Grand County, Utah

administration
Grand County Courthouse
US state :	Utah
Administrative headquarters :	Moab
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Grand County Courthouse 125 East Center Street Moab, UT 84532-2429
Foundation :	1890
Area code :	001 435
Demographics
Residents :	9225 (2010)
Population density :	1 inhabitant / km ²
geography
Total area :	9568 km²
Water surface :	32 km²
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Website : www.grandcountyutah.net

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The Grand County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Utah . In 2010 the county had 9,225 people and a population density of one person per square kilometer. By 2013 the population increased to 9,360. The county seat is Moab , the largest city in the county.

geography

Grand County covers an area of 9,568 square kilometers, of which 32 square kilometers are water.

The Green River forms the western boundary of the county. The Colorado River flows through the southeastern part of the county.

In the southeast of the county are the La Sal Mountains , which reach a summit height of 3877 meters in neighboring San Juan County.

The Grand County borders on the following neighboring counties:

Carbon County	Uintah County	Garfield County ( Colorado )
Emery County		Mesa County, Colorado
	San Juan County

Protected areas

Arches National Park
Canyonlands National Park (partially)
Dead Horse Point State Park
Manti La Sal National Forest (partially)
McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area (partially)

history

Founded in 1890, the county was named after the Colorado River , which was formerly called the Grand River.

population

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1890	541	-
1900	1149	112.4%
1910	1595	38.8%
1920	1808	13.4%
1930	1813	0.3%
1940	2070	14.2%
1950	1903	-8.1%
1960	6345	233.4%
1970	6688	5.4%
1980	8241	23.2%
1990	6620	-19.7%
2000	8485	28.2%
2010	9225	8.7%
2013 estimate	9360	1.5%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010–2013

The Dead Horse Point State Park

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Overview of Dead Horse Point State Park

As of the 2010 census , Grand County's population was 9,225 people in 3,690 households. The population density was one inhabitant per square kilometer. In the 3690 households there were statistically 2.45 people each.

The racial the population was composed of 91.9 percent white, 0.7 percent African American, 4.3 percent Native American, 1.0 percent Asian, 0.1 percent Polynesian and other ethnic groups; 2.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 9.8 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

22.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.4 percent were 65 years or older. 49.9 percent of the population were female.

The median income for a household was 42,208 USD . The per capita income was $ 22,192. 13.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.