Saguache (Colorado)

Saguache County

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The historic town of Saguache ( səwætʃ ) is in the same County Saguache County, Colorado and is the county seat of the county. At the last census (United States Census 2010), the population was of Saguache 485 Convicted cannibal Alferd Packer has served his sentence in Saguache County jail.

Name

The name Saguache comes from the Ute Indian word meaning " blue earth " or " water on the blue earth ". The word shares its ancestry with the Spanish word saguaro ( cactus ) and is also pronounced similarly. In Spanish, the city is usually spelled as Saguache while usually spell it in English as Sawatch.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of ​​1.0 km ² and has no appreciable water areas.

Demography

At the time of the census of 2000, 578 people lived, 262 households, and 160 families residing in the city. The population density was 587.3 people per square kilometer on average. There were 328 housing units at an average 333.3 per km ². The population consisted of 79.93 % White, 2.60% from to Native Americans, to 0.17% from Asians to 13.15% from other races, and 4.15% from two or more races. 34.43 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any kind.

There were 262 households out of which 26.0 % had children are under the age of 18, 45.4 % were married and living together, 12.2 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.9 % were non-families. 33.6 % of all households were made ​​up of individuals and someone lived in 17.2 % of all households aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.14 and the average family size is 2.73 people.

The population was spread out with 23.0 % under the, 5.2 % 18 -24- year-old, 25.8 % 25 -44- year-old, 28.5% 45-64 year olds and 5.1 % under the age of 65 years or more. The average age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 99.3 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women 91.0 males.

The median household income in Saguache was 21,544 U.S. dollars and the median family income reached the level of 30 221 U.S. dollars. The average income of men was 24 306 U.S. dollars, compared to 17,917 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income amounted to 14,139 U.S. dollars. 18.7 % of the population and 13.7 % of families were below the poverty line, including 23.6 % of those affected and 16.5 % of those age 65 or over.