Montezuma County, Colorado QuickFacts

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People QuickFacts Montezuma County Colorado
?  Population, 2000 23,8304,301,261
?  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 27.6%30.6%
?  Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 6.9%6.9%
?  Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 27.5%25.6%
?  Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 13.8%9.7%
?  White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 81.7%82.8%
?  Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.1%3.8%
?  American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 11.2%1.0%
?  Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.2%2.2%
?  Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) 0.1%0.1%
?  Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 4.3%7.2%
?  Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 2.4%2.8%
?  Female population, percent, 2000 50.8%49.6%
?  Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 9.5%17.1%
?  White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 77.5%74.5%
?  High school graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 8,7611,779,016
?  College graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 1,868568,256
?  Housing units, 2000 10,4971,808,037
?  Homeownership rate, 2000 74.8%67.3%
?  Households, 2000 9,2011,658,238
?  Persons per household, 2000 2.542.53
?  Households with persons under 18 years, percent, 2000 36.5%35.3%
?  Median household money income, 1997 model-based estimate $30,882$40,853
?  Persons below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 17.8%10.2%
?  Children below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 24.7%14.6%

Business QuickFacts Montezuma County Colorado
?  Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 1998 754130,354
?  Private nonfarm employment, 1998 6,3021,757,628
?  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1998 60.8%40.8%
?  Nonemployer establishments, 1997 1,743303,196
?  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) NA40,012,820
?  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 228,61740,536,034
?  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $10,268$10,417
?  Minority-owned firms, 1992 11723,463
?  Women-owned firms, 1992 577121,659
?  Housing units authorized by building permits, 1999 2349,313
?  Federal funds and grants, 1999 ($1000) 100,08721,755,430
?  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 1,126153,146

Geography QuickFacts Montezuma County Colorado
?  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 2,037103,718
?  Persons per square mile, 2000 11.741.5
?  Metropolitan Area None 

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

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X: Not applicable
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Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown