Bent County

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Bent County Courthouse and Prison, listed on NRHP No. 76000546 [1]
Bent County Courthouse and Prison, listed on NRHP No. 76000546
administration
US state : Colorado
Administrative headquarters : Las Animas
Foundation : February 6, 1874
Demographics
Residents : 6499  (2010)
Population density : 1.7 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 3991 km²
Water surface : 70 km²
map
Map of Bent County within Colorado
Website : www.bentcounty.org

The Bent County [ bɛnt ] is an administrative unit ( county ) in the southeast of the US state Colorado , which was founded in 1874 and covers an area of ​​about 4000 km² a sparsely populated region of the plains . The approximately 6000 inhabitants of the district live almost exclusively in the river valleys of Arkansas in the northern part of Bent; half of them in Las Animas west of the John Martin Reservoir . The county seat is Las Animas .

geography

Bent County is located in the southeast of Colorado and borders the counties: Prowers in the east, Otero in the west, Kiowa in the north and Las Animas and Baca in the south.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1870 592 -
1880 1654 179.4%
1890 1313 -20.6%
1900 3049 132.2%
1910 5043 65.4%
1920 9705 92.4%
1930 9134 -5.9%
1940 9653 5.7%
1950 8775 -9.1%
1960 7419 -15.5%
1970 6493 -12.5%
1980 5945 -8.4%
1990 5048 -15.1%
2000 5998 18.8%
2010 6499 8.4%
Before 1900

1900–1990 2000 2010

Bent County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

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The county had 5,998 people as of the 2000 census . There were 2,003 households and 1,388 families. The population density was 2 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 79.53 percent white, 3.65 percent African American, 2.23 percent Native American, 0.57 percent Asian and 10.25 percent from other ethnic groups; 3.77 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 30.24 percent of the population.

Of the 2,003 households, 32.5 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 53.5 percent were married couples living together, 11.4 percent were single mothers. 30.7 percent were not families. 27.2 percent were single households and 12.2 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.07.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 23.8 percent of residents under the age of 18, 9.3 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 29.2 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, and 21.8 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 15.9 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 129.0 males, and for every 100 females aged 18 and over there were 138.7 males.

The median income for a household in the 28,125 USD , and the median income for a family was 34,096 USD. Males had a median income of $ 22,755 versus $ 24,261 for females. The per capita income was $ 13,567. 19.5 percent of the population and 16.6 percent of families are below the poverty line. This included 27.4 percent of the population under the age of 18 and 13.0 percent of the population aged 65 and over.

places

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011
  2. GNIS-ID: 198121. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  3. US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
  4. Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
  5. Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
  6. ^ Extract from census.gov.Retrieved March 31, 2012

Web links

Commons : Bent County, Colorado  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 37 ° 57 ′  N , 103 ° 4 ′  W