Dolores County

Dolores County Courthouse
administration
US state :	Colorado
Administrative headquarters :	Dove Creek
Address of the administrative headquarters:	409 N. Main St. Dove Creek, CO 81324-0608
Foundation :	February 19, 1881
Demographics
Residents :	2064  (2010)
Population density :	0.7 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	2766 km²
Water surface :	3 km²
map
Website : www.dolorescounty.org

The Dolores County is a county in the southwest of the US state of Colorado . The county seat is Dove Creek .

geography

The county borders Utah on the west and is enclosed within Colorado by Montezuma County in the south, San Juan County in the east and San Miguel County in the north. Dolores County comprises a pure mountainous landscape on the Colorado Plateau of the Rocky Mountains . The east of Dolores is completely traversed by the San Juan Mountains , in which Dunton and the small town of Rico are only two smaller settlements. In a westerly direction, up to the Dolores River, which flows through the district in a north-south direction, follows a dense forest landscape that has been declared the San Juan National Forest . To the west, a region less forested from Dolores to the state line with Utah, is far from any other larger settlement Dove Creek - with around 700 inhabitants, the largest city in the district.

history

The county named after the Dolores River was formed in 1881 from the southwestern part of Ouray County , which in turn was formed in 1877 from most of San Juan County. From 1881 to 1953 Rico was the administrative seat.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents		± in%
1890	1498		-
1900	1134		-24.3%
1910	642		-43.4%
1920	1243		93.6%
1930	1412		13.6%
1940	1958		38.7%
1950	1966		0.4%
1960	2196		11.7%
1970	1641		-25.3%
1980	1658		1 %
1990	1504		-9.3%
2000	1844		22.6%
2010	2064		11.9%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010 Age pyramid of Dolores County (as of 2000)

Former Dolores County Courthouse, also known as Rico City Hall , listed on NRHP No. 74000574

The Lowry Pueblo

Ruins of the Canyons of the Ancients National Monument

According to the 2000 census , the county had 1,844 people. There were 785 households and 541 families. The population density was 1 person per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 95.28 percent white, 0.05 percent African American, 1.95 percent Native American, 0.38 percent Asian, 0.05 percent from the Pacific island area and 0.60 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.68 percent were descended from two or more races. 3.85 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 785 households, 24.5 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 57.7 percent were married couples living together, 8.5 percent were single mothers. 31.0 percent were not families. 26.2 percent were single households and 10.4 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.82 people.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 21.9 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 6.8 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 26.3 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 27.8 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 17.1 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 107.2 males, and for every 100 females aged 18 and over there were 104.5 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $ 32,196 , and the median income for a family was $ 38,000. Males had a median income of $ 30,972 versus $ 20,385 for females. The per capita income was $ 17,106. 13.1 percent of the population and 10.2 percent of families are below the poverty line. This included 9.8 percent of the population under the age of 18 and 18.3 percent of the population aged 65 and over.

Places in Dolores County

• Cahone
• Dove Creek
• Dunton
• Northdale
• Rico

Rivers

• Dolores River

Individual evidence

1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 198132. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English). 
2. ↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
3. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
4. ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
5. ↑ Excerpt from census.gov ( memento of the original from July 9, 2011 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 31, 2012 
6. ^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011

Web links

Commons : Dolores County, Colorado  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 37 ° 45 ′  N , 108 ° 31 ′  W