Mineral County, Colorado Demographics

Mineral County is 2nd out of 3,143 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Mineral County is 8th out of 3,143 other counties in Income per capita

Mineral County is 42nd out of 3,143 other counties in Home ownership rate

Mineral County is 1st in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Race - White

Mineral County is 1st in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Mineral County is 1st in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Mineral County is 2nd in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Income per capita

Mineral County is 3rd in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Home ownership rate

Mineral County is 3rd in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Mineral County is 16th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Home median value

Mineral County is 17th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Size Demographics
	Mineral County	Rank	Colorado	US
Current population (2012)	709	63rd	5,187,582	313,914,040
Size in square miles	875.7	46th	103,641.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	0.8	64th	48.5	87.4

Age Demographics
	Mineral County	Rank	Colorado	US
Residents younger than 5	4.2%	52nd	6.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	14.1%	63rd	23.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	25.5%	3rd	11.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Mineral County	Rank	Colorado	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	97.6%	1st	89.7%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	39.7%	17th	36.3%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Mineral County	Rank	Colorado	US
Race - White	97.9%	1st	88.1%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.3%	59th	4.3%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.7%	54th	1.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.1%	63rd	3.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	57th	0.2%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.0%	61st	2.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	64th	21.0%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	95.1%	1st	69.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Mineral County	Rank	Colorado	US
Female residents	49.1%	33rd	49.8%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.2%	59th	9.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Mineral County	Rank	Colorado	US
Housing units	1,193	61st	2,224,603	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	0.2%	64th	25.7%	25.9%
Households	368	63rd	1,941,193	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	85.9%	3rd	66.8%	66.1%
Home median value	$284,700	16th	$236,700	$186,200
People per household	1.9	64th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	8	48th	23,301	829,658

Income Demographics
	Mineral County	Rank	Colorado	US
Income per capita	$50,502	2nd	$30,816	$27,915
Income per household	$54,375	27th	$57,685	$52,762
Income below poverty line	7.1%	57th	12.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Mineral County	Rank	Colorado	US
Non-farm private establishments	65	57th	150,889	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	0	64th	1,972,271	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	510	48th	547,770	27,092,908
Retail sales	$6,008	62nd	$65,896,788	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$6,239	53rd	$13,609	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$9,476	45th	$11,440,395	$613,795,732