Kit Carson County, Colorado Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Statewide Claims to Fame

Kit Carson County is 6th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Kit Carson County is 12th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Kit Carson County is 17th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Foreign born residents

Kit Carson County is 18th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Size in square miles

Kit Carson County is 19th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Kit Carson County, Colorado Border Map - Phone Size

General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Kit Carson County	Rank	Colorado	US
Current population (2012)	8,094	41st	5,187,582	313,914,040
Size in square miles	2,160.8	18th	103,641.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	3.8	49th	48.5	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Kit Carson County	Rank	Colorado	US
Residents younger than 5	6.6%	19th	6.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.4%	27th	23.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	17.2%	23rd	11.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Kit Carson County	Rank	Colorado	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	83.8%	51st	89.7%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	15.4%	56th	36.3%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Kit Carson County	Rank	Colorado	US
Race - White	94.8%	30th	88.1%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	2.1%	12th	4.3%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.9%	48th	1.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.6%	49th	3.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.2%	6th	0.2%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.4%	51st	2.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	18.5%	24th	21.0%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	77.3%	40th	69.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Kit Carson County	Rank	Colorado	US
Female residents	45.1%	58th	49.8%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	8.3%	17th	9.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Kit Carson County	Rank	Colorado	US
Housing units	3,515	47th	2,224,603	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	8.3%	43rd	25.7%	25.9%
Households	3,003	43rd	1,941,193	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	70.4%	39th	66.8%	66.1%
Home median value	$115,900	53rd	$236,700	$186,200
People per household	2.5	25th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	0	62nd	23,301	829,658

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Kit Carson County	Rank	Colorado	US
Income per capita	$21,674	49th	$30,816	$27,915
Income per household	$43,194	43rd	$57,685	$52,762
Income below poverty line	11.3%	40th	12.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Kit Carson County	Rank	Colorado	US
Non-farm private establishments	245	42nd	150,889	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	1,860	41st	1,972,271	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	834	43rd	547,770	27,092,908
Retail sales	$84,356	39th	$65,896,788	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$10,717	35th	$13,609	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$10,306	43rd	$11,440,395	$613,795,732

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