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In the city the populus was spread out with 27.6% under the age of 18, 10.1% from 18 to 24, 34.7% from 25 to 44, 20.2% from 45 to 64, and 7.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 98.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.8 males.

There were 105,625 households out of which 35.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.9% were married couples living together, 13.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.8% were non-families. 27.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The avg household size was 2.60 and the avg family size was 3.19.

According to the US Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 142.7 sq miles (369.7 km²), of which, 142.5 sq miles (369.1 km²) of it is land and 0.2 sq miles (0.6 km²) of it (0.17%) is water.

Aurora is located at 39°41`45?N, 104°48`29?W (39.695887, -104.808101). Signs posted at the city limits indicate an elevation of 5,471 feet.

In 2004, Aurora was honored as the Sports Illustrated magazine`s 50th Anniversary "Sportstown" for Colorado because of its exemplary involvement in facilitating and enhancing sports. Aurora`s active populace is also reflected in the variety of professional athletes hailing from the city (see Notable People from Aurora below). Aurora`s first semi-professional sports franchise, the Aurora Cavalry in the International Basketball League, began play in 2006 but folded by seasons end due to budget mishaps.

World attention focused on Aurora for seven weeks during the fall of 1955, as President Dwight D. Eisenhower recovered from a heart attack at Fitzsimons Army Medical Center. The hospital is also the 1943 birthplace of 2004 Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry. Decommissioned in 1999, the facility is now under redevelopment as the campus of the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and Hospital, which are relocating there from Denver, and the Colorado Bioscience Park Aurora. These facilities will employ a workforce of 32,000 at build-out.