The 2020 El Paso County, Colorado Popular Annual Financial Report is an overview of the County’s financials which
have been audited by RubinBrown, an independent auditing firm, and certified by the El Paso County, Colorado Board of County Commissioners.
El Paso County lies in east central Colorado and encompasses more than 2,158 square miles – slightly more than twice the
land area of the state of Rhode Island. While the western portion of El Paso County is extremely mountainous, the
eastern part is prairie land where dairy cows and beef cattle are the main source of ranchers’ income. The altitude ranges
from about 5,095 feet (1,569 m) on the southern border at Black Squirrel Creek to 14,110 feet (4,301 m) on the summit
of Pikes Peak, near the western boundary. The county seat is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
