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Population (year 2000): 1,705. Estimated population in July 2006: 1,685 (-1.2% change)
 

Males: 829  (48.6%)
Females: 876  (51.4%)

Rio Grande County

Median resident age:  34.6 years
Colorado median age:  34.3 years

Zip codes: 81132.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $23,900 (it was $23,833 in 2000)
Del Norte  $23,900
Colorado:  $50,652

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $73,600 (it was $63,100 in 2000)
Del Norte  $73,600
Colorado:  $223,300

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Races in Del Norte:

  • Hispanic (57.4%)
  • White Non-Hispanic (41.1%)
  • Other race (27.7%)
  • Two or more races (3.9%)
  • American Indian (2.4%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

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Ancestries: German (6.9%), English (6.3%), Irish (4.8%), United States (4.6%), French (3.0%), Italian (2.9%).

Current Local Time: MST time zone

Elevation: 7879 feet

Land area: 0.85 square miles.

Population density: 2041 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Del Norte

  • High school or higher: 69.9%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 11.8%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 3.5%
  • Unemployed: 8.2%
  • Mean travel time to work: 19.8 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Del Norte town

  • Never married: 26.7%
  • Now married: 49.1%
  • Separated: 3.4%
  • Widowed: 9.7%
  • Divorced: 11.1%

60 residents are foreign born (3.5% Latin America).

This town:  3.5%
Colorado:  8.6%



According to our research there were 3 registered sex offenders living in Del Norte, Colorado in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Del Norte to the number of sex offenders is 579 to 1.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Del Norte:  0.5% ($330)
Colorado:  0.7% ($1,132)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Pueblo, CO (125.8 miles , pop. 102,121).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Colorado Springs, CO (135.0 miles , pop. 360,890).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Phoenix, AZ (486.9 miles , pop. 1,321,045).

Nearest cities: Sargent, CO (15.6 miles ), Monte Vista, CO (15.9 miles ), Center, CO (17.4 miles ), South Fork, CO (19.9 miles ), Saguache, CO (31.7 miles ), Hooper, CO (33.0 miles) , Alamosa, CO (36.0 miles ), Alamosa East, CO (37.1 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 2 buildings, average cost: $25,000
  • 1997: 0 buildings
  • 1998: 0 buildings
  • 1999: 0 buildings
  • 2000: 0 buildings
  • 2001: 1 building, cost: $80,000
  • 2002: 0 buildings
  • 2003: 0 buildings
  • 2004: 0 buildings
  • 2005: 1 building, cost: $250,000
  • 2006: 1 building, cost: $200,000

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Latitude: 37.68 N, Longitude: 106.35 W


17 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)

Area code: 719

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Population change in the 1990s: -58 (-3.3%).



Most common industries for males:
  • Construction (15%)
  • Accommodation and food services (10%)
  • Wood products (9%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
  • Grocery and related product merchant wholesalers (8%)
  • Educational services (6%)
  • Public administration (4%)


Most common industries for females:
  • Educational services (16%)
  • Accommodation and food services (15%)
  • Health care (10%)
  • Public administration (9%)
  • Finance and insurance (8%)
  • Social assistance (8%)
  • Food and beverage stores (5%)


Most common occupations for males
  • Material moving workers except laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)


Most common occupations for females
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
  • Cashiers (8%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (8%)
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
  • Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)


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Crime in Del Norte (2005):
  • 0 murders (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 0 rapes (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 0 robberies (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 0 assaults (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 3 burglaries (184.5 per 100,000)
  • 10 thefts (615.0 per 100,000)
  • 0 auto thefts (0.0 per 100,000)
  • City-data.com crime index = 37.5 (higher means more crime, US average = 312.7)

Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 6 (5 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:  2.88
US city average:  3.00

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Hospital/medical center in Del Norte:
  • RIO GRANDE HOSPITAL - CAH (1280 GRAND AVE)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Del Norte:
  • CONEJOS COUNTY HOSPITAL - CAH (about 35 miles; LA JARA, CO)
  • SAN LUIS VALLEY REGIONAL MED CTR (about 39 miles; ALAMOSA, CO)
  • HEART OF THE ROCKIES REG MED CENTER (about 68 miles; SALIDA, CO)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Del Norte:
  • SAN LUIS VALLEY REGIONAL/BERGMAN FIELD (about 39 miles; ALAMOSA, CO; ID: ALS)
  • GUNNISON-CRESTED BUTTE REGIONAL (about 71 miles; GUNNISON, CO; ID: GUC)
  • DURANGO-LA PLATA COUNTY (about 104 miles; DURANGO, CO; ID: DRO)
Other public-use airports nearest to Del Norte:
  • DEL NORTE MUNI & CO (about 2 miles; DEL NORTE, CO; ID: 8V1)
  • LEACH (about 24 miles; CENTER, CO; ID: 1V8)
  • MONTE VISTA MUNI (about 25 miles; MONTE VISTA, CO; ID: MVI)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Del Norte:
  • ADAMS STATE COLLEGE (about 36 miles; ALAMOSA, CO; Full-time enrollment: 4,147)
  • WESTERN STATE COLLEGE COLORADO (about 82 miles; GUNNISON, CO; FT enrollment: 2,199)
  • FORT LEWIS COLLEGE (about 107 miles; DURANGO, CO; FT enrollment: 4,051)
  • PUEBLO COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 125 miles; PUEBLO, CO; FT enrollment: 2,587)
  • UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT COLORADO SPRINGS (about 127 miles; COLORADO SPRINGS, CO; FT enrollment: 4,953)
  • UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN COLORADO (about 131 miles; PUEBLO, CO; FT enrollment: 4,275)
  • PIKES PEAK COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 131 miles; COLORADO SPRINGS, CO; FT enrollment: 5,307)
Public high school in Del Norte:
  • DEL NORTE HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 211; Location: 9TH & HERMOSA; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public elementary/middle schools in Del Norte:
  • UNDERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 196; Location: 10TH & OAK; Grades: 02 - 05)
  • DEL NORTE MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 167; Location: 855 OAK STREET; Grades: 06 - 08)
  • MESA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 92; Location: 770-11TH STREET; Grades: KG - 01)

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Tourist attraction: Rio Grande County Government - Commissioners (Cultural Attractions- Events- & Facilities; Court House).

Hotels: Country Family Inn & Resturaunt (1050 Grand Avenue), AppleLodge Bed & Breakfast (15081 W Highway 160), Double Spur (17228 USHighway 160).

 

Drinking water stations with addresses in Del Norte and their reported violations in the past:

DEL NORTE TOWN OF (Population served: 1800, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • Monitoring, Repeat Major (TCR) - In NOV-2002, Contaminant: Coliform (TCR). Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (JAN-22-2003), St Violation/Reminder Notice (JAN-22-2003)
  • 2 routine major monitoring violations
  • One regular monitoring violation
THIRTY MILE CG (Population served: 31, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • One routine major monitoring violation
  • One regular monitoring violation

Average household size:
This town:  2.6 people
Colorado:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This town:  67.9%
Whole state:  65.4%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This town:  6.2%
Whole state:  5.5%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.5% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This town:  25.4%
Whole state:  9.3%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This town:  13.4%
Whole state:  4.1%

Del Norte compared to Colorado state average:

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  • Median household income below state average.
  • Median house value significantly below state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly above state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Renting percentage below state average.
  • Number of rooms per house above state average.
  • Number of college students below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.


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Banks with branches in Del Norte (2007 data):
  • First Southwest Bank: Del Norte Branch at 555 Cedar Street, branch established on 1999-05-21. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $195.1 mil, Deposits: $145.3 mil, headquarters in Alamosa, CO, positive income, Agricultural Specialization, 7 total offices, Holding Company: First Southwest Bancorporation, Inc.
  • Community Banks of Colorado: Del Norte Branch at 595 Grand Avenue, branch established on 1937-04-08. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $1,251.3 mil, Deposits: $1,065.4 mil, headquarters in Greenwood Village, CO, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 33 total offices, Holding Company: Community Bankshares, Inc.
  • Del Norte Federal Bank: at 705 Grand Avenue, branch established on 1921-01-01. Info updated 2007-01-24: Bank assets: $36.1 mil, Deposits: $27.6 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 1 total offices



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2004 Presidential Election results in Rio Grande County Colorado:


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Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)
Function Full-time employees Monthly full-time payroll Average yearly full-time wage Part-time employees Monthly part-time payroll
Judicial and Legal 1$2,402$28,8241$300
Financial Administration 3$7,068$28,2720$0
Other and Unallocable 22$31,710$17,2960$0
Water Supply 0$0 1$1,218
Streets and Highways 4$7,232$21,6960$0
Police Protection - Officers 5$11,558$27,7390$0
Totals for Government 35$59,970$20,5612$1,518



6.34% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($31,389 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.34%
Colorado average:  10.77%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Alamosa County, CO  1.04% ($24,080 average AGI)
from Adams County, CO  0.27% ($27,077)
from El Paso County, CO  0.25% ($22,750)


9.09% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($31,918 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  9.09%
Colorado average:  10.03%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Alamosa County, CO  1.41% ($29,371 average AGI)
to El Paso County, CO  0.38% ($26,000)
to Pueblo County, CO  0.36% ($31,278)


Strongest AM radio stations in Del Norte:
  • KSLV (1240 AM; 1 kW; MONTE VISTA, CO; Owner: SAN LUIS VALLEY BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • KKOB (770 AM; 50 kW; ALBUQUERQUE, NM; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • KOA (850 AM; 50 kW; DENVER, CO; Owner: JACOR BROADCASTING OF COLORADO, INC.)
  • KLTT (670 AM; 50 kW; COMMERCE CITY, CO; Owner: KLZ RADIO, INC.)
  • KKZN (760 AM; 50 kW; THORNTON, CO; Owner: JACOR BROADCASTING OF COLORADO, INC.)
  • KNZZ (1100 AM; 50 kW; GRAND JUNCTION, CO; Owner: M B C GRAND BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • KMXA (1090 AM; 50 kW; AURORA, CO; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
  • KTNN (660 AM; 50 kW; WINDOW ROCK, AZ; Owner: THE NAVAJO NATION)
  • KHAC (880 AM; 43 kW; TSE BONITO, NM; Owner: WESTERN INDIAN MINISTRIES, INC.)
  • KCBR (1040 AM; daytime; 15 kW; MONUMENT, CO; Owner: KLZ RADIO, INC.)
  • KLMO (1060 AM; 30 kW; LONGMONT, CO; Owner: PILGRIM COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • KCUV (1510 AM; 25 kW; LITTLETON, CO; Owner: PEOPLE WIRELESS, INC.)
  • KUBC (580 AM; 5 kW; MONTROSE, CO; Owner: WOODLAND COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)

Strongest FM radio stations in Del Norte:
  • K276AU (103.1 FM; DEL NORTE, CO; Owner: COMMUNITY BROADCASTING CORP.)
  • K219CF (91.7 FM; DEL NORTE, ETC., CO; Owner: MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOUNDATION, INC.)
  • K239AE (95.7 FM; BUENA VISTA, ETC, CO; Owner: COLORADO COLLEGE)
  • K208DP (89.5 FM; NATHROP, CO; Owner: CHEYENNE MTN PUBLIC B/CAST HOUSE INC)
  • KSBV (93.7 FM; SALIDA, CO; Owner: ARKANSAS VALLEY BROADCASTING, LLC)
  • K244DO (96.7 FM; ALAMOSA, ETC., CO; Owner: SAN LUIS VALLEY TELEVISION, INC.)
  • KRZA (88.7 FM; ALAMOSA, CO; Owner: EQUAL REPRESENTATION/MEDIA ADVOCACY)

TV broadcast stations around Del Norte:
  • K09BU (Channel 9; DEL NORTE, CO; Owner: PARKER HILL T.V. ASSOCIATION)
  • K07KB (Channel 7; DEL NORTE, CO; Owner: PARKER HILL TV ASSOCIATION)
  • K41DJ (Channel 41; DEL NORTE-SOUTH FORK, CO; Owner: SOUTH FORK TV ASSOCIATION)
  • K02KJ (Channel 2; DEL NORTE, CO; Owner: ROCKY MOUNTAIN PUBLIC BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
  • K11EG (Channel 11; DEL NORTE, CO; Owner: PARKER HILL TV ASSOCIATION)
  • K04JA (Channel 4; DEL NORTE, CO; Owner: PARKER HILL TV ASSOCIATION)
  • K06KB (Channel 6; DEL NORTE, CO; Owner: PARKER HILL TV ASSOCIATION)
  • K13CB (Channel 13; DEL NORTE, CO; Owner: PARKER HILL TV ASSOCIATION)

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