Demographics Of Domestic Violence In Colorado 2001
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Chapter 8 Demographics Of Domestic Violence In Colorado
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The fiscal year 2001 statistics for the Colorado courts for domestic violence charges, with associated mandatory restraining orders, are given in
Table 32,
with a total of 15,225, and civil restraining orders are tabulated in
Table 30,
totaling 12,467, for a combined total of 27,692, up over 1,800 (7%) from the previous year. These tables are compiled by the State Court Administrator's Office and are available from the
Colorado State Court
Web site and are combined and presented here in Table 43.
Table 43: Number of restraining orders, domestic violence cases, and divorce rate in the State of Colorado in fiscal 2001 by judicial district and county.
Judicial district
Colorado Counties
|
2001
Census
|
Restraining
orders
|
Domestic
violence
1
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Restraining
orders %
2
|
Percent of
population
|
Orders per
10,000 people
|
Divorces
per 10,000
3
|
1998
|
1999
|
2000
|
2001
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First
Gilpin and Jefferson
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535,789
total
|
1,552
|
1,188
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9.9%
|
13.9%
|
44
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43
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44
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51
|
60
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Second
Denver (not included in totals)
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554,446
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
|
N/A
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56
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Third
Huerfano and Las Animas
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23,186
total
|
135
|
140
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1.0%
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0.6%
|
82
|
124
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127
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119
|
63
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Fourth
El Paso and Teller
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554,853
total
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2,249
|
3,459
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20.8%
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14.4%
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140
|
114
|
107
|
103
|
72
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Fifth
Clear Creek, Eagle, Lake, Summit
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84,371
total
|
158
|
412
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2.1%
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2.2%
|
27
|
75
|
66
|
68
|
42
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Sixth
Archuleta, La Plata, and San Juan
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56,402
total
|
250
|
305
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2.0%
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1.5%
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56
|
83
|
86
|
98
|
56
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Seventh
Delta, Gunnison, Hinsdale,
Montrose, Ouray, and San Miguel
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88,573
total
|
550
|
312
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3.1%
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2.3%
|
108
|
89
|
95
|
97
|
64
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Eighth
Jackson and Larimer
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261,061
total
|
507
|
978
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5.4%
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6.8%
|
42
|
38
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42
|
57
|
54
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Ninth
Garfield, Pitkin, and Rio Blanco
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66,276
total
|
202
|
361
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2.0%
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1.7%
|
68
|
76
|
78
|
85
|
64
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Tenth
Pueblo
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144,955
|
852
|
984
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6.6%
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3.8%
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56
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92
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121
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127
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61
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Eleventh
Chaffee, Custer, Fremont, Park
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83,002
total
|
274
|
367
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2.3%
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2.2%
|
51
|
82
|
69
|
77
|
60
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Twelfth
Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla,
Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache
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46,223
total
|
211
|
271
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1.7%
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1.2%
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80
|
113
|
131
|
104
|
64
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Thirteenth
Kit Carson, Logan, Morgan, Phillips,
Sedgwick, Washington, Yuma
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78,137
total
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208
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274
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1.7%
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2.0%
|
61
|
61
|
64
|
62
|
56
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Fourteenth
Grand, Moffat, and Routt
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46,120
total
|
103
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183
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1.0%
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1.2%
|
44
|
45
|
45
|
62
|
62
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Fifteenth
Baca, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Prowers
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22,442
total
|
61
|
111
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0.6%
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0.6%
|
84
|
80
|
79
|
77
|
67
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Sixteenth
Bent, Crowley, and Otero
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31,289
total
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225
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294
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1.9%
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0.8%
|
93
|
131
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136
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163
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72
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Seventeenth
Adams
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374,891
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1,242
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1,206
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8.8%
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9.7%
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53
|
67
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62
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65
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53
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Eighteenth
Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert, Lincoln
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727,910
total
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2,229
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1,581
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13.8%
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18.8%
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N/A
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46
|
49
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52
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54
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Nineteenth
Weld
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194,949
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556
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1,197
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6.3%
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5.1%
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97
|
88
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101
|
90
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51
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Twentieth
Boulder
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297,686
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538
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859
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5%
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7.7%
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25
|
48
|
51
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47
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52
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Twenty first
Mesa
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119,281
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267
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615
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3.2%
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3.1%
|
75
|
62
|
69
|
74
|
78
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Twenty second
Dolores and Montezuma
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25,872
total
|
98
|
128
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0.8%
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0.7%
|
54
|
55
|
65
|
87
|
70
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Totals (minus Denver)
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3,863,268
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12,467
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15,225
|
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Av 62
M 67
SD28
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Av 67
M 77
SD27
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Av 69
M 80
SD30
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Av 72
M 84
SD29
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Av 59
M 61
SD 8
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County populations:
U.S. Census Bureau
Restraining orders and divorces:
Colorado State Court
Tables 16, 30, & 32.
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Notes:
1. A restraining order is mandated by law
C.R.S. § 18-1-1001.
2. Average is from the sum of civil and criminal restraining orders (27,692)
divided by the state population minus Denver City and County.
3. Divorces includes all dissolutions, legal separations, and invalid marriage.
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Av Statewide average
M Mean of judicial districts
SD Standard deviation of
judicial districts
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The mean number of civil and criminal restraining orders for 2001 is 72 per 10,000 residents for twenty-one of the twenty-two Colorado judicial districts with a standard deviation of 29 (Table 43).
In terms of the rate of restraining orders, the
Third, Fourth, Tenth, Twelfth,
and
Sixteenth
judicial districts lead the state for the year 2001 with
119, 103, 127, 104,
and
163 restraining orders per 10,000 citizens
respectively.
Comparison of domestic violence and abuse with other misdemeanors in 2001
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Table 44 is a continuing attempt to see where and whether restraining orders and domestic violence correlate with other societal problems. The implicit assumption in Table 44 is that domestic violence is associated with other social problems such as alcoholism, drug use, etc. For example, underage alcohol abuse and drug use would be associated with abusive or broken homes, and that Joe Six Pack likely gets into other kinds of trouble, e.g., bar brawls, for which he is arrested as well.
Table 44: Selected misdemeanor filings in the Colorado courts for 2001. Number of filings per 10,000 citizens.
Judicial district
Colorado Counties
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2001
Census
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Domestic
Violence
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Underage
Alcohol
Offenses
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Drugs
|
Offense
Against
Persons
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Offense
Against
Property
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Fraud
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First
Gilpin and Jefferson
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535,789
total
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22
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11
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12
|
14
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8
|
5
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Second
Denver (not included in totals)
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554,446
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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Third
Huerfano and Las Animas
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23,186
total
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60
|
95
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27
|
50
|
55
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0
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Fourth
El Paso and Teller
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554,853
total
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62
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23
|
28
|
25
|
13
|
5
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Fifth
Clear Creek, Eagle, Lake, Summit
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84,371
total
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49
|
53
|
34
|
31
|
28
|
5
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Sixth
Archuleta, La Plata, San Juan
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56,402
total
|
54
|
31
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37
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24
|
10
|
1
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Seventh
Delta, Gunnison, Hinsdale,
Montrose, Ouray, San Miguel
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88,573
total
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35
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31
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35
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20
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12
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6
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Eighth
Jackson and Larimer
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261,061
total
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38
|
50
|
25
|
25
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16
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2
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Ninth
Garfield, Pitkin, Rio Blanco
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66,276
total
|
55
|
50
|
19
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22
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17
|
2
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Tenth
Pueblo
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144,955
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68
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22
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9
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21
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12
|
7
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Eleventh
Chaffee, Custer, Fremont, Park
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83,002
total
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44
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35
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21
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27
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13
|
36
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Twelfth
Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla,
Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache
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46,223
total
|
59
|
31
|
44
|
37
|
24
|
32
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Thirteenth
Kit Carson, Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington, and Yuma
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78,137
total
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35
|
34
|
28
|
18
|
7
|
13
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Fourteenth
Grand, Moffat, and Routt
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46,120
total
|
40
|
76
|
52
|
32
|
18
|
9
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Fifteenth
Baca, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Prowers
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22,442
total
|
50
|
70
|
23
|
12
|
11
|
77
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Sixteenth
Bent, Crowley, and Otero
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31,289
total
|
94
|
86
|
25
|
42
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25
|
2
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Seventeenth
Adams
|
374,891
|
32
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6
|
7
|
12
|
4
|
0
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Eighteenth
Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert, Lincoln
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727,910
total
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22
|
27
|
14
|
10
|
10
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0
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Nineteenth
Weld
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194,949
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61
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26
|
15
|
19
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12
|
6
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Twentieth
Boulder
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297,686
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29
|
60
|
18
|
24
|
23
|
1
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Twenty first
Mesa
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119,281
|
52
|
28
|
53
|
30
|
18
|
2
|
Twenty second
Dolores and Montezuma
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25,872
total
|
50
|
34
|
18
|
37
|
21
|
8
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Statewide average (minus Denver)
Mean of 21 judicial districts
Std. deviation of 21 judicial districts
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Av 39
M 48
SD 17
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Av 29
M 42
SD 24
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Av 20
M 26
SD 13
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Av 19
M 25
SD 10
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Av 13
M 17
SD 11
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Av 5
M 10
SD 18
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County populations:
U.S. Census Bureau
Misdemeanors:
Colorado State Court
Table 32
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