Cottonwood Heights, Utah
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Cottonwood Heights is a city in Salt Lake County, Utah along the east bench of the Salt Lake Valley. It lies south of the cities of Holladay and Murray, east of Midvale, and north of Sandy. Following a successful incorporation referendum in May 2004, the city became Utah's newest municipality on January 14, 2005. Cottonwood Heights had been a Census-designated place (CDP) before incorporation. In the 2000 census, the CDP population was 27,569, a slight decrease from the 1990 figure of 28,766.
Cottonwood Heights has become well-known in recent years as the location of the headquarters of Overstock.com. Corporate offices of Jetblue Airways and Extra Space Storage are also located in the city.
[edit] Geography
Cottonwood Heights is located at (40.617147, -111.820361)GR1.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 17.6 km² (6.8 mi²), all land.
[edit] Demographics
As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 27,569 people, 9,439 households, and 7,249 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 1,565.4/km² (4,052.9/mi²). There were 9,932 housing units at an average density of 563.9/km² (1,460.1/mi²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 93.57% White, 0.70% African American, 0.27% Native American, 2.28% Asian, 0.32% Pacific Islander, 1.11% from other races, and 1.75% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.07% of the population.
There were 9,439 households out of which 36.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.5% were married couples living together, 9.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.2% were non-families. 16.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 3.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.92 and the average family size was 3.31.
In the CDP the population was spread out with 26.4% under the age of 18, 12.6% from 18 to 24, 28.0% from 25 to 44, 25.1% from 45 to 64, and 7.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 101.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.5 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $62,814, and the median income for a family was $70,083. Males had a median income of $43,114 versus $31,046 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $26,935. About 2.8% of families and 3.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.9% of those under age 18 and 0.7% of those age 65 or over.
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