Montrose County Facts

Census Statistics

	Montrose County	Colorado
Population, 2003 estimate	35,984	4,550,688
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	7.6%	5.8%
Population, 2000	33,432	4,301,261
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	36.9%	30.6%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	6.8%	6.9%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	26.8%	25.6%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	15.2%	9.7%
Female persons, percent, 2000	50.8%	49.6%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	90.0%	82.8%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.3%	3.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	1.0%	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)	5.7%	7.2%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	2.5%	2.8%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	14.9%	17.1%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	82.4%	74.5%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	48.6%	44.1%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	5.6%	8.6%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	11.6%	15.1%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	80.7%	86.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	18.7%	32.7%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	6,186	638,654
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	21.5	24.3?
Housing units, 2002	15,162	1,929,092
Homeownership rate, 2000	74.9%	67.3%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	9.1%	25.7%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$121,200	$166,600?
Households, 2000	13,043	1,658,238
Persons per household, 2000	2.52	2.53
Median household income, 1999	$35,234	$47,203
Per capita money income, 1999	$17,158	$24,049
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	12.6%	9.3%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	1,135	139,225
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	10,355	1,986,570
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	2.0%	3.8%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	3,214	333,364
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	155,950	40,012,820
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	304,077	40,536,034
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$10,069	$10,417
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	6.0%	9.0%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	23.0%	28.0%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	304	47,871
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	173,265	26,229,424
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	2,241	103,718
Persons per square mile, 2000	14.9	41.5
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	085	08

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