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Intelligent Vehicle Safety Technologies' "Desert Tortoise," a competitor in the DARPA Grand Challenge, is based in Littleton. The city is also the site of the grave of Alferd Packer, one of the only two people ever imprisoned in the United States for cannibalism.
GeographyLittleton is located at (39.599691, -105.010929)GR1.
Littleton is a suburb south of Denver, on the west side of I-25. Since July 2000, it has been served by the Regional Transportation District's light rail system. DemographicsAs of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 40,340 people, 17,313 households, and 10,387 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,152.0/km² (2,984.8/mi²). There were 18,084 housing units at an average density of 516.4/km² (1,338.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 91.77% White, 1.16% African American, 0.73% Native American, 1.66% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 2.67% from other races, and 1.95% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8.45% of the population. There were 17,313 households out of which 28.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.3% were married couples living together, 9.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.0% were non-families. 33.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.96. In the city the population was spread out with 23.3% under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 30.1% from 25 to 44, 24.2% from 45 to 64, and 14.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 94.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.0 males. The median income for a household in the city was $50,583, and the median income for a family was $64,671. Males had a median income of $43,698 versus $33,377 for females. The per capita income for the city was $28,681. About 3.9% of families and 6.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.5% of those under age 18 and 5.1% of those age 65 or over.
Points of interestSister CitiesEducationThe city of Littleton is served by Littleton Public Schools. Littleton is known for the shooting at Columbine High School, yet Columbine is not in the city of Littleton and is not a part of Littleton Public Schools. Columbine High School is a part of Jefferson County Public Schools. References
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