 About 1.6% of families and 2.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 1.9% of those under age 18 and 3.7% of those age 65 or over.Douglas County had the highest median household income of any Colorado county or statistical equivalent in 2000.In 2008, it ranked #8 in the United States in that category – it was one of two in the top 15 not in the vicinity of New York or Washington.