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Mesa County, CO

161,260 Population
3,328.7 square miles 48.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

42 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Colorado: 38 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$40,608 ±$2,186 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Colorado: $54,531 ±$713
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$75,231 ±$6,676 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Colorado: $97,113 ±$1,081
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

9.8% ±1.8% (15,451  ±2,747) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Colorado: 9.6% 560,040 (±0.4% / ±25,707)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

18 minutes ±1.5 (1,234,350  ±116,598) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Colorado: 25.7 65,264,340 (±0.3 / ±872,544)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

68,727 ±1,088 Number of households
  • Colorado: 2,479,892 ±8,293
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0 (156,417  ±68) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Colorado: 2.4 5,828,363
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

2.7% ±1.5% (945  ±520) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Colorado: 5.2% 75,577 (±0.4% / ±5,202)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

72,197 ±43 Number of housing units
  • Colorado: 2,662,111 ±3,196
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$410,200 ±$14,868 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Colorado: $574,600 ±$3,773
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

13.1% ±2.1% (21,074  ±3,412.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado: 14.2% 836,283 (±0.4% / ±25,616.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

93% ±4.7% (107,972  ±5,576.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Colorado: 93.2% 3,917,493 (±0.8% / ±32,413.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
37.7% ±3% (43,774  ±3,521.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Colorado: 47.8% 2,008,558 (±0.5% / ±22,920.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

3.9% (6,213  ±1,862) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Colorado: 10.6% 628,683
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

10.1% ±1.7% (13,125  ±2,243) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Colorado: 7% 328,370 (±0.2% / ±9,257)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
13,125 Total veterans ±2,243 11,089 Male ±1,847 2,036 Female ±901

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