San Juan County, Colorado

San Juan County Courthouse
administration
US state :	Colorado
Administrative headquarters :	Silverton
Foundation :	1864
Demographics
Residents :	699  (2010)
Population density :	0.7 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	1006 km²
Water surface :	2 km²
map
Website : www.sanjuancountycolorado.us

The San Juan County is a county in the state of Colorado of the United States . The county seat is Silverton , the county's only incorporated parish .

geography

The county is located in southwest Colorado in the middle of the San Juan Mountains and has an area of ​​1006 square kilometers, of which 2 square kilometers are water. It is bordered by counties in a clockwise direction: Ouray County , Hinsdale County , La Plata County , Dolores County, and San Miguel Counties .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents		± in%
1880	1087		-
1890	1572		44.6%
1900	2342		49%
1910	3063		30.8%
1920	1700		-44.5%
1930	1935		13.8%
1940	1439		-25.6%
1950	1471		2.2%
1960	849		-42.3%
1970	831		-2.1%
1980	833		0.2%
1990	745		-10.6%
2000	558		-25.1%
2010	699		25.3%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010 Age pyramid of San Juan County (as of 2000)

Remains of an old ore mine in Eureka

As of the 2000 census , the county had 558 people. There were 269 households and 157 families. The population density was 1 person per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 97.13 percent white, 0.00 percent African American, 0.72 percent Native American, 0.18 percent Asian, 0.36 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.72 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.90 percent were descended from two or more races. 7.35 percent of the total population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 269 households, 23.8 percent had children and adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. 43.9 percent were married couples living together, 8.9 percent were single mothers. 41.3 percent were not families. 36.8 percent were single households and 4.8 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.06 and the average family size was 2.63 people.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 20.1 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 4.3 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 28.1 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 40.5 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 7.0 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 110.6 males, and for every 100 females aged 18 and over there were 112.4 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $ 30,764 , and the median income for a family was $ 40,000. Males had a median income of $ 30,588 versus $ 19,545 for females. The per capita income was $ 17,584. 20.9 percent of the population and 13.5 percent of families are below the poverty line. This included 29.4 percent of the population under the age of 18 and 7.1 percent of the population aged 65 and over.

places

Animas Forks Eureka

Howardsville Middleton

Needleton Silverton

Individual evidence

1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 198171. 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. ^ San Juan County, Colorado , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

Commons : San Juan County, Colorado  - Collection of Pictures, Videos, and Audio Files

Coordinates: 37 ° 46 ′  N , 107 ° 40 ′  W