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Bent County, CO

5,549 Population
1,512.8 square miles 3.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.6 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Colorado: 37.7 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$22,556 ±$2,715 Per capita income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Colorado: $52,636 ±$298
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$50,179 ±$7,108 Median household income
  • about half the amount in Colorado: $95,470 ±$578
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

28.4% ±6.4% (1,234  ±277) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Colorado: 9.4% 542,093 (±0.2% / ±10,771)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.2 minutes ±4.4 (35,700  ±8,362) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Colorado: 25.2 61,223,800 (±0.1 / ±368,978)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,875 ±105 Number of households
  • Colorado: 2,374,218 ±4,232
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (4,230  ±50) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Colorado: 2.4 5,737,481
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.7% ±5% (69  ±40) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Colorado: 4.9% 69,739 (±0.2% / ±2,225)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,174 ±26 Number of housing units
  • Colorado: 2,589,053 ±653
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$146,900 ±$21,192 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Colorado: $539,400 ±$2,069
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.5% ±4.4% (688  ±244.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Colorado: 15.9% 920,909 (±0.2% / ±13,111.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

82.9% ±6.2% (3,557  ±282.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado: 92.9% 3,804,007 (±0.4% / ±15,208.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
15.7% ±3.1% (674  ±132.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in Colorado: 45.7% 1,871,669 (±0.2% / ±9,771.8)
  • about two-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

2.2% (124  ±65) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Colorado: 9.8% 576,653
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7% ±3.4% (326  ±160) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Colorado: 7.5% 342,276 (±0.1% / ±3,997)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
326 Total veterans ±160 307 Male ±157 19 Female ±22

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