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CROWLEY COUNTY, COLORADO DEMOGRAPHICS

The following information is from the U.S. Census Bureau
People QuickFacts Crowley County Colorado
Population, 2003 estimate 5,449 4,550,688
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 -1.3% 5.8%
Population, 2000 5,518 4,301,261
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 39.8% 30.6%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 4.4% 6.9%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 18.8% 25.6%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 10.8% 9.7%
Female persons, percent, 2000 32.7% 49.6%
White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 82.9% 82.8%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 7.0% 3.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 2.6% 1.0%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.8% 2.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) Z 0.1%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 4.8% 7.2%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 1.8% 2.8%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 66.5% 74.5%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 22.5% 17.1%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000 42.2% 44.1%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 1.1% 8.6%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 14.7% 15.1%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 77.5% 86.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 11.9% 32.7%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 864 638,654
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 22.2 24.3
Housing units, 2002 1,585 1,929,092
Homeownership rate, 2000 72.5% 67.3%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 4.7% 25.7%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $57,200 $166,600
Households, 2000 1,358 1,658,238
Persons per household, 2000 2.59 2.53
Median household income, 1999 $26,803 $47,203
Per capita money income, 1999 $12,836 $24,049
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 18.5% 9.3%
 
Business QuickFacts Crowley County Colorado
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001 51 139,225
Private nonfarm employment, 2001 301 1,986,570
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001 -49.2% 3.8%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000 198 333,364
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) NA 40,012,820
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 12,609 40,536,034
Retail sales per capita, 1997 $2,932 $10,417
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 F 9.0%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 F 28.0%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002 2 47,871
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000) 21,950 26,229,424
 
Geography QuickFacts Crowley County Colorado
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 789 103,718
Persons per square mile, 2000 7.0 41.5

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, 2000 Census of Population and Housing, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, County Business Patterns, 1997 Economic Census, Minority- and Women-Owned Business, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report, 1997 Census of Governments