Fort Collins History and Architecture
TABLE 1
FORT COLLINS POPULATION TRENDS, 1880-1990
|
| Year |
Population |
Increase |
Change % |
| 1880 |
1,356 |
-- |
-- |
| 1890 |
2,011 |
655 |
48.3 |
| 1900 |
3,053 |
1,042 |
51.8 |
| 1910 |
8,210 |
5,157 |
168.9 |
| 1920 |
8,755 |
545 |
6.6 |
| 1930 |
11,489 |
2,734 |
31.2 |
| 1940 |
12,251 |
762 |
6.6 |
| 1950 |
14,937 |
2,686 |
18 |
| 1960 |
25,027 |
10,090 |
40.3 |
| 1970 |
43,337 |
18,310 |
42.3 |
| 1980 |
65,092 |
21,755 |
33.4 |
| 1990 |
87,758 |
22,666 |
25.8 |
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census for indicated Census years.
LARIMER COUNTY POPULATION TRENDS, 1900-1960
|
| Year |
Population |
Increase |
Change % |
| 1900 |
12,168 |
-- |
-- |
| 1910 |
25,270 |
13,102 |
61.8 |
| 1920 |
27,872 |
2,602 |
9.3 |
| 1930 |
33,137 |
5,265 |
15.9 |
| 1940 |
35,539 |
2,402 |
6.8 |
| 1950 |
43,554 |
8,015 |
18.4 |
| 1960 |
53,343 |
9,789 |
22.5 |
SOURCE: Colorado State Planning Division, 1961.
Links to Historic Contexts
Euro-American Exploration
and the Fur Trade, ca. 1540-1858
The Colorado Gold
Rush, Early Settlement, and the Creation of Fort Collins,
1844-1866
Establishing the
City: Old Town and New Town, 1866-1877
The Railroad Era,
Colorado Agricultural College, and the Growth of the City,
1877-1900
Sugar Beets, Streetcar
Suburbs, and the City Beautiful, 1900-1919
Post World War I Urban
Growth, 1919-1941
Bibliography
Table 1 - Population
Growth
Table 2 - List of
Historic Subdivisions
Introduction
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