Montrose County, Colorado Demographics

Montrose County is 4th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Female residents

Montrose County is 13th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Montrose County is 16th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Size in square miles

Montrose County is 17th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Current population (2012)

Montrose County is 17th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Households

Montrose County is 17th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Retail sales

Montrose County is 17th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Montrose County is 18th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Housing units

Montrose County is 18th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Montrose County is 19th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Foreign born residents

Size Demographics
	Montrose County	Rank	Colorado	US
Current population (2012)	40,725	17th	5,187,582	313,914,040
Size in square miles	2,240.7	16th	103,641.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	18.4	25th	48.5	87.4

Age Demographics
	Montrose County	Rank	Colorado	US
Residents younger than 5	5.9%	29th	6.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.5%	22nd	23.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	19.4%	18th	11.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Montrose County	Rank	Colorado	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	84.6%	48th	89.7%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	22.9%	37th	36.3%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Montrose County	Rank	Colorado	US
Race - White	94.7%	31st	88.1%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.6%	41st	4.3%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.8%	22nd	1.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.8%	31st	3.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	36th	0.2%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.0%	29th	2.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	20.0%	21st	21.0%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	77.0%	42nd	69.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Montrose County	Rank	Colorado	US
Female residents	50.7%	4th	49.8%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	8.1%	19th	9.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Montrose County	Rank	Colorado	US
Housing units	18,383	18th	2,224,603	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	9.2%	40th	25.7%	25.9%
Households	16,591	17th	1,941,193	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	72.8%	25th	66.8%	66.1%
Home median value	$202,200	31st	$236,700	$186,200
People per household	2.4	32nd	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	51	25th	23,301	829,658

Income Demographics
	Montrose County	Rank	Colorado	US
Income per capita	$23,498	41st	$30,816	$27,915
Income per household	$47,479	33rd	$57,685	$52,762
Income below poverty line	12.6%	32nd	12.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Montrose County	Rank	Colorado	US
Non-farm private establishments	1,236	19th	150,889	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	10,514	19th	1,972,271	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	5,538	17th	547,770	27,092,908
Retail sales	$610,875	17th	$65,896,788	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$15,484	13th	$13,609	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$51,053	25th	$11,440,395	$613,795,732