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People QuickFacts | Rio Grande County | Colorado
Population, 2012 estimate | 11,943 | 5,187,582
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 11,982 | 5,029,196
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -0.3% | 3.1%
Population, 2010 | 11,982 | 5,029,196
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 6.3% | 6.5%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 24.4% | 23.7%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 17.0% | 11.8%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 50.1% | 49.8%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 94.0% | 88.1%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.6% | 4.3%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 2.9% | 1.6%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.5% | 3.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | Z | 0.2%
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 2.0% | 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 43.8% | 21.0%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 53.6% | 69.6%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 86.8% | 80.8%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 6.0% | 9.7%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 22.2% | 16.7%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 85.2% | 89.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 19.2% | 36.3%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 1,006 | 405,303
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 19.7 | 24.3
Housing units, 2011 | 6,613 | 2,224,603
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 73.0% | 66.8%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 9.5% | 25.7%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $141,600 | $236,700
Households, 2007-2011 | 3,960 | 1,941,193
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.94 | 2.5
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $18,762 | $30,816
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $37,885 | $57,685
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 17.3% | 12.5%
Business QuickFacts | Rio Grande County | Colorado
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 364 | 150,889
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 2,846 | 1,972,271
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | -3.5% | 0.9%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 1,072 | 434,910
Total number of firms, 2007 | 1,791 | 547,770
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 1.7%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.8%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 2.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 16.1% | 6.2%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 24.6% | 29.2%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 0 | 46,331,953
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 218,177 | 53,598,986
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 110,165 | 65,896,788
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $9,480 | $13,609
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 14,191 | 11,440,395
Building permits, 2012 | 15 | 23,301
Geography QuickFacts | Rio Grande County | Colorado
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 911.96 | 103,641.89
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 13.1 | 48.5
FIPS Code | 105 | 8
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area
(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: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts