Colorado City, Colorado

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This article is about Colorado City, Colorado. For the city in Arizona, see Colorado City, Arizona.

Colorado City is an unincorporated town, a U.S. Census Bureau Census Designated Place (CDP), and a U.S. Post Office located in Pueblo County, Colorado, United States. It is part of the Pueblo Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,018 at the U.S. Census 2000. The ZIP Code of the Colorado City Post Office is 81019.

[edit] Geography

Colorado City is located at 37°56′43″N, 104°50′27″W (37.945237, -104.840885)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 89.5 km² (34.6 mi²). 89.3 km² (34.5 mi²) of it is land and 0.2 km² (0.1 mi²) of it (0.23%) is water.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 2,018 people, 760 households, and 582 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 22.6/km² (58.5/mi²). There were 845 housing units at an average density of 9.5/km² (24.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 92.57% White, 0.99% African American, 1.88% Native American, 0.20% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 2.38% from other races, and 1.93% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 9.17% of the population.

There were 760 households out of which 36.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.7% were married couples living together, 8.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.4% were non-families. 18.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 3.04.

In the CDP the population was spread out with 28.9% under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 26.8% from 25 to 44, 25.4% from 45 to 64, and 12.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 99.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.6 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $37,331, and the median income for a family was $44,758. Males had a median income of $32,396 versus $21,000 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $17,247. About 5.7% of families and 8.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.8% of those under age 18 and 8.9% of those age 65 or over.