The City of Northglenn is a

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located in Adams and Weld

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. Northglenn is a part of the

Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area Denver is the central city of a conurbation region in the U.S. state of Colorado. The conurbation includes one continuous region consisting of the six central counties of Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, and Jefferson. The Denver r ...

. As of the 2010 census the city's population was 35,789. It was built as a master planned community in 1959 by

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October 17, 2011 The city is directly connected to Downtown

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via the Regional Transportation District N Line at the Northglenn/112th station.

Geography

Northglenn is located at (39.897418, -104.981891). According to the

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, the city has a total area of , of which is land and , or 1.23%, is water.

Climate

According to the

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system, Northglenn has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. The hottest temperature recorded in Northglenn was on August 2, 2008, while the coldest temperature recorded was on December 22, 1990.

Demographics

At the 2000 census there were 31,575 people, 11,610 households, and 8,208 families living in the city. The population density was . There were 12,051 housing units at an average density of . The

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of the city was 83.04% White, 1.52% African American, 1.14% Native American, 3.07% Asian, 0.15% Pacific Islander, 8.13% from other races, and 2.94% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 20.27%. Of the 11,610 households 33.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.6% were married couples living together, 11.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.3% were non-families. 23.0% of households were one person and 5.5% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.71 and the average family size was 3.19. The age distribution was 26.7% under the age of 18, 9.9% from 18 to 24, 32.9% from 25 to 44, 20.3% from 45 to 64, and 10.2% 65 or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.7 males. The median household income was $48,276 and the median family income was $52,888. Males had a median income of $36,214 versus $28,231 for females. The per capita income for the city was $20,253. About 3.8% of families and 5.4% of the population were below the

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, including 6.3% of those under age 18 and 4.7% of those age 65 or over.

Notable people

Notable individuals who were born in or have lived in Northglenn include: *

Odell Barry Odell Carl Barry (October 10, 1941 – January 3, 2022) was an American professional football player who was a wide receiver for the Denver Broncos in the American Football League (AFL). He played college football at Findlay University und ...

(1941-2022), football wide receiver, mayor of Northglenn * Steve Taylor (1957- ), guitarist, singer-songwriter, producer

References

External links

City of Northglenn official websiteCDOT map of the Town of Northglenn
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