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Las Animas, CO

2,540 Population
1.6 square miles 1,561.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.3 ±7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Bent County: 40.6 ±1.4
  • about the same as the figure in Colorado: 37.7 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,473 ±$4,714 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Bent County: $22,556 † ±$2,715
  • about half the amount in Colorado: $52,636 ±$298
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$51,875 ±$10,249 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Bent County: $50,179 † ±$7,108
  • about half the amount in Colorado: $95,470 ±$578
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

35.7% ±9.6% (889  ±261) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Bent County: 28.4% † 1,234 (±6.4% / ±277)
  • 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)

21.7 minutes ±6.3 (19,720  ±6,675) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Bent County: 22.2 † 35,700 (±4.4 / ±8,362)
  • 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

1,060 ±111 Number of households
  • Bent County: 1,875 ±105
  • Colorado: 2,374,218 ±4,232
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (2,442  ±268) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Bent County: 2.3 4,230 (±0.1 / ±50)
  • a little less than the figure in Colorado: 2.4 5,737,481
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

12.9% ±7.2% (69  ±40) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Bent County: 8.7% † 69 (±5% / ±40)
  • more than double the rate in Colorado: 4.9% 69,739 (±0.2% / ±2,225)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,259 ±107 Number of housing units
  • Bent County: 2,174 ±26
  • Colorado: 2,589,053 ±653
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$132,700 ±$54,040 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Bent County: $146,900 † ±$21,192
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Colorado: $539,400 ±$2,069
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

17% ±7.2% (424  ±185) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Bent County: 12.5% † 688 (±4.4% / ±244.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 15.9% 920,909 (±0.2% / ±13,111.9)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

78.8% ±5.3% (1,368  ±203.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Bent County: 82.9% 3,557 (±6.2% / ±282.5)
  • about 80 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)
13.9% ±4.4% (241  ±83) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Bent County: 15.7% † 674 (±3.1% / ±132.7)
  • 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

0.5% ±0.5% (13  ±13) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Bent County: 2.2% 124
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Colorado: 9.8% 576,653
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.6% ±6.5% (151  ±130) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Bent County: 7% † 326 (±3.4% / ±160)
  • about the same as the rate in Colorado: 7.5% 342,276 (±0.1% / ±3,997)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
151 Total veterans ±130 145 Male ±129 6 Female ±12

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