San Miguel County, Colorado Demographics

San Miguel County is 21st out of 3,143 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

San Miguel County is 24th out of 3,143 other counties in Income per capita

San Miguel County is 25th out of 3,143 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

San Miguel County is 29th out of 3,143 other counties in Home median value

San Miguel County is 49th out of 3,143 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

San Miguel County is 3rd in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Home median value

San Miguel County is 3rd in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Income per capita

San Miguel County is 3rd in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

San Miguel County is 4th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

San Miguel County is 7th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

San Miguel County is 9th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Income per household

San Miguel County is 16th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

San Miguel County is 19th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Race - White

San Miguel County is 20th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Foreign born residents

Size Demographics
	San Miguel County	Rank	Colorado	US
Current population (2012)	7,580	42nd	5,187,582	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,286.6	35th	103,641.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	5.7	43rd	48.5	87.4

Age Demographics
	San Miguel County	Rank	Colorado	US
Residents younger than 5	5.4%	33rd	6.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	19.3%	44th	23.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	9.0%	61st	11.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	San Miguel County	Rank	Colorado	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	95.7%	7th	89.7%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	50.4%	4th	36.3%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	San Miguel County	Rank	Colorado	US
Race - White	95.8%	19th	88.1%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.6%	45th	4.3%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.1%	39th	1.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.7%	36th	3.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	30th	0.2%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.7%	37th	2.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	48th	21.0%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	87.7%	16th	69.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	San Miguel County	Rank	Colorado	US
Female residents	46.3%	55th	49.8%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	8.0%	20th	9.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	San Miguel County	Rank	Colorado	US
Housing units	6,708	34th	2,224,603	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	40.2%	3rd	25.7%	25.9%
Households	3,453	40th	1,941,193	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	61.1%	61st	66.8%	66.1%
Home median value	$487,100	3rd	$236,700	$186,200
People per household	2.1	56th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	25	31st	23,301	829,658

Income Demographics
	San Miguel County	Rank	Colorado	US
Income per capita	$44,490	3rd	$30,816	$27,915
Income per household	$66,789	9th	$57,685	$52,762
Income below poverty line	7.2%	56th	12.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	San Miguel County	Rank	Colorado	US
Non-farm private establishments	630	28th	150,889	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	4,565	32nd	1,972,271	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	2,294	30th	547,770	27,092,908
Retail sales	$97,815	38th	$65,896,788	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$13,114	26th	$13,609	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$77,135	23rd	$11,440,395	$613,795,732