Craig (Colorado)

Moffat County

08-17760

Craig is an American city in Colorado. In 2010 this had Home Rule Municipality 9464 inhabitants. It is the most populous city in Moffat County and its county seat.

History

At the mouth of Fortificaton Creek in the Yampa River, which was known as Bear River at that time, there was before the foundation of Craig's attempts to establish a settlement. 1878 Windsor included some ranches, the trading post Peck 's store and the crossing of the Yampa River with the name Himley 's Ford. 1885 was the Yampa office.

Craig was founded in 1889 by William H. Tucker and named after Rev. William Bayard Craig, one of the financial supporters of the city's founding. On April 24, 1908, the survey was conducted to the city. Craig was the county seat of Moffat County when it was formed on 27 February 1911 the western part of Routt County.

Geography

Craig geographical coordinates are 40 ° 31 ' N, 107 ° 33' W40.516944444444 - 107.55027777778.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 12.6 square kilometers, which accounts for all of it land.

Demography

At the time of the census of 2000, there were 9189 persons Craig. The population density was 728.5 people per km ². There were 3851 housing units at an average 305.3 per km ². The population consisted of Craig's 92.56 % White, 0.30 % African American, 0.96 % Native American, 0.42 % Asian, 0.02 % Pacific Islander, 3.84 % reported other races to belong and 1.89 % from two or more races. 10.8 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Residents Craigs were distributed to 3,525 households out of which 38.3% were living in children under 18 years. 54.3 % married couples living together, 9.6 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.0 % were non-families. 25.9% of households were made ​​up of individuals and someone lived in 8.9% of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size is 3.05.

The city population was spread out with 28.5 % under the, 9.6 % 18 -24- year-old, 30.1 % 25 -44- year-old, 21.9% 45-64 year olds and 9.9 % under the age of 65 years or more. The average age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 106.3 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women 103.4 males.

The median household income in Craig was 41 091 U.S. dollars, and the median family income reached the level of 45 504 U.S. dollars. The average income of men was 38 038 U.S. dollars, compared to 21,806 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income in Craig was 18,140 U.S. dollars. 8.6 % of the population and 6.9 % of families had affected an income below the poverty line, including 10.5 % of minors and 6.5 % of those age 65 or over.