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Population (year 2000): 9,078. Estimated population in July 2006: 9,134 (+0.6% change)
 

Males: 4,363  (48.1%)
Females: 4,715  (51.9%)

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Median resident age:  38.9 years
Colorado median age:  34.3 years

Zip codes: 81082.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $26,700 (it was $26,681 in 2000)
Trinidad  $26,700
Colorado:  $50,652

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $101,900 (it was $87,300 in 2000)
Trinidad  $101,900
Colorado:  $223,300

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Races in Trinidad:

  • White Non-Hispanic (48.4%)
  • Hispanic (48.1%)
  • Other race (12.1%)
  • American Indian (3.9%)
  • Two or more races (3.8%)
  • Black (0.5%)
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Ancestries: Italian (14.5%), German (9.9%), Irish (6.6%), English (5.6%), United States (4.4%), French (1.6%).

Current Local Time: MST time zone

Incorporated on 12/30/1879

Elevation: 6019 feet

Land area: 6.31 square miles.

Population density: 1434 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Trinidad

  • High school or higher: 75.9%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 16.8%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 7.1%
  • Unemployed: 6.3%
  • Mean travel time to work: 18.2 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Trinidad city

  • Never married: 26.8%
  • Now married: 47.4%
  • Separated: 1.6%
  • Widowed: 11.3%
  • Divorced: 12.8%

214 residents are foreign born (1.8% Latin America, 0.3% Asia).

This city:  2.4%
Colorado:  8.6%



According to our research there were 19 registered sex offenders living in Trinidad, Colorado in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Trinidad to the number of sex offenders is 476 to 1.

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

Trinidad:  0.6% ($483)
Colorado:  0.7% ($1,132)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Pueblo, CO (76.2 miles , pop. 102,121).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Colorado Springs, CO (118.7 miles , pop. 360,890).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Phoenix, AZ (577.9 miles , pop. 1,321,045).

Nearest cities: Starkville, CO (3.9 miles) , Cokedale, CO (8.1 miles) , Aguilar, CO (19.0 miles ), Raton, NM (19.5 miles ), Weston, CO (27.9 miles ), Model, CO (32.1 miles) , Walsenburg, CO (36.8 miles ), La Veta, CO (41.6 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 18 buildings, average cost: $68,200
  • 1997: 23 buildings, average cost: $109,500
  • 1998: 29 buildings, average cost: $123,000
  • 1999: 32 buildings, average cost: $135,200
  • 2000: 30 buildings, average cost: $95,400
  • 2001: 39 buildings, average cost: $114,400
  • 2002: 39 buildings, average cost: $116,200
  • 2003: 33 buildings, average cost: $123,000
  • 2004: 10 buildings, average cost: $206,400
  • 2005: 21 buildings, average cost: $158,500
  • 2006: 15 buildings, average cost: $207,200

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Latitude: 37.17 N, Longitude: 104.51 W

Daytime population change due to commuting: +471 (+5.2%)
Workers who live and work in this city: 2,578 (75.5%)


People in group quarters in Trinidad
  • 154 people in nursing homes
  • 107 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
  • 47 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
  • 16 people in homes for the mentally retarded
  • 13 people in other nonhousehold living situations
  • 6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
  • 4 people in religious group quarters
  • 3 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms

Area code: 719

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Population change in the 1990s: +437 (+5.1%).


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Most common industries for males:



  • Construction (23%)
  • Accommodation and food services (9%)
  • Educational services (8%)
  • Public administration (7%)
  • Health care (5%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
  • Rail transportation (3%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Accommodation and food services (19%)
  • Educational services (15%)
  • Health care (14%)
  • Public administration (6%)
  • Social assistance (6%)
  • Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
  • Finance and insurance (5%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Construction laborers (5%)
  • Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Waiters and waitresses (8%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
  • Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
  • Health technologists and technicians (4%)


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Crime in Trinidad by Year

Type 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Murders 10000
    per 100,000 10.50.00.00.00.0
Rapes 14204
    per 100,000 10.543.221.60.043.2
Robberies 01105
    per 100,000 0.010.810.80.054.1
Assaults 3161151916
    per 100,000 325.9659.2162.1207.2173.0
Burglaries 3330384575
    per 100,000 347.0324.2410.6490.6810.9
Thefts 260232174138131
    per 100,000 2733.72507.31880.31504.61416.4
Auto thefts 1571186
    per 100,000 157.775.7118.987.264.9
Arson 92712
    per 100,000 94.621.675.610.921.6
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 198.5) 240.9298.7166.4142.9204.0

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 30 (20 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:  2.21
US city average:  3.00

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Hospital/medical center in Trinidad:
  • MOUNT SAN RAFAEL HOSPITAL (410 BENEDICTA AVE)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Trinidad:
  • SPANISH PEAKS REG HLTH CTR - CAH (about 38 miles; WALSENBURG, CO)
  • MINERS' COLFAX MEDICAL CENTER (about 41 miles; RATON, NM)
  • CENTURA HEALTH-ST MARY CORWIN MED CTR (about 72 miles; PUEBLO, CO)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Trinidad:
  • PUEBLO MEMORIAL (about 77 miles; PUEBLO, CO; ID: PUB)
  • SAN LUIS VALLEY REGIONAL/BERGMAN FIELD (about 95 miles; ALAMOSA, CO; ID: ALS)
  • CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS MUNI (about 113 miles; COLORADO SPRINGS, CO; ID: COS)
Other public-use airports nearest to Trinidad:
  • PERRY STOKES (about 14 miles; TRINIDAD, CO; ID: TAD)
  • RATON MUNICIPAL/CREWS FIELD (about 31 miles; RATON, NM; ID: RTN)
  • SPANISH PEAKS AIRFIELD (about 41 miles; WALSENBURG, CO; ID: 4V1)

Amtrak station:
TRINIDAD (PINE ST.). Services: fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, full-service food facilities, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for taxi service.

College/University in Trinidad:
  • TRINIDAD STATE JUNIOR COLLEGE (Full-time enrollment: 1,231; Location: 600 PROSPECT ST; Public; Website: www.tsjc.cccoes.edu)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Trinidad:
  • PUEBLO COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 72 miles; PUEBLO, CO; Full-time enrollment: 2,587)
  • UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN COLORADO (about 77 miles; PUEBLO, CO; FT enrollment: 4,275)
  • ADAMS STATE COLLEGE (about 98 miles; ALAMOSA, CO; FT enrollment: 4,147)
  • PIKES PEAK COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 114 miles; COLORADO SPRINGS, CO; FT enrollment: 5,307)
  • NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS UNIVERSITY (about 116 miles; LAS VEGAS, NM; FT enrollment: 2,278)
  • UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT COLORADO SPRINGS (about 127 miles; COLORADO SPRINGS, CO; FT enrollment: 4,953)
  • UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY (about 127 miles; USAFA, CO; FT enrollment: 4,330)
Public high schools in Trinidad:
  • TRINIDAD HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 461; Location: 816 WEST STREET; Grades: 09 - 12)
  • HOEHNE HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 99; Location: 19851 COUNTY ROAD 79. 1; Grades: 09 - 12)
Private high school in Trinidad:
  • TRINIDAD CATHOLIC SCHOOL (Students: 245; Location: 201 CHURCH STREET; Grades: PK - 12)
Public elementary/middle schools in Trinidad:
  • FISHER'S PEAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 421; Location: 900 MOORE'S CANYON ROAD; Grades: 02 - 05)
  • TRINIDAD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 344; Location: 614 PARK STREET; Grades: 06 - 08)
  • ECKHART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 293; Location: 1021 PIERCE STREET; Grades: PK - 01)
  • HOEHNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 185; Location: 19851 COUNTY RD. 75.1; Grades: PK - 06)
  • HOEHNE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 78; Location: 19851 COUNTY ROAD 79.1; Grades: 07 - 08)
Private elementary/middle school in Trinidad:
  • GRACE CHRISTIAN CENTER INC (Students: 19; Location: 1001 OBREGON PO BOX 644; Grades: KG - 7)
Library in Trinidad:
  • TRINIDAD/CARNEGIE PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income: $192,137; Location: 202 N ANIMAS; 32,517 books; 816 audio materials; 798 video materials; 71 serial subscriptions)

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Notable location: Trinidad Country Club (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Churches in Trinidad include: Saint Josephs Church (A), Ave Maria Shrine (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemetery: Garcia Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Reservoir: Fisher Peak Detention Reservoir FPC-2 (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Parks in Trinidad include: Kit Carson Park (1), Central Park (2). Display/hide their locations on the map

Tourist attractions: Childrens Museum (314 North Commercial Street), Bloom House (Museums; 300 East Main Street), Trinidad History Museum (Cultural Attractions- Events- & Facilities; 300 East Main Street), Louden-Henritze Archaeology Museum (Cultural Attractions- Events- & Facilities; 600 Prospect Street), Mitchell Memorial Museum Gallery (Cultural Attractions- Events- & Facilities; 150 East Main Street), Colorado Welcome Center (309 Nevada Avenue).

Hotels: Cawthon Park (1701 Santa Fe Trail), Best Western Trinidad Inn (900 West Adams), Frontier Motel (815 East Goddard Avenue), Biggs RV Park (10301 Santa Fe Trail), Budget Host Inn (10301 Santa Fe Trail), Four Seasons Outfitters and Archery Range (147 East Main Street), Downtown Motel (516 East Main Street), Budget Summit Inn (I 25 & Exit 11).

Courts: Colorado State - State Courts- District Court (Courthouse), Colorado State - State Courts- County Court (Courthouse).

 

Average household size:
This city:  2.4 people
Colorado:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This city:  63.1%
Whole state:  65.4%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This city:  5.8%
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: 0.1% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  18.3%
Whole state:  9.3%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  5.5%
Whole state:  4.1%

Trinidad compared to Colorado state average:

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


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Banks with branches in Trinidad (2007 data):
  • The First National Bank in Trinidad: Wal-Mart Branch, Motor Bank Branch, The First National Bank In Trinidad. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $170.1 mil, Deposits: $148.4 mil, local headquarters, positive income, 5 total offices, Holding Company: Republic Trinidad Corporation
  • International Bank: at 320 Convent Street, branch established on 2001-09-17. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $63.9 mil, Deposits: $59.0 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 1 total offices, Holding Company: Raton Capital Corporation
  • Bank of the West: Trinidad Branch at 125 North Commercial Street, branch established on 1886-01-01. Info updated 2006-12-18: Bank assets: $55,642.9 mil, Deposits: $37,436.4 mil, headquarters in San Francisco, CA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 671 total offices, Holding Company: Bnp Paribas
  • Century Savings and Loan Association: Century Savings And Loan Association at 233 East Main St, branch established on 1903-01-01. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $85.2 mil, Deposits: $71.1 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Mortgage Lending Specialization, 1 total offices



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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
Police Protection - Officers 19$70,469$44,5070$0
Judicial and Legal 2$7,716$46,2961$1,610
Other Government Administration 9$34,897$46,5297$4,871
Financial Administration 7$20,367$34,9150$0
Other and Unallocable 5$13,264$31,8341$1,417
Local Libraries 2$3,620$21,7203$3,363
Gas Supply 12$33,602$33,6020$0
Electric Power 18$64,585$43,0570$0
Water Supply 11$33,139$36,1520$0
Parks and Recreation 14$37,897$32,4830$0
Sewerage 9$27,567$36,7560$0
Solid Waste Management 4$9,432$28,2960$0
Streets and Highways 12$33,817$33,8170$0
Firefighters 16$61,354$46,0160$0
Police - Other 7$16,893$28,9591$288
Totals for Government 147$468,617$38,25413$11,548



8.22% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($40,501 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  8.22%
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 Pueblo County, CO  0.70% ($32,371 average AGI)
from El Paso County, CO  0.42% ($43,381)
from Denver County, CO  0.38% ($46,789)


7.18% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($35,186 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  7.18%
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 Pueblo County, CO  0.81% ($30,775 average AGI)
to El Paso County, CO  0.57% ($32,714)
to Arapahoe County, CO  0.26% ($29,462)


Strongest AM radio stations in Trinidad:
  • KCRT (1240 AM; 0 kW; TRINIDAD, CO; Owner: PHILLIPS 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.)
  • KRTN (1490 AM; 1 kW; RATON, NM; Owner: RATON BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • KKZN (760 AM; 50 kW; THORNTON, CO; Owner: JACOR BROADCASTING OF COLORADO, INC.)
  • KMXA (1090 AM; 50 kW; AURORA, CO; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
  • KICA (980 AM; 50 kW; CLOVIS, NM; Owner: BROADCAST ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION)
  • KCBR (1040 AM; daytime; 15 kW; MONUMENT, CO; Owner: KLZ RADIO, INC.)
  • KGYN (1210 AM; 50 kW; GUYMON, OK; Owner: TELNS BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
  • KMUL (1380 AM; 50 kW; MULESHOE, TX; Owner: BROADCAST ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION)
  • KCMN (1530 AM; 15 kW; COLORADO SPRINGS, CO)
  • KINF (1020 AM; 50 kW; ROSWELL, NM; Owner: JAMES CRYSTAL HOLDINGS OF NEW MEXICO, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Trinidad:
  • KCRT-FM (92.5 FM; TRINIDAD, CO; Owner: PHILLIPS BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • K207BN (89.3 FM; TRINIDAD, CO; Owner: MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOUNDATION, INC.)
  • KBKZ (96.5 FM; RATON, NM; Owner: PHILLIPS BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
  • K202CU (88.3 FM; JANSEN, CO; Owner: MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOUNDATION, INC.)
  • K219CP (91.7 FM; TRINIDAD, CO; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
  • KRTN-FM (93.9 FM; RATON, NM; Owner: RATON BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • KDZA-FM (107.9 FM; PUEBLO, CO; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KKIT (99.1 FM; ANGEL FIRE, NM; Owner: DMC BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • K216CT (91.1 FM; EAGLE NEST, NM; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO)
  • K278AO (103.5 FM; TRINIDAD, CO; Owner: JEANNIE SCHOTTLE)

TV broadcast stations around Trinidad:
  • K03DO (Channel 3; HOEHNE, CO; Owner: VALLEY METRO.RECREATION DISTRICT)
  • K07HK (Channel 7; HOEHNE, CO; Owner: VALLEY METRO.RECREATION DISTRICT)
  • K09HU (Channel 9; HOEHNE, CO; Owner: VALLEY METRO.RECREATION DISTRICT)

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