La Plata County, Colorado (CO)

Races in La Plata County, Colorado:

Mean price in 2016:

Detached houses: $507,626

Here:	$507,626
State:	$396,907

Townhouses or other attached units: $445,197

Here:	$445,197
State:	$316,972

In 2-unit structures: $874,884

Here:	$874,884
State:	$328,787

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $602,128

Here:	$602,128
State:	$274,686

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $274,126

Here:	$274,126
State:	$251,727

Mobile homes: $125,702

Here:	$125,702
State:	$87,176

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $83,359

Here:	$83,359
State:	$108,578

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

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 11
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 17
• Burglaries: 110
• Thefts: 207
• Auto thefts: 28

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

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 1
• Robberies: 2
• Assaults: 19
• Burglaries: 102
• Thefts: 186
• Auto thefts: 26

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2016: $1,064 (0.3%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2016: $975 (0.3%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in La Plata County is $652 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $746 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $1047 a month.

Cities in this county include: Durango, Bayfield, Ignacio, Southern Ute.

2012 air pollution in La Plata County:

Carbon Monoxide: 0.176 ppm (standard limit: 9 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Nitrogen Dioxide: 0.00 ppm (standard limit: 0.053 ppm). Below U.S. average.
Ozone (1-hour): 0.042 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Above U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM₁₀) Annual: 19.4 µg/m³. Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual: 4.2 µg/m³(standard limit: 15.0 µg/m³). Significantly below U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Rio Arriba County, New Mexico , Jefferson County, Missouri , Laclede County, Missouri , Nowata County, Oklahoma , Lincoln County, Kentucky , Mercer County, Kentucky .

Current college students: 4,732
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 95.2%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 44.2%

Number of foreign born residents: 2,095 (44.2% naturalized citizens)

Note: State values scaled to La Plata County population

• 3852010 or later
• 7102000 to 2009
• 3511990 to 1999
• 2031980 to 1989
• 1251970 to 1979
• 351Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 20.7 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 94.4%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 17,394
• One, attached: 1,561
• Two: 548
• 3 or 4: 601
• 5 to 9: 1,004
• 10 to 19: 807
• 20 to 49: 828
• 50 or more: 589
• Mobile homes: 3,691
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 51

Housing units in La Plata County with a mortgage: 9,549 (203 second mortgage, 1,002 home equity loan, 22 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 5,642

Religion statistics for La Plata County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in La Plata County:

Tornado activity:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Colorado Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3224: September 05, 2005, FEMA Id: 3224, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Colorado Valley Fire, Incident Period: June 25, 2002 to August 09, 2002, Fire Management Assistance Declared: June 25, 2002, FEMA Id: 2432, Natural disaster type: Fire
• Colorado Missionary Ridge Fire, Incident Period: June 09, 2002 to August 09, 2002, Fire Management Assistance Declared: June 11, 2002, FEMA Id: 2423, Natural disaster type: Fire
• Colorado Ute Pass Fire, Incident Period: June 06, 2002 to June 10, 2002, Fire Management Assistance Declared: June 07, 2002, FEMA Id: 2418, Natural disaster type: Fire
• Colorado Wildfires, Incident Period: April 23, 2002 to August 06, 2002, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1421: June 19, 2002, FEMA Id: 1421, Natural disaster type: Fire
• Colorado Drought, Incident Period: January 29, 1977, Emergency Declared EM-3025: January 29, 1977, FEMA Id: 3025, Natural disaster type: Drought
• Colorado FLOODING, LANDSLIDES, Incident Period: July 06, 1973, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-396: July 06, 1973, FEMA Id: 396, Natural disaster type: Landslide, Flood
• Colorado Heavy Rains, Flooding, Incident Period: September 22, 1970, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-293: September 22, 1970, FEMA Id: 293, Natural disaster type: Flood, Heavy Rain

8.12% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($43,864 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
2.42% relocated from other counties in Colorado ($9,760 average AGI)
5.70% relocated from other states ($34,104 average AGI)

La Plata County:	5.70%
Colorado average:	4.25%

from San Juan County, NM	0.60% ($59,211 average AGI)
from Montezuma County, CO	0.29% ($37,000)
from Maricopa County, AZ	0.25% ($39,574)
from Archuleta County, CO	0.21% ($29,925)
from Bernalillo County, NM	0.20% ($64,622)
from Denver County, CO	0.17% ($29,563)
from Jefferson County, CO	0.17% ($33,281)

8.34% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($41,795 average adjusted gross income)

0.08% of residents moved to foreign countries ($224 average AGI)

La Plata County:	0.08%
Colorado average:	0.11%

2.84% relocated to other counties in Colorado ($13,133 average AGI)
5.43% relocated to other states ($28,438 average AGI)

La Plata County:	5.43%
Colorado average:	3.65%

to San Juan County, NM	0.52% ($29,480 average AGI)
to Denver County, CO	0.45% ($23,721)
to Montezuma County, CO	0.32% ($96,700)
to Maricopa County, AZ	0.32% ($31,583)
to Bernalillo County, NM	0.21% ($32,025)
to Boulder County, CO	0.20% ($27,711)
to Jefferson County, CO	0.20% ($43,486)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.4
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 10.7

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 5.9
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 5.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2014: 5.7

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.2
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 4.4

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in La Plata County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 15%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 12%

Household type by relationship:

• In family households: 40,236 (6,507 male householders, 6,730 female householders)

  10,769 spouses, 12,601 children (11,798 natural, 278 adopted, 518 stepchildren), 499 grandchildren, 584 brothers or sisters, 408 parents, 685 other relatives, 1,436 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 13,758 (4,691 male householders (3,560 living alone)), 4,321 female householders (3,164 living alone)), 4,827 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 1,910

Size of family households: 6,919 2-persons, 2,764 3-persons, 2,359 4-persons, 802 5-persons, 227 6-persons, 137 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 6,724 1-person, 1,575 2-persons, 508 3-persons, 134 4-persons, 85 5-persons, 16 6-persons.

7,313 married couples with children.
2,398 single-parent households (692 men, 1,706 women).

89.6% of residents of La Plata speak English at home.
7.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (86% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (96% speak English very well, 1% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (95% speak English very well, 3% speak English well, 1% speak English not well).
1.7% of residents speak other language at home (93% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 1% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $201,990,000 ($4,347 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $6,631,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $82,299,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $35,618,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $1,889,000
Federal grants: $47,417,000
Federal procurement contracts: $10,717,000 ($83,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $24,050,000 ($100,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $757,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $30,101,000
Federal Government insurance: $169,076,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 7.01 millions of gallons per day (18% from ground, 82% from surface)

Note: State values scaled to La Plata County population

• 5592014 or later
• 6622010 to 2013
• 5,4512000 to 2009
• 6,0001990 to 1999
• 4,4751980 to 1989
• 4,3961970 to 1979
• 1,4331960 to 1969
• 1,6631950 to 1959
• 7781940 to 1949
• 1,6961939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in La Plata County, Colorado

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

Note: State values scaled to La Plata County population

• 2481 room
• 2102 rooms
• 6423 rooms
• 2,0414 rooms
• 3,4145 rooms
• 2,9226 rooms
• 2,0037 rooms
• 1,7188 rooms
• 1,9589+ rooms

Note: State values scaled to La Plata County population

• 3301 room
• 5282 rooms
• 1,2713 rooms
• 1,6354 rooms
• 1,4325 rooms
• 8686 rooms
• 4447 rooms
• 4078 rooms
• 1539+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in La Plata County, Colorado

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

Note: State values scaled to La Plata County population

• 228no bedroom
• 4961 bedroom
• 2,7582 bedrooms
• 8,1193 bedrooms
• 2,9014 bedrooms
• 5435+ bedrooms

Note: State values scaled to La Plata County population

• 363no bedroom
• 1,4331 bedroom
• 2,2312 bedrooms
• 2,3583 bedrooms
• 5414 bedrooms
• 1575+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in La Plata County, Colorado in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

Note: State values scaled to La Plata County population

• 238no vehicle
• 2,9991 vehicle
• 6,9772 vehicles
• 3,2893 vehicles
• 9844 vehicles
• 6665+ vehicles

Note: State values scaled to La Plata County population

• 250no vehicle
• 3,2961 vehicle
• 2,4712 vehicles
• 7453 vehicles
• 3234 vehicles
• 645+ vehicles

80.2% of La Plata County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 34% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 30% lived in Colorado.

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

• This state: 19,453
• Other state: 33,804
• Northeast: 3,691
• Midwest: 8,986
• South: 7,250
• West: 13,928

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 382
• Number of aged recipients: 52
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 330
• Number of recipients under 18: 30
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 264
• Number of recipients older than 64: 88
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 184
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 149

La Plata County on our top lists:

• #10 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual air pollution readings in 2012 (µg/m³)"
• #27 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest carbon monoxide air pollution readings in 2012 (ppm)"
• #29 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Ozone (1-hour) air pollution readings in 2012 (ppm)"
• #66 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest Nitrogen Dioxide air pollution readings in 2012 (ppm)"