La Plata County Facts

Census Statistics

	La Plata County	Colorado
Population, 2003 estimate	46,229	4,550,688
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	5.2%	5.8%
Population, 2000	43,941	4,301,261
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	36.1%	30.6%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	5.1%	6.9%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	22.7%	25.6%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	9.4%	9.7%
Female persons, percent, 2000	49.1%	49.6%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	87.3%	82.8%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.3%	3.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	5.8%	1.0%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.4%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	0.1%	0.1%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	3.9%	7.2%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	2.3%	2.8%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	10.4%	17.1%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	82.3%	74.5%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	45.4%	44.1%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	2.7%	8.6%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	9.4%	15.1%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	91.4%	86.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	36.4%	32.7%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	5,509	638,654
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	20.7	24.3?
Housing units, 2002	21,946	1,929,092
Homeownership rate, 2000	68.4%	67.3%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	14.0%	25.7%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$183,900	$166,600?
Households, 2000	17,342	1,658,238
Persons per household, 2000	2.43	2.53
Median household income, 1999	$40,159	$47,203
Per capita money income, 1999	$21,534	$24,049
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	11.7%	9.3%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	2,049	139,225
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	17,645	1,986,570
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	-1.0%	3.8%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	4,712	333,364
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	51,753	40,012,820
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	440,616	40,536,034
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$10,994	$10,417
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	8.5%	9.0%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	22.0%	28.0%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	516	47,871
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	167,676	26,229,424
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	1,692	103,718
Persons per square mile, 2000	26.0	41.5
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	067	08

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