Bent County
Bent County Courthouse and Prison, listed on NRHP No. 76000546 |
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US state : | Colorado |
Administrative headquarters : | Las Animas |
Foundation : | February 6, 1874 |
Demographics | |
Residents : | 6499 (2010) |
Population density : | 1.7 inhabitants / km 2 |
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Total area : | 3991 km² |
Water surface : | 70 km² |
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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 | |||
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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 |
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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
- ^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011
- ↑ GNIS-ID: 198121. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
- ↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
- ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
- ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
- ^ Extract from census.gov.Retrieved March 31, 2012
Web links
Coordinates: 37 ° 57 ′ N , 103 ° 4 ′ W