San Juan County, Colorado

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San Juan County, Colorado is a county of the United States of Colorado. As per the 2000 census, county has a population of 558 inhabitants. As of July 2008, the estimated population of the county is 552, giving it the smallest population among Colorado's county. Its area is just over 388.29 sq mi (1005.67 square kilometre), of which, 387.42 square miles (1003.41 square kilometre) of it is land and 0.86 square miles (2.23 square kilometre) of it is water, it is the fourth smallest in terms of geographical size.


As of the census of 2000, there were 558 residents, 269 households, and 158 families in the county. The population density was 1.4 people per square mile (0.54/kmē), it is sixth least densely populated county in Colorado. There were 632 housing units at an average density of 1.6 per square mile (0.62/kmē). The average household size was 2.06 persons, and the average family size was 2.63 persons. In the county the population was spread out, with 20.1% under the age of 18, 4.3% from 18 to 24, 28.1% from 25 to 44, 40.5% from 45 to 64, and 7% who were 65 or older. For every 100 females there were 110.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 112.4 males. As of July 2008, the estimated population was 552, The racial or ethnic makeup of the county was 97.64% White, 0% Black or African American, 1.27% American Indian, 0.36% Asian, 0.54% Native Hawaiian, and 0.18% from two or more races.

Population 2000-2008

School Enrollment 2000

GDP 2000

The median income for a household in the county was $30764, making its Colorado's 14th lowest county by median household income. The median income for a family in the county was $40000, it is the 40th wealthiest county in terms of median family income. The per capita income for the county was $17584, it would be the 36th highest county by per capita income in the U.S. state of Colorado.

In 2000, 111 pupils and students, of which 58 are male and 53 are female, 19.89% of the total population, are in the education system. Of which, total enrollment of student are in, 9 nursery or pri school, 3 kindergarten, 45 elementary school, 40 high school and 14 College graduate school.

Rank	City	County	Total Area mi2	Land Area mi2	Water Area mi2	Population	Density mi2	Per capita Income	House hold Income
1	Silverton Town	San Juan County	0.81	0.81	0	531	656	16839	30486

Year	Population
April 2000 census	558
April 2000 Estimate	558
July 2000 Estimate	559
July 2001 Estimate	567
July 2002 Estimate	568
July 2003 Estimate	572
July 2004 Estimate	580
July 2005 Estimate	565
July 2006 Estimate	573
July 2007 Estimate	562
July 2008 Estimate	552

School	Male	Female	Total
Nursery school	5	4	9
Kindergarten	2	1	3
Elementary school	19	26	45
High school	29	11	40
College or graduate school	3	11	14

Place	Median household income	Median family income	Per capita income
San Juan County, Colorado	$30764	$40000	$17584
Colorado, United States	$47203	$55883	$24049
United States	$41994	$50046	$21587