[ It is the smallest county by area in Colorado and the 5th smallest in the United States. Broomfield is the second most densely populated county in Colorado behind Denver.
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Airport
Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport
Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport is a public-use airport located in Broomfield, Colorado, United States. The airport is owned and operated by Jefferson County and is situated midway between Denver and Boulder on U.S. Highway 36. It is locat ...
formerly known as Jefferson County (Jeffco) Airport is located in Broomfield.
Major highways
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Interstate 25
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U.S. Highway 36 (Denver-Boulder Turnpike)
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U.S. Highway 85
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U.S. Highway 287
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State Highway 7
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State Highway 121
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State Highway 128
* E-470
E-470 is a controlled-access toll road that traverses the eastern portion of the Denver metropolitan area in the US state of Colorado. It is the eastern half of the 470 beltway that serves Meridian, Parker, Aurora, Denver International Airport, ...
(tollway)
* Northwest Parkway
The Northwest Parkway is a road that runs from U.S. Highway 36 (US 36) to the Interstate 25 (I-25)/ E-470 interchange. Both terminuses are in Broomfield, northwest of Denver. In combination with E-470 () and State Highway&n ...
(tollway)
Adjacent counties
*Weld County
Weld County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 328,981. The county seat is Greeley.
Weld County comprises the Greeley, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Denver ...
– northeast
* Adams County – southeast
* Jefferson County – southwest
* Boulder County – northwest
Climate
According to the Köppen climate classification
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system, Broomfield has a Cold Semi-arid climate
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(''BSk''). According to the United States Department of Agriculture
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, the Plant Hardiness zone
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is 6a with an average annual extreme minimum temperature of -9.4 °F (-23.0 °C).
Ecology
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U.S. Potential natural vegetation
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Types, Broomfield would have a Grama, aka Bouteloua
''Bouteloua'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. Members of the genus are commonly known as grama grass.
Taxonomy and systematics
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/ Buffalo grass
Buffalo grass may refer to
* Buffalo grass, sweet vernal grass or vanilla grass ('' Anthoxanthum odoratum'')
* Buffalo grass ('' Bouteloua dactyloides'')
* Buffalo grass ('' Brachiaria mutica'')
* Buffalo grass or sweet grass (''Hierochloe odorata' ...
(''65'') vegetation type and a Shortgrass prairie
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(''17'') vegetation form.
Demographics
Broomfield is a part of the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The 2017 census
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estimates there were 68,341 people living in the city. The population density
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was 2,193 per square mile as of the 2010 census. The racial makeup of the city was 86.1 percent White
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, 11.1 percent Hispanic
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or Latino
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* Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States
* The people or cultures of Latin America;
** Latin A ...
, 6.1 percent Asian
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* Items from or related to the continent of Asia:
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, 2.1 percent from two or more races, 1.1 percent African American
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, 0.6 percent Native American, and 0.1 percent Pacific Islander
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.
There were 22,016 households, of which 41.2 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.8 percent were married couples
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living together, 8.2 percent had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.8 percent were non-families. 19.3 percent of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.2 percent had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.76 people, and the average family size was 3.19 people.
Age distribution figures show 26.2 percent of residents under the age of 18 and 9.9 percent age 65 years or older. The median age was 36.4 years. Females made up 50.2% of the population.
The median household income
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was $79,034 and the median family income was $96,206 in 2013. The per capita income
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Per capita i ...
for the city was $38,792. 48.1 percent of the population over age 25 held a bachelor's degree or higher.
Politics
When the county was formed in 2001, it was a swing county, and the city itself had voted for the winning candidate in each presidential election from 2000 to 2020. In the 2012 election, incumbent president and Democrat Barack Obama
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defeated Republican Mitt Romney
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by roughly five percentage points. In recent years, the county has trended towards the Democratic Party. In 2016, it voted decisively for Hillary Clinton
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. Joe Biden won the county by an even larger margin in 2020.
Since its inception, Broomfield County has voted for the winner of Colorado's electoral votes.
As of March 1, 2021, 15,671 voters were Democrats, 11,658 voters were Republicans, and 23,354 voters were not affiliated with any party.
Economy
In the 1990s, Broomfield and other area suburbs experienced tremendous economic growth, much of it focused in technology
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.
The Flatiron Crossing Mall
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Objects
*Clothes iron
*Hair iron
Places
* Flatiron Building, New York City, at the intersection of 5th & Broadway
**Flatiron District, New York City, named after ...
is a large shopping and entertainment center, anchored by Dick's Sporting Goods, Macy's
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, and Forever 21
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.
The ''Broomfield Enterprise
The ''Broomfield Enterprise'' is the city newspaper for Broomfield, Colorado, United States, and is published once a week on Sundays. It is published by Prairie Mountain Publishing, which is owned by MediaNews Group.
The ''Enterprise'' was foun ...
'' is the local newspaper. KBDI-TV
KBDI-TV, virtual channel 12 (VHF digital channel 13), is a Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS) member television station serving Denver, Colorado, United States that is licensed to Broomfield. The station is owned by Colorado Public Television, ...
, the secondary PBS
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member station for the Denver area, is licensed to Broomfield.
Ball
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, Vail Resorts
Vail Resorts, Inc. is an American mountain resort company headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado. The company is divided into three divisions. The mountain segment owns and operates 40 mountain resorts in four countries, Vail Resorts Hospitality o ...
, MWH Global, Flatiron Construction
Flatiron Construction Corporation, a subsidiary of Hochtief, is a heavy civil infrastructure contractor headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado in U.S. Flatiron builds infrastructure such as bridges, highways, railways, roads, tunnels, hydropower ...
, Webroot
Webroot Inc. is an American privately-held cybersecurity software company that provides Internet security for consumers and businesses. The company was founded in Boulder, Colorado, US, and is now headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado, and h ...
, Noodles & Company
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, WhiteWave Foods
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and Mrs. Fields are headquartered in Broomfield.
Top employers
According to Broomfield's 2020 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the city are:
Recreation
Broomfield's recreation opportunities include the Paul Derda Recreation Center and pool, athletic fields, courts and rinks and open space and trails.
Broomfield has an extensive trail system that connects the various lakes and parks. A scenic trail connects the Stearns Lake and the Josh's Pond on the west side of town. Broomfield also has a 9/11 memorial containing a piece of a steel beam from one of the towers.
Broomfield also has a skate park with many different features such as bowls, a large half pipe and several "street" obstacles.
Government
* Mayor – Guyleen Castriotta
* Mayor Pro-Tem – Stan Jezierski
* City and County Manager – Jennifer Hoffman
* City and County Attorney – Nancy Rodgers
Council members
* Ward 1
** Stan Jezierski
** James Marsh-Holschen
* Ward 2
** William Lindstedt
** Austin Ward
* Ward 3
** Jean Lim
** Deven Shaff
* Ward 4
** Bruce Leslie
** Laurie Anderson
* Ward 5
** Heidi Henkel
** Todd Cohen
Sheriff and county commissioners
Broomfield operates as a consolidated city-county
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. The city council acts simultaneously as the board of county commissioners, and the police chief is simultaneously the county sheriff. The Broomfield Police Department performs all of the duties that would normally be performed by a county sheriff's office, including operating the county jail (detention center), providing security and bailiff services for the Broomfield Municipal, County, and District Courts and the Combined Courts Building, and providing civil process in the county. The police chief can be hired or fired at will by the city council, which makes Broomfield's sheriff, along with Denver's, the only non-elected sheriffs in the state.
Education
Since Broomfield used to be divided among four counties, students living in the city were served by the separate school districts for their county. While the city is now united within one county, the city is still separated among multiple school districts.
School districts that have sections of Broomfield:
* Adams County District Twelve Five Star Schools
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* Boulder Valley School District RE-2
* School District 27J
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The district includes sections ...
* Weld County School District RE-8
Weld may refer to:
* Welding, a metalworking technique
* Weld (name), and persons with the name
* Weld, Maine, United States
* Weld County, Colorado, United States
* ''Weld'' (album), 1991, by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
* ''Reseda luteola'', a pl ...
* Jefferson County School District R-1
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* St. Vrain Valley School District RE 1J
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Arts and entertainment
* Stanza, in poetry
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There are five school districts that overlap Broomfield, but the two largest school districts in Broomfield are Adams Twelve Five Star Schools and Boulder Valley School District.
Broomfield features two large public high schools ( Broomfield High School, which underwent significant renovations from 2009 to 2010, and Legacy High), two public middle schools and eight public elementary schools. There are three private schools: Broomfield Academy, with an academic preschool, an elementary school and a middle school; Holy Family, a Catholic high school; and Nativity of Our Lord Parish, a Catholic elementary school. Broomfield also contains two K-12 charter schools, Prospect Ridge Academy, and Front Range Academy, which has two Broomfield campuses.
Notable people
Notable individuals who were born in or have lived in Broomfield or both include:
* Mark Boslough
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, physicist
* Drew Brown, musician, guitarist for OneRepublic
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and Debate Team
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* Dianne Primavera
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, 50th Lieutenant Governor of Colorado
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and former member of the Colorado House of Representatives
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* Anna Prins, basketball center
* Vince Russo
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, pro wrestler
* Steve Schmuhl, swimmer
* Mike Wilpolt, football wide receiver, defensive back, coach
* Cat Zingano
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, bantamweight MMA fighter
See also
*Colorado
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**Bibliography of Colorado
The location of the State of Colorado in the United States of America
This is a bibliography of the U.S. State of Colorado.
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**Outline of Colorado
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the U.S. state of Colorado:
Colorado – 22nd most populous, the eighth most extensive, and the highest in average elevation of the 50 United States. Colorado ...
*List of counties in Colorado
The U.S. State of Colorado is divided into 64 counties. Two of these counties, the City and County of Broomfield and the City and County of Denver, have consolidated city and county governments. Denver serves as the state capital. Counties are ...
*List of municipalities in Colorado
The U.S. State of Colorado has 272 active incorporated municipalities, comprising 197 towns, 73 cities, and two consolidated city and county governments. At the 2020 United States Census, 4,299,942 of the 5,773,714 Colorado residents (74.47%) ...
*List of places in Colorado
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*List of statistical areas in Colorado
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** Front Range Urban Corridor
**North Central Colorado Urban Area
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** Denver-Aurora, CO Combined Statistical Area
** Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area
* Jefferson Parkway
*Northwest Parkway
The Northwest Parkway is a road that runs from U.S. Highway 36 (US 36) to the Interstate 25 (I-25)/ E-470 interchange. Both terminuses are in Broomfield, northwest of Denver. In combination with E-470 () and State Highway&n ...
*Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge
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* 2013 Colorado floods
References
External links
City and County of Broomfield website
CDOT map of the City and County of Broomfield
History Colorado website
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