Pueblo County

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Pueblo County Courthouse, listed on NRHP No. 75000534 [1]
Pueblo County Courthouse, listed on NRHP No. 75000534
administration
US state : Colorado
Administrative headquarters : Pueblo
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		Pueblo County
215 W. 10th. Street,
Pueblo, CO 81003
Foundation : November 1, 1874
Demographics
Residents : 159,063  (2010)
Population density : 25.7 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 6210 km²
Water surface : 23 km²
map
Map of Pueblo County within Colorado
Website : www.co.pueblo.co.us

Pueblo County is a district in the southern US state of Colorado . The administrative seat is the city of Pueblo .

geography

Pueblo County covers an area of ​​6,210 square kilometers. Of this, 0.38 percent, i.e. 23 square kilometers, is water. The area of ​​Pueblo County lies on the western edge of the Great Plains and is mainly characterized by steppe .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1870 2265 -
1880 7617 236.3%
1890 31,491 313.4%
1900 34,448 9.4%
1910 52.223 51.6%
1920 57,638 10.4%
1930 66,038 14.6%
1940 68,870 4.3%
1950 90.188 31%
1960 118,707 31.6%
1970 118,238 -0.4%
1980 125,972 6.5%
1990 123.051 -2.3%
2000 141,472 15%
2010 159.063 12.4%
Before 1900

1900–1990 2000 2010

Age pyramid of Pueblo County (as of 2000)
Upper course of the Arkansas River

According to the 2000 census , the county had 141,472 people. There were 54,579 households and 37,332 families. The population density was 23 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 79.47 percent white, 1.90 percent African American, 1.59 percent Native American, 0.65 percent Asian, 0.07 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 12.93 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 3.38 percent were descended from two or more races. 37.97 percent of the total population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 54,579 households, 31.5 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 50.1 percent were married couples living together, 13.3 percent were single mothers. 31.6 percent were not families. 26.6 percent were single households and 11.1 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.04.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 25.8 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 9.4 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 27.2 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 22.4 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 15.2 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 95.8 males, for every 100 females aged 18 and over there were 92.5 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 32,775 , and the median income for a family is $ 40,130. Males had a median income of $ 31,514 versus $ 22,967 for females. The per capita income was $ 17,163. 14.9 percent of the population and 11.2 percent of families are below the poverty line. These included 19.7 percent of the population under the age of 18 and 8.7 percent of the population aged 65 and over.

Places in Pueblo County

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011
  2. ↑ GNIS-ID: 198166. 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 : Pueblo County, Colorado  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 38 ° 9 ′  N , 104 ° 31 ′  W