La Plata County

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administration
US state : Colorado
Administrative headquarters : Durango
Foundation : 1874
Demographics
Residents : 51,334  (2010)
Population density : 11.7 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 4403 km²
Water surface : 20 km²
map
Map of La Plata County within Colorado
Website : co.laplata.co.us

The La Plata County is a county in the southwest of the State of Colorado of the United States . The county has a population of 46,229 people and an area of ​​4403 square kilometers. The county seat is Durango . The county was named after the La Plata River .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1880 1110 -
1890 5509 396.3%
1900 7016 27.4%
1910 10,812 54.1%
1920 11,218 3.8%
1930 12,975 15.7%
1940 15,494 19.4%
1950 14,880 -4%
1960 19,225 29.2%
1970 19.199 -0.1%
1980 27,424 42.8%
1990 32,284 17.7%
2000 43,941 36.1%
2010 51,334 16.8%
Before 1900

1900–1990 2000 2010

Age pyramid of La Plata County (as of 2000)

The county had 43,941 people as of the 2000 census . There were 17,342 households and 10,890 families. The population density was 10 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 87.31 percent white, 0.31 percent African American, 5.78 percent Native American, 0.40 percent Asian, 0.05 percent from the Pacific island area and 3.90 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 2.25 percent were descended from two or more races. 10.40 percent of the total population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 17,342 households, 29.6 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 49.9 percent were married couples living together, 8.7 percent were single mothers. 37.2 percent were not families. 24.8 percent were single households and 6.1 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 2.92 people.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 22.7 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 13.9 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 29.0 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 25.1 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 9.4 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 103.6 males, and for every 100 females aged 18 and over there were 103.1 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 40,159 , and the median income for a family is $ 50,446. Males had a median income of $ 32,486 versus $ 24,666 for females. The per capita income was $ 21,534. 11.7 percent of the population and 6.7 percent of families are below the poverty line. This included 9.3 percent of the population under the age of 18 and 7.7 percent of the population aged 65 and over.

Places in La Plata County

Web links

Commons : La Plata County  - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. GNIS-ID: 198148. 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 13, 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 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / quickfacts.census.gov

Coordinates: 37 ° 17 ′  N , 107 ° 51 ′  W