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Alamosa County, CO

16,515 Population
722.6 square miles 22.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.1 ±1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Colorado: 37.5 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$29,622 ±$2,803 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Colorado: $50,489 ±$291
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$51,445 ±$6,098 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Colorado: $92,470 ±$483
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

18.2% ±4.8% (2,843  ±743) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Colorado: 9.4% 534,188 (±0.2% / ±8,960)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

15.5 minutes ±1.7 (112,840  ±14,340) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Colorado: 25.5 62,864,504 (±0.1 / ±390,290)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

6,570 ±217 Number of households
  • Colorado: 2,325,576 ±4,759
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.4 ±0.1 (15,563  ±27) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Colorado: 2.5 5,687,919
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

4.4% ±2.6% (182  ±108) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado: 4.8% 67,887 (±0.2% / ±2,375)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

7,148 ±24 Number of housing units
  • Colorado: 2,545,124 ±462
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$218,800 ±$21,223 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Colorado: $502,200 ±$2,298
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

18.1% ±4.2% (2,971  ±692.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 16.6% 956,271 (±0.2% / ±12,925.7)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

89.1% ±6.5% (8,902  ±660.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Colorado: 92.8% 3,746,088 (±0.4% / ±14,617.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
29.3% ±3.4% (2,928  ±342.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Colorado: 44.7% 1,806,355 (±0.2% / ±9,538.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.2% (696  ±245) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Colorado: 9.6% 556,591
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

4.1% ±1.1% (511  ±134) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Colorado: 7.7% 348,913 (±0.1% / ±3,930)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
511 Total veterans ±134 490 Male ±130 21 Female ±26

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