La Junta, CO

General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0842110, place: La Junta city, Colorado)

Total Population: 7,568
Male: 3,568 (47.15%)
Female: 4,000 (52.85%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 541 (7.15%)
5 to 9 years: 542 (7.16%)
10 to 14 years: 594 (7.85%)
15 to 19 years: 673 (8.89%)
20 to 24 years: 482 (6.37%)
25 to 34 years: 862 (11.39%)
35 to 44 years: 998 (13.19%)
45 to 54 years: 967 (12.78%)
55 to 59 years: 337 (4.45%)
60 to 64 years: 319 (4.22%)
65 to 74 years: 612 (8.09%)
75 to 84 years: 440 (5.81%)
85 years and over: 201 (2.66%)

Median age: 35.8 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 5,520 (72.94%)
21 years and over: 5,066 (66.94%)
62 years and over: 1,441 (19.04%)
65 years and over: 1,253 (16.56%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 5,520 (72.94%)
--Male: 2,522 (33.32%)
--Female: 2,998 (39.61%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 1,253 (16.56%)
--Male: 464 (6.13%)
--Female: 789 (10.43%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 7,305 (96.52%)
--White: 3,981 (52.6%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 3,300 (43.6%)
--Black or African American: 92 (1.22%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 134 (1.77%)
--Asian: 65 (0.86%)
----Asian Indian: 6 (0.08%)
----Chinese: 4 (0.05%)
----Filipino: 27 (0.36%)
----Japanese: 17 (0.22%)
----Korean: 4 (0.05%)
----Vietnamese: 1 (0.01%)
----Other Asian: 6 (0.08%)
--Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 10 (0.13%)
----Native Hawaiian: 2 (0.03%)
----Guamanian or Chamorro: 4 (0.05%)
----Samoan: 1 (0.01%)
----Other Pacific Islander: 3 (0.04%)
--Some other race: 1,387 (18.33%)
Two or more Races: 263 (3.48%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 3,300 (43.6%)
--Mexican: 1,639 (21.66%)
--Puerto Rican: 21 (0.28%)
--Cuban: 3 (0.04%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 1,637 (21.63%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 4,268 (56.4%)
--White Alone: 3,981 (52.6%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 7,253 (95.84%)
--Householder: 2,977 (39.34%)
--Spouse: 1,399 (18.49%)
--Child: 2,328 (30.76%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 1,874 (24.76%)
--Other relatives: 315 (4.16%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 144 (1.9%)
--Nonrelatives: 234 (3.09%)
----Unmarried partner: 131 (1.73%)
Living in group quarters: 315 (4.16%)
--Institutionalized Population: 146 (1.93%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 169 (2.23%)
Total households: 2,977
Family households (families): 1,966 (66.04%)
----With own children under 18 years: 1,002 (33.66%)
--Married-couple families: 1,399 (46.99%)
----With own children under 18 years: 627 (21.06%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 438 (14.71%)
----With own children under 18 years: 299 (10.04%)
Nonfamily households: 1,011 (33.96%)
--Householder living alone: 919 (30.87%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 446 (14.98%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 1,079 (36.24%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 879 (29.53%)
Average household size: 2.44 people
Average family size: 3.06 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 3,277
Occupied housing units: 2,977 (90.85%)
Vacant housing units: 300 (9.15%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 13 (0.4%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 4.3%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 8.5%
Occupied housing units: 2,977 (90.85%)
Owner occupied housing units: 1,922 (58.65%)
Renter occupied housing units: 1,055 (32.19%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 2.53 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 2.27 people

Return to La Junta,CO.