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

Statewide Claims to Fame

Prowers County is 6th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Prowers County is 9th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Income below poverty line

Prowers County is 11th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Prowers County is 11th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Prowers County is 13th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Foreign born residents

Prowers County is 17th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Female residents

Main Cities Within Prowers County, Colorado

Lamar, Colorado

Prowers County, Colorado Border Map - Phone Size

General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Prowers County	Rank	Colorado	US
Current population (2012)	12,389	35th	5,187,582	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,638.4	28th	103,641.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	7.7	37th	48.5	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Prowers County	Rank	Colorado	US
Residents younger than 5	7.1%	11th	6.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	26.9%	6th	23.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	14.8%	37th	11.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Prowers County	Rank	Colorado	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	80.9%	56th	89.7%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	18.9%	46th	36.3%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Prowers County	Rank	Colorado	US
Race - White	95.7%	22nd	88.1%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.8%	31st	4.3%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.8%	24th	1.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.4%	56th	3.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	61st	0.2%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.3%	59th	2.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	35.7%	11th	21.0%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	61.9%	49th	69.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Prowers County	Rank	Colorado	US
Female residents	50.1%	17th	49.8%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	11.0%	13th	9.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Prowers County	Rank	Colorado	US
Housing units	5,905	38th	2,224,603	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	14.9%	26th	25.7%	25.9%
Households	4,996	35th	1,941,193	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	66.4%	51st	66.8%	66.1%
Home median value	$83,100	61st	$236,700	$186,200
People per household	2.4	28th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	3	53rd	23,301	829,658

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Prowers County	Rank	Colorado	US
Income per capita	$19,337	58th	$30,816	$27,915
Income per household	$34,513	59th	$57,685	$52,762
Income below poverty line	20.5%	9th	12.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Prowers County	Rank	Colorado	US
Non-farm private establishments	330	40th	150,889	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	2,775	36th	1,972,271	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,328	37th	547,770	27,092,908
Retail sales	$146,970	33rd	$65,896,788	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$11,300	33rd	$13,609	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$16,282	38th	$11,440,395	$613,795,732

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