Custer County, Colorado Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Statewide Claims to Fame

Custer County is 2nd in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Custer County is 5th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Home ownership rate

Custer County is 5th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Custer County is 10th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Race - White

Custer County is 13th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Custer County is 15th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Custer County, Colorado Border Map - Phone Size

General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Custer County	Rank	Colorado	US
Current population (2012)	4,249	54th	5,187,582	313,914,040
Size in square miles	738.6	51st	103,641.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	5.8	42nd	48.5	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Custer County	Rank	Colorado	US
Residents younger than 5	2.8%	64th	6.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	14.9%	62nd	23.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	25.9%	2nd	11.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Custer County	Rank	Colorado	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	94.4%	13th	89.7%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	30.8%	23rd	36.3%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Custer County	Rank	Colorado	US
Race - White	96.3%	10th	88.1%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.1%	23rd	4.3%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.8%	49th	1.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.4%	58th	3.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	63rd	0.2%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.4%	52nd	2.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	59th	21.0%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	91.8%	5th	69.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Custer County	Rank	Colorado	US
Female residents	48.8%	36th	49.8%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.3%	57th	9.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Custer County	Rank	Colorado	US
Housing units	4,014	44th	2,224,603	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	4.6%	55th	25.7%	25.9%
Households	1,827	51st	1,941,193	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	84.1%	5th	66.8%	66.1%
Home median value	$225,600	28th	$236,700	$186,200
People per household	2.1	59th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	54	21st	23,301	829,658

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Custer County	Rank	Colorado	US
Income per capita	$28,008	26th	$30,816	$27,915
Income per household	$43,358	42nd	$57,685	$52,762
Income below poverty line	11.5%	38th	12.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Custer County	Rank	Colorado	US
Non-farm private establishments	141	46th	150,889	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	574	55th	1,972,271	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	0	64th	547,770	27,092,908
Retail sales	$58,746	42nd	$65,896,788	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$14,820	15th	$13,609	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$5,545	49th	$11,440,395	$613,795,732

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