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{{short description|County in Colorado, United States}}
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{{Infobox U.S. county
| county = Summit County
| state = Colorado
| seal = Seal of Summit County, Colorado.png
| founded year = 1861
| founded date = November 1
| seat wl = Breckenridge
| largest city wl = Breckenridge
| city type = town
| area_total_sq_mi = 619
| area_land_sq_mi = 608
| area_water_sq_mi = 11
| area percentage = 1.8%
| census
| pop = 31055
| density_sq_mi = 51
| time zone = Mountain
| footnotes =
| web = www.
| named for = [[Continental Divide of the Americas|Continental Divide]]
| ex image = Summit County court house in Colorado.jpg
| ex image cap = Summit County court house in [[Breckenridge, Colorado|Breckenridge]]
| district = 2nd
}}
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'''Summit County''' is a [[county]] located in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Colorado]]. As of the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]], the population was 31,055.<ref name="2020Census">{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/summitcountycolorado/PST045219|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 5, 2021}}</ref> The [[county seat]] and largest town is [[Breckenridge, Colorado|Breckenridge]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=June 7, 2011
Summit County comprises the Breckenridge, CO [[Micropolitan statistical area|Micropolitan Statistical Area]].<ref name=OMB_10-02>{{cite web|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/omb/assets/bulletins/b10-02.pdf|title=OMB Bulletin No. 10-02: Update of Statistical Area Definitions and Guidance on Their Uses|date=December 1, 2009|access-date=April 19, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170121004722/https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/omb/assets/bulletins/b10-02.pdf|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|work=[[Office of Management and Budget]]|archive-date=January 21, 2017}}</ref><ref>See the [[Colorado census statistical areas]].</ref>
==History==
Summit County was organized as one of the seventeen original Colorado counties by the First Territorial Legislature on November 1, 1861.
In 1874, the northern half of the original Summit County was split off to form [[Grand County, Colorado|Grand County]]; with the creation of [[Garfield County, Colorado|Garfield]] and [[Eagle County, Colorado|Eagle]] counties in 1883, Summit County arrived at its present boundaries.
==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|619|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|608|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|11|sqmi}} (1.8%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=
The terrain of the county is mountainous with elevations ranging from {{convert|7957|ft|m}} at [[Green Mountain Reservoir]] to {{convert|14270|ft|m}} at [[Grays Peak]]. The elevation of the county seat of Breckenridge is {{convert|9602|ft|m}}, making it one of the highest cities in the state of Colorado and the United States.<ref>"Elevation distribution for all U.S. cities," http://www.city-data.com/top13.html, accessed
===Adjacent counties===
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*[[Eagle County, Colorado|Eagle County]] – west
===Major
* [[File:I-70 (CO).svg|20px]] [[Interstate 70 (Colorado)|Interstate 70]]
*{{jct|state=CO|BL|70|dab1=Frisco}}
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|2010= 27994
|2020= 31055
|estyear=2023
|estimate=30465
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2023">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=March 31, 2024}}</ref>
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=June 11, 2014}}</ref><br />1790-1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=June 11, 2014}}</ref> 1900–1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/co190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=June 11, 2014}}</ref><br />1990-2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327165705/http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-date=March 27, 2010 |url-status=live|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=June 11, 2014}}</ref> 2010-2020<ref name="2020Census" />
}}
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR8">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=
There were 9,120 households, out of which 24.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.00% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 4.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 47.70% were non-families. 21.60% of all households were made up of individuals, and 1.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
In the county, the population was spread out, with 17.40% under the age of 18, 15.70% from 18 to 24, 44.30% from 25 to 44, 19.40% from 45 to 64, and 3.30% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a household in the county was $56,587, and the median income for a family was $66,914 (these figures had risen to $65,281 and $80,441 respectively as of a 2007 estimate). Males had a median income of $33,741 versus $27,017 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $28,676.
The 2019 average real estate prices in Summit County were $1,262,929 for a single family home, $559,776 for a condo, townhome or duplex and $344,945 for a vacant piece of land (YTD through December 2019).<ref name="Summit County Real Estate Real Estate">
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| work =Breckenridge Real Estate Experts Blog
| publisher =Ben Brewer
| date = March 6, 2020
| url=https://www.breckenridgerealestateexperts.com/blog/detail/122/1/Summit_County_Colorado_Real_Estate_2019_Sales_Data
| access-date =March 6, 2020
[[Image:Reservoir in the Rocky Mountains.jpg|thumb|upright|Snowmelt runoff fills [[Lake Dillon]] in Summit County]]
==Life expectancy==
According to a report in the [[Journal of the American Medical Association]], residents of Summit County had a 2014 life expectancy from birth of 86.83 years in 2014, the longest in the United States.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Dwyer-Lindgren|first=Laura|date=
==Education==
===K-12 Schools===
====Elementary Schools====
*Breckenridge Elementary School
*Dillon Valley Elementary School (Dillon)
*Frisco Elementary School
*Silverthorne Elementary School
*Summit Cove Elementary School (Dillon)
*Upper Blue Elementary School (Breckenridge)
====Middle School====
*Summit Middle School (Frisco)
====High Schools====
*Snowy Peaks Junior/Senior High School (Frisco)
*Summit High School (Breckenridge)
===Higher Education===
[[Colorado Mountain College]] operates campuses in Breckenridge and Dillon.
==Politics==
Summit County is liberal in most elections. As of the [[2020 United States presidential election|2020 presidential election]], Summit County has not voted for the Republican candidate since [[1988 United States presidential election|1988]].
{{PresHead|place=Summit County, Colorado|source=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|first=David|last=Leip|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=May 26, 2017}}</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2020|Democratic|5,322|12,631|526|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|2016|Democratic|5,100|9,557|1,517|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|5,571|9,347|394|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|4,883|9,802|214|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|5,370|8,144|221|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|4,497|5,304|1,267|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|3,261|3,970|1,188|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|2,256|3,344|2,770|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|2,893|2,595|136|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|3,253|1,588|77|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|2,027|1,285|1,043|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|1,826|1,087|227|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|1,082|707|44|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|536|301|97|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|344|483|1|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|424|400|3|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|429|235|0|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|442|271|1|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|292|378|5|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|326|237|3|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|479|540|5|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|268|496|5|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|224|397|23|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|362|306|13|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|354|241|150|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|418|388|24|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|268|717|35|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|179|600|186|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|1908|Democratic|366|743|35|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|1904|Democratic|561|569|35|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|1900|Democratic|394|967|17|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|1896|Democratic|28|1,243|2|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|1892|Populist|279|0|811|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|1888|Republican|701|557|2|Colorado}}
{{PresRow|1884|Republican|609|556|8|Colorado}}
{{PresFoot|1880|Democratic|1,289|1,328|24|Colorado}}
==Communities==
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*[[Dillon, Colorado|Dillon]]
*[[Frisco, Colorado|Frisco]]
*[[Keystone, Colorado|Keystone]]
*[[Montezuma, Colorado|Montezuma]]
*[[Silverthorne, Colorado|Silverthorne]]
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*[[Copper Mountain, Colorado|Copper Mountain]]
*[[Heeney, Colorado|Heeney]]
===Ghost towns===
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===Lakes===
The county has
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===Islands===
* [[Silver Dollar Island]]
=== Concert Venues ===
* [[Dillon Amphitheater]]
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==See also==
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*[[
*[[Geography of Colorado]]
*[[History of Colorado]]
**[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Summit County, Colorado]]
*[[Index of Colorado-related articles]]
*[[List of Colorado-related lists]]
**[[List of counties in Colorado]]
**[[List of statistical areas in Colorado]]
*[[Outline of Colorado]]
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==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Summit County, Colorado}}
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070205102713/http://www.stanwyck.com/cogenweb/cocounties.html Colorado County Evolution by Don Stanwyck]
*[http://www.coloradohistory.org/ Colorado Historical Society]
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