Trinidad (Colorado)
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| State : | United States |
| State : | Colorado |
| County : | Las Animas County |
| Coordinates : | 37 ° 10 ′ N , 104 ° 30 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Mountain ( UTC − 7 / −6 ) |
| Residents : | 9.096 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 558 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 16.3 km 2 (about 6 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 1832 m |
| Postal code : | 81082 |
| Area code : | +1 719 |
| FIPS : | 08-78610 |
| GNIS ID : | 0204811 |
| Website : | www.historictrinidad.com/city/government.html |
 Funeral procession for those killed by the National Guard in a 1914 miners' strike known as the Ludlow massacre |
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Trinidad is a city in Las Animas County in the US state of Colorado , United States , with 9,100 inhabitants (as of 2010) and the seat of the county administration. The area of the city is 16.3 km².
Trinidad gained some fame as a sex reassignment center in the US through doctors Stanley Biber and Marci Bowers .
Demographics
The United States Census 2000 counted 9078 inhabitants in 3701 households and 2335 families in Trinidad. The population density was 555.5 inhabitants / km². The number of residential units was 4126, which corresponds to a density of 252.5 apartments / km².
The population in 2000 was 79.9% White , 0.54% African American , 3.02% Native American , 0.43% Asians, 0.14% Pacific Islanders, and 12.12% of other races 3.78% from two or more races. 48.07% of the population said they were Hispanics or Latinos in the census .
There were children under the age of 18 living in 29.5% of all households and married couples lived together in 43.6% of all households; 14.5% of households had a female householder with no husband present and 36.9% of households were non-families. 32.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.36 people and the average family consisted of 2.98 people.
Of the population, 24.9% were less than 18 years old, 9.4% were in the 18 to 24 age group, 24.2% were between 25 and 44 years old and 22.6% were between 45 and 64 years old. 18.9% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 women there were 92.5 men; For every 100 women over 18, there were 89.8 men.
The median income per household was US $ 36,681 . The men had an average income of US $ 27,817 versus US $ 19,064 for women. The per capita income was US $ 17,271. About 16.2% of families and 18.3% of the population are below the poverty line ; this affected 19.6% of those under 18 years of age and 20.0% of those aged 65 or older.
POW camp Camp Trinidad
From 1943 to 1946, about five miles east of Trinidad in Cougar Canyon, there was a camp for German prisoner-of-war officers from World War II . Among the prisoners were Hans-Oskar Wilde , Rüdiger von Wechmar , Joseph Blank, Walther Killy and Harald Deilmann .
literature
- Kurt Landsberger: Prisoners of War at Camp Trinidad, Colorado, 1943–46: Internment, Intimidation, Incompetence and Country Club Living , Arbor Books, 2007, ISBN 978-0979046995
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Frank-Rutger Hausmann : English and American Studies in the "Third Reich" , Klostermann 2003, ISBN 9783465032304
- ^ Rüdiger von Wechmar: Actor in the Lodge. Worldly memories. , Siedler, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-88680-692-8 , p. 73