Saguache County Facts

Census Statistics

	Saguache County	Colorado
Population, 2003 estimate	6,708	4,550,688
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	13.4%	5.8%
Population, 2000	5,917	4,301,261
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	28.1%	30.6%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	6.8%	6.9%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	28.4%	25.6%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	10.8%	9.7%
Female persons, percent, 2000	49.6%	49.6%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	71.3%	82.8%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.1%	3.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	2.1%	1.0%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.5%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	0.0%	0.1%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	23.0%	7.2%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	3.1%	2.8%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	45.3%	17.1%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	51.6%	74.5%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	50.8%	44.1%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	14.5%	8.6%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	36.5%	15.1%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	70.0%	86.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	19.6%	32.7%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	1,158	638,654
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	19.8	24.3?
Housing units, 2002	3,387	1,929,092
Homeownership rate, 2000	69.3%	67.3%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	6.8%	25.7%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$73,900	$166,600?
Households, 2000	2,300	1,658,238
Persons per household, 2000	2.56	2.53
Median household income, 1999	$25,495	$47,203
Per capita money income, 1999	$13,121	$24,049
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	22.6%	9.3%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	119	139,225
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	676	1,986,570
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	1.3%	3.8%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	508	333,364
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	NA	40,012,820
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	30,096	40,536,034
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$5,084	$10,417
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	19.2%	9.0%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	28.3%	28.0%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	77	47,871
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	31,477	26,229,424
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	3,168	103,718
Persons per square mile, 2000	1.9	41.5
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	109	08

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