Aspen is a home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Pitkin County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 7,004 at the 2020 United States Census. Aspen is in a remote area of the Rocky Mountains' Sawatch Range and Elk Mountains, along the Roaring Fork River at an elevation just below 8,000 feet (2,400 m) above sea level on the Western Slope, 11 miles (18 km) west of the Continental Divide. Aspen is now a part of the Glenwood Springs, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Founded as a mining camp during the Colorado Silver Boom and later named Aspen for the abundance of aspen trees in the area, the city boomed during the 1880s, its first decade. The boom ended when the Panic of 1893 led to...
| Ethnicity | Aspen | USA |
|---|---|---|
| White | 85.5% | 60.1% |
| African American | 0.9% | 12.2% |
| American Indian | 0% | 0.6% |
| Asian | 4.9% | 5.6% |
| Hawaiian | 0% | 0.2% |
| Multiracial | 1% | 2.8% |
| Hispanic | 7.7% | 18.2% |
| Other | 0% | 0.3% |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | Aspen | USA |
|---|---|---|
| Less than $10,000 | 2.6% | 5.8% |
| $10,000 to $14,999 | 0.4% | 4.1% |
| $15,000 to $24,999 | 4.3% | 8.5% |
| $25,000 to $34,999 | 8.4% | 8.6% |
| $35,000 to $49,999 | 15.6% | 12.0% |
| $50,000 to $74,999 | 17.4% | 17.2% |
| $75,000 to $99,999 | 12% | 12.8% |
| $100,000 to $149,999 | 18% | 15.6% |
| $150,000 to $199,999 | 6.5% | 7.1% |
| Education | Aspen | USA |
|---|---|---|
| < 9th Grade | 3% | 5.0% |
| 9-12th Grade | 1% | 7.0% |
| High School or GED | 11% | 27.0% |
| Other College | 16% | 20.0% |
| Associate's Degree | 4% | 9% |
| Bachelor's Degree | 44% | 20.0% |
| Master's Degree | 12% | 9.0% |
| Professional Degree | 6% | 2.0% |
| Doctorate Degree | 3% | 1.0% |