Rio Blanco County

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administration
US state : Colorado
Administrative headquarters : Meeker
Foundation : 1889
Demographics
Residents : 6666  (2010)
Population density : 0.8 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 8347 km²
Water surface : 5 km²
map
Map of Rio Blanco County within Colorado
Website : www.co.rio-blanco.co.us

The Rio Blanco County is a county in the state of Colorado in the United States . The county seat is Meeker . The county was named after the White River and bears its Spanish name.

geography

The county in northwest Colorado has an area of ​​8,347 square kilometers, of which 5 square kilometers are water. It is bordered by counties in a clockwise direction: Moffat County , Routt County , Garfield County, and Uintah County, Utah.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1890 1200 -
1900 1690 40.8%
1910 2332 38%
1920 3135 34.4%
1930 2980 -4.9%
1940 2943 -1.2%
1950 4719 60.3%
1960 5150 9.1%
1970 4842 -6%
1980 6255 29.2%
1990 5972 -4.5%
2000 5986 0.2%
2010 6666 11.4%
Before 1900

1900–1990 2000 2010

The county had 5,986 people as of the 2000 census . There were 2306 households and 1646 families. The population density was 1 person per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 95.01 percent white, 0.18 percent African American, 0.77 percent Native American, 0.28 percent Asian, 0.00 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 2.02 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.74 percent were descended from two or more races. 4.94 percent of the total population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 2,306 households, 35.6 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 60.1 percent were married couples living together, 7.8 percent were single mothers. 28.6 percent were not families. 24.8 percent were single households and 8.7 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 2.98 people.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 26.5 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 9.2 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 27.5 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 25.6 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 11.2 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 101.9 males, for every 100 females aged 18 and over there were 101.6 males.

The median income for a household in the 37,711 USD , and the median income for a family was 44,425 USD. Males had a median income of $ 38,125 versus $ 19,940 for females. The per capita income was $ 17,344. 9.6 percent of the population and 6.7 percent of families are below the poverty line. This included 11.6 percent of the population under the age of 18 and 10.4 percent of the population aged 65 and over.

Places in Rio Blanco County

Web links

Commons : Rio Blanco County  - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 198167. 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. ^ Extract from census.gov.Retrieved March 31, 2012
  6. ^ Rio Blanco County, Colorado , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Coordinates: 39 ° 59 ′  N , 108 ° 12 ′  W