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Otero County, CO

18,460 Population
1,261.9 square miles 14.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.9 ±1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Colorado: 37.5 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$28,634 ±$1,417 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
$54,897 ±$7,068 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

23.6% ±2.5% (4,249  ±453) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Colorado: 9.4% 534,188 (±0.2% / ±8,960)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

21.3 minutes ±3 (156,535  ±23,607) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Colorado: 25.5 62,864,504 (±0.1 / ±390,290)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

7,643 ±223 Number of households
  • Colorado: 2,325,576 ±4,759
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.4 ±0.1 (17,982  ±14) 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

6.6% ±2.6% (254  ±102) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Colorado: 4.8% 67,887 (±0.2% / ±2,375)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

8,725 ±53 Number of housing units
  • Colorado: 2,545,124 ±462
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$160,700 ±$11,830 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in Colorado: $502,200 ±$2,298
  • about half the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

11.3% ±2.9% (2,052  ±521.9) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Colorado: 16.6% 956,271 (±0.2% / ±12,925.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

89.2% ±5.2% (11,244  ±661.2) 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)
18.8% ±2.4% (2,370  ±297.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Colorado: 44.7% 1,806,355 (±0.2% / ±9,538.5)
  • about half 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% (737  ±261) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Colorado: 9.6% 556,591
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

8.7% ±1.4% (1,236  ±193) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 7.7% 348,913 (±0.1% / ±3,930)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
1,236 Total veterans ±193 1,122 Male ±187 114 Female ±52

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