Alamosa County, Colorado (CO) Zip Code, Radio Stations, Crime Rate, Weather Forecast, Area Code

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County population in 2005: 15,282 (62% urban, 38% rural)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 3,501
Renter-occupied apartments: 1,966
% of renters here:   36%
State:   33%
Land area: 723 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.8 sq. mi.
Population density: 21 people per square mile 
 
  (low).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This county:   21.3%
Whole state:   9.3%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This county:   8.2%
Whole state:   4.1%

Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (28.5%), Retail trade (12.6%), Arts,entertainment,recreation,accommodation and food services (10.6%).

Type of workers:

  • Private wage or salary: 69%
  • Government: 22%
  • Self-employed, not incorporated: 8%
  • Unpaid family work: 0%

Alamosa County, Colorado business data: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...

Races in Alamosa County, Colorado:

  • White Non-Hispanic (54.0%)
  • Hispanic (41.4%)
  • Other race (20.3%)
  • Two or more races (4.2%)
  • American Indian (3.8%)
  • Black (1.0%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

Median resident age:   30.6 years
Colorado median age:   34.3 years

Males: 7,446   (49.8%)
Females: 7,520   (50.2%)
Average wage per job in 2003: $24,507
County population in 2003: 15,076
Jobs in 2003: 8,476

Total labor force in 2004: 8,215
Unemployment rate in 2004: 6.2%

Average household size:
Alamosa County:   2.6 people
Colorado:   2.5 people

Estimated median household income in 2005: $31,599 ($29,447 in 2000)
This county   $31,599
Colorado: $50,652

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $122,599
Alamosa County   $122,599
Colorado: $223,300

Median montly rent in 2000: $408
Institutionalized population: 193
Median monthly costs for houses with a mortgage in Alamosa County in 2000: $755

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

  • Murders: 0
  • Rapes: 0
  • Robberies: 0
  • Assaults: 11
  • Burglaries: 8
  • Thefts: 49
  • Auto thefts: 0

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

  • Murders: 1
  • Rapes: 1
  • Robberies: 0
  • Assaults: 0
  • Burglaries: 0
  • Thefts: 26
  • Auto thefts: 0

2004 Presidential Election results in Alamosa County Colorado:

Bush/Cheney (Republican): 50.6%
Kerry/Edwards (Democratic): 48.0%


Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $581 (0.7%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Alamosa County is $453 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $503 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $684 a month.

Cities in this county include: Alamosa , Hooper .

2005 air pollution in Alamosa County:

Particulate Matter (PM10) Annual: 24 µg/m3. Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM10) 24-hour (standard limit: 150 µg/m3): 141 µg/m3. Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Conejos County , Costilla County , Huerfano County , Rio Grande County , Saguache County .

Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Notable locations in Alamosa County: Pinyon Flats Campground (A), Zapata Ranch (B), King Ranch (C), Medano Ranch (D)

Shopping Center: Villa Mall (1).

Cemeteries: Pioneer Urraca Cemetery (1), Becker Cemetery (2), Speiser Cemetery (3), Urraca Cemetery (4)

Lakes and reservoirs: Twin Lakes (A), Crater Lake (B), Middle Zapata Creek Lake (C), San Luis Lake (D), Little Bear Lake (E), Pioneer Lake (F), Como, Lake (G), South Zapata Lake (H)

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Arena Creek (A), Buck Creek (B), Cat Creek (C), Dog Springs Arroyo (D), Garden Creek (E), Medano Creek (F), Middle Zapata Creek (G), Mosca Creek (H), Rock Creek (I)

Park in Alamosa County: Alamosa National Wildlife Refuge (1).

 
Unemployment in September 2007:
Here:   3.8%
Colorado:   3.7%

Current college students: 1,945
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 82.6%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 27.0%

Number of foreign born residents: 703 (31% naturalized citizens)

Alamosa County:   4.7%
Whole state: 8.6%


Year of entry for the foreign-born population
  • 1995 to March 2000: 194
  • 1990 to 1994: 100
  • 1985 to 1989: 74
  • 1980 to 1984: 143
  • 1975 to 1979: 59
  • 1970 to 1974: 49
  • 1970 to 1974: 21
  • 1965 to 1969: 63

Mean travel time to work: 13.5 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 86.9%

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 3,885
  • One, attached: 116
  • Two: 221
  • 3 or 4: 309
  • 5 to 9: 156
  • 10 to 19: 177
  • 20 or more: 117
  • Mobile homes: 1,081
  • Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 26

Housing units in Alamosa County with a mortgage: 1,581 (200 second mortgage, 91 home equity loan, 19 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 700

Agriculture in Alamosa County
Average size of farms: 644 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $297017
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $1120.44
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 6.33%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $196698
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 38.59%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 98.15%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $155519
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 84.59%
Average age of principal farm operators: 52 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 5.37
All wheat for grain: 2057 harvested acres

Alamosa County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is slightly below Colorado state average. It is 2.2 times below overall U.S. average.


Most common industries for males:
  • Construction (14%)
  • Educational services (10%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
  • Accommodation and food services (7%)
  • Public administration (6%)
  • Health care (4%)
  • Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)


Most common industries for females:
  • Educational services (19%)
  • Health care (16%)
  • Accommodation and food services (12%)
  • Public administration (6%)
  • Social assistance (6%)
  • Finance and insurance (6%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)


Most common occupations for males
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
  • Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
  • Farmers and farm managers (4%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
  • Carpenters (4%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)


Most common occupations for females
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)


Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
  • Mexico (65%)
  • Guatemala (17%)
  • Philippines (4%)
  • Korea (2%)
  • Other Western Europe (2%)
  • Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (2%)
  • Other South America (2%)


Most common first ancestries reported in Alamosa County:
  • German (13%)
  • United States or American (9%)
  • English (7%)
  • Irish (5%)
  • Italian (2%)
  • Dutch (2%)
  • Norwegian (2%)

Means of transportation to work

  • Drove a car alone: 4,683 (69%)
  • Carpooled: 1,029 (15%)
  • Motorcycle: 33 (0%)
  • Bicycle: 56 (1%)
  • Walked: 611 (9%)
  • Other means: 47 (1%)
  • Worked at home: 307 (5%)
 

People in group quarters in Alamosa County, Colorado
  • 716 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
  • 114 people in nursing homes
  • 71 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
  • 39 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
  • 33 people in halfway houses
  • 9 people in homes for the mentally ill
  • 7 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
  • 7 people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
  • 6 people in other nonhousehold living situations

Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $42,293.

9.48% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($29,249 average adjusted gross income)

Here:   9.48%
Colorado average: 10.77%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
6.05% relocated from other counties in Colorado ($15,769 average AGI)
3.43% relocated from other states ($13,480 average AGI)
Alamosa County:   3.43%
Colorado average: 4.67%
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Rio Grande County, CO  1.47% ($29,371 average AGI)
from Conejos County, CO  1.24% ($24,847)
from El Paso County, CO  0.51% ($24,417)
from Costilla County, CO  0.42% ($21,350)
from Jefferson County, CO  0.29% ($15,143)
from Denver County, CO  0.21% ($23,500)

10.96% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($30,747 average adjusted gross income)

Here:   10.96%
Colorado average:   10.03%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
6.57% relocated to other counties in Colorado ($17,221 average AGI)
4.39% relocated to other states ($13,526 average AGI)
Alamosa County:   4.39%
Colorado average:   3.96%
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Rio Grande County, CO  1.04% ($24,080 average AGI)
to Pueblo County, CO  0.66% ($27,063)
to El Paso County, CO  0.60% ($28,414)
to Conejos County, CO  0.50% ($33,292)
to Denver County, CO  0.31% ($35,600)
to Larimer County, CO  0.29% ($25,571)
to Arapahoe County, CO  0.27% ($21,462)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 16.7
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 15.8


Births per 1000 population in Alamosa County

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 7.4
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 7.9


Deaths per 1000 population in Alamosa County

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 12.0
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 7.4


Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Alamosa County

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 1,773 (1,406 aged, 367 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 23%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 18%

Household type by relationship

Households: 13,970
  • In family households: 11,837 (2,914 male householders, 813 female householders)
    2,946 spouses, 4,503 children (4,179 natural, 64 adopted, 260 stepchildren), 212 grandchildren, 75 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 103 other relatives, 265 non-relatives
  • In nonfamily households: 2,133 (723 male householders (607 living alone)), 1,025 female householders (877 living alone)), 385 nonrelatives
  • In group quarters: 996 (152 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 1,549 2-persons, 812 3-persons, 746 4-persons, 384 5-persons, 164 6-persons, 72 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 1,484 1-person, 212 2-persons, 42 3-persons, 6 4-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons.

2,742 married couples with children.
1,029 single-parent households (271 men, 758 women).

71.7% of residents of Alamosa County speak English at home.
26.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (69% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (60% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (70% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 22% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other language at home (55% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 21% speak English not well, 9% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $89,600,000 ($5938 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $1,203,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $26,289,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $15,435,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $4,092,000
Federal grants: $31,371,000
Federal procurement contracts: $3,698,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $8,717,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $2,196,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $6,146,000
Federal Government insurance: $27,873,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 1,264
Here:   83 per 1000 residents
State:   76 per 1000 residents

Deaths: 608
Here:   40 per 1000 residents
State:   32 per 1000 residents

Net international migration: +168
Here:   +11 per 1000 residents
State: +24 per 1000 residents

Net internal migration: -482
Here:   -32 per 1000 residents
State:   +10 per 1000 residents



Population growth in Alamosa County

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 1.76 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:   5.7
State: 6.5

Median number of rooms in apartments:
Here:   4.4
State:   3.9



Year house built:
  • 1999 to March 2000: 164
  • 1995 to 1998: 447
  • 1990 to 1994: 415
  • 1980 to 1989: 654
  • 1970 to 1979: 1,290
  • 1960 to 1969: 921
  • 1950 to 1959: 636
  • 1940 to 1949: 494
  • 1939 or earlier: 1,067


Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Alamosa County, Colorado:
  • 1 room: 14
  • 2 rooms: 73
  • 3 rooms: 172
  • 4 rooms: 350
  • 5 rooms: 959
  • 6 rooms: 818
  • 7 rooms: 523
  • 8 rooms: 322
  • 9 or more rooms: 270


Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Alamosa County, Colorado:
  • 1 room: 80
  • 2 rooms: 143
  • 3 rooms: 359
  • 4 rooms: 469
  • 5 rooms: 549
  • 6 rooms: 222
  • 7 rooms: 119
  • 8 rooms: 11
  • 9 or more rooms: 14


Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Alamosa County:
  • no bedroom: 16
  • 1 bedroom: 190
  • 2 bedrooms: 782
  • 3 bedrooms: 1,888
  • 4 bedrooms: 505
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 120


Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Alamosa County:
  • no bedroom: 96
  • 1 bedroom: 524
  • 2 bedrooms: 753
  • 3 bedrooms: 487
  • 4 bedrooms: 92
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 14


Cars and other vehicles available in Alamosa County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
  • no vehicle: 158
  • 1 vehicle: 863
  • 2 vehicles: 1,348
  • 3 vehicles: 707
  • 4 vehicles: 299
  • 5 or more vehicles: 126


Cars and other vehicles available in Alamosa County in renter-occupied apartments
  • no vehicle: 302
  • 1 vehicle: 927
  • 2 vehicles: 553
  • 3 vehicles: 136
  • 4 vehicles: 26
  • 5 or more vehicles: 22

53% of Alamosa County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 44% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 64% lived in Colorado.

Alamosa County:   52.5%
State average:   45.7%

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 9528
  • Northeast: 377
  • Midwest: 1534
  • South: 810
  • West: 1902

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $60,000

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 2%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 2%


Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
  • Utility gas (61%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (21%)
  • Wood (8%)
  • Electricity (7%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
  • Solar energy (1%)


Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
  • Utility gas (60%)
  • Electricity (25%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
  • Wood (2%)
  • Other fuel (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 175
Here:   8.6%
Colorado: 8.8%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 20
Here:   2.4%
Colorado: 7.9%

Students in private undegraduate colleges: 90
Here:   5.3%
Colorado: 16.7%


Alamosa County government finances in 2004:
  • Charges - Air Transportation: $262,000
  • Charges - All Other: $716,000
  • Construction - Air Transportation: $2,227,000
    Regular Highways: $936,000
    General Public Buildings: $516,000
  • Current Operations - Welfare, Federal Categorical Assistance Programs: $2,262,000
    Health Services - Other: $2,020,000
    Regular Highways: $1,395,000
    Central Staff Services: $1,179,000
    Welfare - Other: $1,063,000
    Police Protection: $1,004,000
    Corrections - Other: $957,000
    General Public Buildings: $339,000
    Housing & Community Development: $311,000
    General - Other: $271,000
    Judicial and Legal Services: $245,000
    Air Transportation: $174,000
    Financial Administration: $173,000
    Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $131,000
    Welfare, Vendor Payments for Other Purposes: $39,000
    Parks & Recreation: $25,000
    Sewerage: $10,000
    Solid Waste Management: $1,000
    Welfare, Cash Assistance - Other: $1,000
  • Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $1,795,000
  • General - Interest on Debt: $36,000
  • Intergovernmental to Local NEC - Air Transportation: $144,000
  • Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $232,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $802,000
  • Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $205,000
  • Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $901,000
  • Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $106,000
  • Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $240,000
    Interest Earnings: $78,000
  • Other Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $314,000
    Police Protection: $147,000
    General Public Building: $63,000
    Health - Other: $22,000
    Welfare - Other: $16,000
    Financial Administration: $10,000
  • Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $2,994,000
  • State Intergovernmental - Public Welfare: $2,771,000
    Health & Hospitals: $1,855,000
    Highways: $1,567,000
    General Support: $800,000
    All Other: $88,000
    Housing & Community Development: $33,000
  • Tax - Property: $2,620,000
    Total General Sales: $1,793,000
    Other Selective Sales: $109,000
    NEC: $71,000
    Motor Vehicle License: $49,000
  • Total Salaries & Wages: $5,868,000

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