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Lamar, CO

7,611 Population
5.2 square miles 1,458.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.4 ±2.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Prowers County: 37.7 ±1.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Colorado: 37.7 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,553 ±$8,441 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Prowers County: $32,455 † ±$5,872
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Colorado: $52,636 ±$298
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$53,188 ±$9,608 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Prowers County: $53,508 † ±$6,697
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Colorado: $95,470 ±$578
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

21.3% ±7.4% (1,561  ±538) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Prowers County: 18.2% † 2,102 (±4.7% / ±540)
  • more than double the rate in Colorado: 9.4% 542,093 (±0.2% / ±10,771)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

9.8 minutes ±1.9 (31,365  ±6,722) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Prowers County: 11.8 † 58,620 (±1.3 / ±7,491)
  • about two-fifths of the figure in Colorado: 25.2 61,223,800 (±0.1 / ±368,978)
  • about two-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,008 ±166 Number of households
  • Prowers County: 4,733 ±179
  • Colorado: 2,374,218 ±4,232
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (7,278  ±24) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Prowers County: 2.4 11,536 (±0.1 / ±13)
  • about the same as the figure in Colorado: 2.4 5,737,481
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.1% ±4.3% (124  ±76) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Prowers County: 7.3% † 183 (±3.8% / ±95)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Colorado: 4.9% 69,739 (±0.2% / ±2,225)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,462 ±131 Number of housing units
  • Prowers County: 5,479 ±37
  • Colorado: 2,589,053 ±653
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$152,900 ±$21,541 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Prowers County: $160,600 ±$14,491
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Colorado: $539,400 ±$2,069
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.6% ±4.2% (651  ±314.3) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Prowers County: 8.5% † 995 (±3% / ±346.9)
  • about half the rate in Colorado: 15.9% 920,909 (±0.2% / ±13,111.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.3% ±9.1% (3,857  ±432.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Prowers County: 86.6% 6,577 (±6.4% / ±497)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado: 92.9% 3,804,007 (±0.4% / ±15,208.2)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
20.6% ±4.9% (931  ±224.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Prowers County: 19.3% † 1,463 (±3.3% / ±247.5)
  • about half the rate in Colorado: 45.7% 1,871,669 (±0.2% / ±9,771.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

11.4% ±4% (864  ±305) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Prowers County: 10.5% 1,248
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 9.8% 576,653
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8% ±2.8% (448  ±155) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Prowers County: 8.5% † 751 (±1.9% / ±166)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 7.5% 342,276 (±0.1% / ±3,997)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
448 Total veterans ±155 377 Male ±115 71 Female ±71

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