Dolores County, Colorado
The Dolores County is a county in the southwest of the U.S. state of Colorado. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Dove Creek.
Geography
The County is bordered on the west side of Utah and is enclosed within Colorado Montezuma County in the south, San Juan County in the east and San Miguel County in the north. The Dolores County includes a pure mountain landscape on the Colorado Plateau, the Rockies. The East Dolores ' is completely traversed by the San Juan Mountains, where lie with Dunton and the small town of Rico only two small settlements. In a westerly direction follows from the Dolores River, which flows through the district in north-south direction, a dense forest area, which was declared as the San Juan National Forest. In the West, one from Dolores to the state border to Utah less forested region, located far from any other major settlement Dove Creek - with around 700 inhabitants largest city of the district.
History
Named after the River Dolores River County was formed in 1881 from the southwestern part of the Ouray County, which in turn was formed in 1877 from the largest part of the San Juan County. From 1881 to 1953 Rico was the administrative seat.
Demographic data
1900-1990 2000 2010
According to the census of 2000, there were 1,844 people in the county. There were 785 households and 541 families. The population density was 1 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 95.28 percent White, 0.05 percent African American, 1.95 percent Native American, 0.38 percent Asian, 0.05 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 0.60 percent from other races groups; 1.68 percent were descended from two or more races. 3.85 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 785 households out of which 24.5 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 57.7 percent were married couples living together, 8.5 percent were single mothers. 31.0 percent were non-families. 26.2 percent of all households and 10.4 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.82 persons.
Based on the county the population was spread from 21.9 percent population under 18 years, 6.8 percent between 18 and 24 years, 26.3 percent between 25 and 44 years, 27.8 percent between 45 and 64 years and 17.1 percent were 65 years old or older. The average age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 107.2 males to 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.5 males.
The median income for a household was $ 32,196, and the median income for a family was $ 38,000. Males have a median income of $ 30,972, women $ 20,385. The per capita income was $ 17,106. 13.1 percent of the population and 10.2 percent of families are below the poverty line. Among them were 9.8 percent of the population under the age of 18 and 18.3 percent of the population aged 65 and over.
Places in Dolores County
- Cahone
- Dove Creek
- Dunton
- Northdale
- Rico
- Dolores River