²) 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.
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 1,152.0/km² (2,984.8/mi²). There were 18,084 housing units at an average density of 516.4/km² (1,338.0/mi²). 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.
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Hudson Gardens*
Town Hall Arts CenterThe city of Littleton is served by
Littleton Public Schools.
Littleton is known for the
shooting at Columbine High School, yet Columbine is not in the city of Littleton and is not a part of Littleton Public Schools.
Columbine High School is a part of
Jefferson County Public Schools.
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City of Littleton (official website)
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Town Hall Arts Center Providing professional theatre to the surrounding metro area.
