Mesa County, Colorado Demographics

Mesa County is 4th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Size in square miles

Mesa County is 9th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Retail sales

Mesa County is 9th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Mesa County is 10th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Mesa County is 10th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Mesa County is 10th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Mesa County is 11th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Mesa County is 11th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Current population (2012)

Mesa County is 11th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Households

Mesa County is 11th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Housing units

Size Demographics
	Mesa County	Rank	Colorado	US
Current population (2012)	147,848	11th	5,187,582	313,914,040
Size in square miles	3,329.0	4th	103,641.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	44.1	13th	48.5	87.4

Age Demographics
	Mesa County	Rank	Colorado	US
Residents younger than 5	6.6%	18th	6.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.1%	24th	23.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.8%	30th	11.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Mesa County	Rank	Colorado	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	89.8%	30th	89.7%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	26.1%	29th	36.3%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Mesa County	Rank	Colorado	US
Race - White	94.4%	33rd	88.1%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.9%	30th	4.3%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.6%	27th	1.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.9%	21st	3.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	39th	0.2%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.2%	21st	2.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	13.7%	33rd	21.0%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	82.6%	29th	69.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Mesa County	Rank	Colorado	US
Female residents	50.2%	15th	49.8%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	4.0%	41st	9.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Mesa County	Rank	Colorado	US
Housing units	63,202	11th	2,224,603	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	15.4%	25th	25.7%	25.9%
Households	58,288	11th	1,941,193	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	71.9%	29th	66.8%	66.1%
Home median value	$222,800	29th	$236,700	$186,200
People per household	2.4	30th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	355	11th	23,301	829,658

Income Demographics
	Mesa County	Rank	Colorado	US
Income per capita	$27,680	29th	$30,816	$27,915
Income per household	$52,986	28th	$57,685	$52,762
Income below poverty line	12.7%	31st	12.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Mesa County	Rank	Colorado	US
Non-farm private establishments	4,529	10th	150,889	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	49,509	10th	1,972,271	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	16,079	10th	547,770	27,092,908
Retail sales	$2,389,507	9th	$65,896,788	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$17,279	9th	$13,609	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$268,843	13th	$11,440,395	$613,795,732