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El Paso County
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county in Colorado, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Colorado
- Founded
- November 1, 1861
- Named after
- Spanish name for The Pass
- Seat
- Colorado Springs
- Largest city
- Colorado Springs
- Total
- 2,130 sq mi (5,500 km )
- Land
- 2,127 sq mi (5,510 km )
- Water
- 2.7 sq mi (7.0 km ) 0.1%
- Estimate 2025
- 757,040
- Density
- 343.4/sq mi (132.6/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−7 ( Mountain )
- Summer dst
- UTC−6 ( MDT )
- Congressional districts
- 4th , 5th , 7th
- Website
- www .elpasoco .com
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
An isolated rural house next to a mountain in northern El Paso County. Summer greenery of El Paso County
El Paso County is the most populous county in the U.S state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 730,395, surpassing the city and county of Denver. The county seat is Colorado Springs, the second most populous city in Colorado. El Paso County is included in the Colorado Springs, Colorado, Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “El Paso County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.