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Our Lady of the Woods

Victor Catholic Church
Florissant Faith Community
Teller County Catholic Community
Core Group

What is the socio-economic profile of the community (i.e. income levels,

avg. household income, minorities, percent of single parent families,
percent of stay-at-home moms, and percent of retired adults)?

• Full range: from living in cars to million

dollar homes
• Mostly Caucasian
• About 10% Hispanic
• Historically - middle income
• New growth - high income
• High retirement population

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 2000 CENSUS DATA

TELLER COUNTY CO US

POPULATION

Number Number Number

Total population 20,555

Square miles (land) 557.1

Population per square mile 36.9 41.47 79.56

GENDER

Number Pct Pct Pct

Male 10,412 50.7 50.4 49.1

Female 10,143 49.3 49.6 50.9

AGE

Number Pct Pct Pct

15 or younger 4,293 20.9 21.3 21.4

16-24 2,186 10.6 14.3 13.9

25-44 6,417 31.2 32.6 30.2

45-64 6,119 29.8 22.2 22

65+ 1,540 7.5 9.7 12.4

RACE AND ETHNICITY

TELLER COUNTY CO US

Number Pct Pct Pct

White 19,510 94.9 82.8 75.1

Black or African American 113 0.5 3.8 12.3

American Indian and Alaska

native 200 1 1 0.9

Asian 120 0.6 2.2 3.6

Native Hawaiian and other Pacific

islander 16 0.1 0.1 0.1

Some other race 185 0.9 7.2 5.5

Two or more races 411 2 2.8 2.4

Hispanic or Latino 718 3.5 17.1 12.5

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 Census; ePodunk

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 2000 CENSUS DATA

TELLER COUNTY CO US

MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME BY AGE ($ IN PREVIOUS YEAR)

Number Number Number

Median household income $50,165 $47,203 $41,994

Householder under 25 $27,813 $26,037 $22,679
Householder 25-34 $54,083 $45,635 $41,414
Householder 35-44 $51,922 $55,597 $50,654
Householder 45-54 $58,537 $60,649 $56,300
Householder 55-64 $54,595 $52,249 $47,447
Householder 65-74 $33,080 $34,493 $31,368
Householder 75 and older $23,438 $24,707 $22,259

PER CAPITA INCOME BY RACE OR ETHNICITY ($)

Number Number Number

Per capita income $23,412 $24,049 $21,587

White $23,801 $25,965 $23,918
Black or African American $27,112 $17,838 $14,437
Native American $17,348 $15,672 $12,893
Asian $22,331 $20,958 $21,823
Native Hawaiian and Pacific
islander $ - $16,314 $15,054
Some other race $13,078 $12,043 $10,813
Two or more races $15,137 $13,319 $13,405
Hispanic or Latino $15,514 $13,037 $12,111
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 Census; ePodunk

Religious Affiliation

18,000
15,564
16,000
14,000
12,000
Registered

10,000
8,000
6,000
4,000
1,946 1,901
2,000 716 428
0

Evangelical Protestant Mainline Protestant Orthodox Catholic Other Unclaimed

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 2000 Membership Report
Religious Bodies Theology Congregations Adherents
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 1 96
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 1 38
Bahá'í Other Theology 0 12
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 n.a.
Catholic Church Catholic 3 1,901
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 1 255
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 1 416
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 1 134
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 1 90
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 2 131
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 1 54
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 576
New Testament Association of
Independent Baptist Churches and
other Fundamental Baptist
Associations/Fellowships Evangelical Protestant 1 126
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 2 203
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 3 524
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 1 435
Totals (Unadjusted) 21 4,991
Total (Adjusted) 5,513
http://www.thearda.com/mapsReports/reports/counties/08119_2000.asp

In Your Opinion, what things are

going well in the community?
• Volunteerism in the community is very
good. Many organizations offer
opportunities for people to volunteer.
• Economic growth
– Hospital
– Museum
– Library
– Sports Complex
• Crime relatively low
Building a sense of community

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What things are not going so well in
the community?
• Addiction issues (drug and alcohol)
• Lack of activities for our youth
• Lack of cooperative leadership in our faith
community
• Significant economically poor community
• Domestic abuse

Through what events does the local

community come together?
• Many Community-Gathering Events
– Farmers Market
– Oktoberfest
– 4th/5th of July (Symphony above the Clouds)
– Cruise above the Clouds
– Thanksgiving dinner
– Senior Center

Significant opportunities for the church

to connect with the community

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What are the key cultural and quality-
of-life issues in our civic community?
• Will this hospital have a chaplain?
• Quality of life is improving: hospital
• Economic dichotomy within the community
• Multiple levels outreach opportunities
• Poor, families, youth, and seniors

Are there a lot of homeless people

in the community?
• The poor/homeless are hidden within the
community
– School children are a window to knowing
more about the homeless or poverty stricken.

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 Is there a housing concern in the
community?
• Currently: about 440 units are needed,
• By 2010: an additional 1,027 housing units expected to
be needed
• By 2015: anticipation of another 803 units, for a total of
1830 housing units by 2015

• About 21% of households

in Teller County have at
least one person with a
disability, or about 1840
households in 2005.

What agencies have a major presence or have the strongest

impact in serving those most in need in your community
(hospitals, senior facilities, day care, schools, etc.)?

• Help the Needy

• Aspen Mine Center
• Hospital (soon)
• Schools
• Emergency services (fire, police, etc.)
• Department of Social Services

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How do members of the community-- through their
work, leisure, and volunteer activities--impact the
welfare of those in need?
• High volunteer ratios in the community
– Service clubs
– Help the Needy
– Church clubs

In your opinion, which churches and non-profits in

our community have the most effective programs
for children, teens, young adults, adults, and
seniors?
• Methodist Church
• Catholic Church
• Park and Rec.: Teen Center/Meadow Park
• Library
• Non-Denominational Churches
• PTO

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What organizations are community-focused
versus self-focused?
• Help the Needy
• Aspen Mine Center
• Habitat for Humanity
• Church Programs
• TESSA
• Emergency Services

What can the Catholic Community

do to help?
• The Catholic community needs to continue to
be at the table, as you always have.
- Jim Ignacious, County Commissioner

• Partner with city to do the following:

– help create community to strengthen social fabric,
– Provide youth services,
– Look at possible new church facilities having
multiple uses,
– Build a church on present site, and
– Build a cemetery to help “create a sense of place”.
• Stay in the center of town.

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 Conclusion
• What’s Next?

Thank you for your input and

support!

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