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Pitkin County
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county in Colorado, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Colorado
- Founded
- February 23, 1881
- Named after
- Frederick Walker Pitkin
- Seat
- Aspen
- Largest city
- Aspen
- Total
- 973 sq mi (2,520 km )
- Land
- 971 sq mi (2,510 km )
- Water
- 2.5 sq mi (6.5 km ) 0.3%
- Estimate 2025
- 16,625
- Density
- 17.9/sq mi (6.90/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−7 ( Mountain )
- Summer dst
- UTC−6 ( MDT )
- Congressional district
- 3rd
- Website
- www .pitkincounty .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Frederick Walker Pitkin
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Colorado
- Contains
- Basalt
- Capital
- Aspen
- Population
- 17358
- Area
- 2521
- Shares border with
- Mesa County
- Highest point
- Castle Peak
- Official website
- aspenpitkin.com
- Image
- Pitkin County Courthouse 2010.jpg
- Households
- 7424
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- Commons category
- Pitkin County, Colorado
- topic's main category
- Category:Pitkin County, Colorado
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Pitkin County, Colorado
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Pitkin County, Colorado
- inception
- 1881-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 0.3
- native label
- Pitkin County
- different from
- Pitkin
- per capita income
- 61261
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Encyclopedic overview
Pitkin County is a county in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,358. The county seat and largest city is Aspen. The county is named for Colorado Governor Frederick Walker Pitkin. Pitkin County is included in the Glenwood Springs Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Edwards-Glenwood Springs Combined Statistical Area.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pitkin County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.