Mesa County

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Mesa County Courthouse in Grand Junction
Mesa County Courthouse in Grand Junction
administration
US state : Colorado
Administrative headquarters : Grand Junction
Foundation : 1883
Made up from: Gunnison County
Demographics
Residents : 146,723  (2010)
Population density : 17 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 8653 km²
Water surface : 35 km²
map
Map of Mesa County within Colorado
Website : www.mesacounty.us

Mesa County is a county in the western US state of Colorado . The county seat is in Grand Junction .

geography

The county is part of the so-called Western Slopes of Colorado, a region in the western part of the state. It is the home of the Ute Indians. The Interstate 70 runs through the County of Utah coming to Denver . The county is bordered by counties in a clockwise direction: Garfield County , Pitkin County , Gunnison County , Delta County , Montrose County, and Grand County, Utah .

history

The county was separated from Gunnison County in 1883 . The name is derived from the Spanish mesa (German table ). It comes from the numerous table mountains in the area.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1890 4260 -
1900 9267 117.5%
1910 22,197 139.5%
1920 22,281 0.4%
1930 25,908 16.3%
1940 33,791 30.4%
1950 38,794 14.8%
1960 50,715 30.7%
1970 54,734 7.9%
1980 81,530 49%
1990 93,145 14.2%
2000 116.255 24.8%
2010 146.723 26.2%
Before 1900

1900–1990 2000 2010

Mesa County's age pyramid (as of 2000)
The Rim Rock Drive Cliff

The county had a population of 116,255 as of the 2000 census . There were 45,823 households and 31,572 families. The population density was 13 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 92.34 percent white, 0.46 percent African American, 0.91 percent Native American, 0.53 percent Asian, 0.10 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 3.67 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.99 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 10.02 percent of the total population.

Of the 45,823 households, 31.4 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 55.3 percent were married couples living together, 9.8 percent were single mothers. 31.1 percent were not families. 25.1 percent were single households and 10.3 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 2.94.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 25.0 percent of residents under the age of 18, 9.4 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 26.7 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, and 23.7 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 15.2 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 96.0 males, and for every 100 females aged 18 and over there were 93.2 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 35,864 , and the median income for a family is $ 43,009. Males had a median income of $ 32,316 versus $ 22,374 for females. The per capita income was $ 18,715. 10.2 percent of the population and 7.0 percent of families are below the poverty line. This included 11.5 percent of the population under the age of 18 and 8.1 percent of the population aged 65 and over.

Places in Mesa County

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 198154. 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 14, 2011 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet 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

Web links

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

Coordinates: 39 ° 1 ′  N , 108 ° 28 ′  W