Cortez (Colorado)

Montezuma County

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Cortez is an American city in Colorado in Montezuma County, whose county seat it is. In 2010, it had 8482 inhabitants. The place is run by the management as a Home Rule Municipality.

An intermediate destination for tourists is the city by the Mesa Verde National Park, Monument Valley and the Four Corners.

Geography

Cortez ' geographical coordinates are 37 ° 21' N, 108 ° 35 ' W37.349166666667 - 108.57916666667.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 14.3 km ², of which 14.2 km ² of land and 0.1 km ² omitted ( = 0.36 %) to water.

The Mesa Verde National Park is located southeast of Cortez. Cortez himself is a local center, which New Mexico is the eastern Durango, Colorado and the southern Farmington in competition.

Demography

At the time of the census of 2000, there were 7977 people Cortez. The population density was 560 persons per km ². There were 3508 housing units at an average 246.3 per km ². The population consisted of Cortez to 80.77 % White, 0.26 % African American, 10.09% Native American, 0.35% Asian, 0.04 % Pacific Islander, 6.04 % reported other to belong to races and 2.44 % from two or more races. 13.30 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The residents of Cortez distributed to 3209 households out of which 31.8% were living in children under 18 years. 48.1% married couples living together, 12.7 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.2 % were non-families. 30.0 % of households were made ​​up of individuals and someone lived in 12.7 % of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size is 3.00.

The city population was spread out with 26.7 % under the, 8.8 % 18 -24- year-old, 26.6 % 25 -44- year-old, 21.6% 45-64 year olds and 16.4 % under the age of 65 years or more. The average age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 91.4 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women, 84.4 men.

The median household income in Cortez was 28 776 U.S. dollars, and the median family income reached the height of 35.533 U.S. dollars. The average income of men was 30 755 U.S. dollars, compared to 20,280 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income in Cortez was 18,040 U.S. dollars. 18.6 % of the population and 14.8 % of families had affected an income below the poverty line, including 27.3 % of minors and 17.3 % of those age 65 or over.