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

Statewide Claims to Fame

Otero County is 1st in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Income below poverty line

Otero County is 5th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Female residents

Otero County is 7th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Otero County is 7th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Race - Two or More

Otero County is 9th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Otero County is 18th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Otero County is 20th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Otero County is 20th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Main Cities Within Otero County, Colorado

La Junta, Colorado

Otero County, Colorado Border Map - Phone Size

General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Otero County	Rank	Colorado	US
Current population (2012)	18,698	26th	5,187,582	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,262.0	37th	103,641.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	14.9	28th	48.5	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Otero County	Rank	Colorado	US
Residents younger than 5	6.5%	20th	6.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.3%	18th	23.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	18.6%	20th	11.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Otero County	Rank	Colorado	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	80.6%	58th	89.7%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	13.6%	61st	36.3%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Otero County	Rank	Colorado	US
Race - White	92.1%	46th	88.1%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.1%	22nd	4.3%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	3.2%	9th	1.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.9%	27th	3.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	35th	0.2%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.6%	7th	2.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	40.9%	7th	21.0%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	55.9%	56th	69.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Otero County	Rank	Colorado	US
Female residents	50.7%	5th	49.8%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	3.8%	42nd	9.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Otero County	Rank	Colorado	US
Housing units	8,949	31st	2,224,603	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	13.2%	31st	25.7%	25.9%
Households	7,453	27th	1,941,193	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	64.3%	57th	66.8%	66.1%
Home median value	$93,300	57th	$236,700	$186,200
People per household	2.4	29th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	4	52nd	23,301	829,658

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Otero County	Rank	Colorado	US
Income per capita	$17,396	63rd	$30,816	$27,915
Income per household	$31,246	62nd	$57,685	$52,762
Income below poverty line	25.7%	1st	12.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Otero County	Rank	Colorado	US
Non-farm private establishments	450	33rd	150,889	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	4,705	31st	1,972,271	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,586	33rd	547,770	27,092,908
Retail sales	$171,450	30th	$65,896,788	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$9,166	42nd	$13,609	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$20,313	37th	$11,440,395	$613,795,732

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