2022 population: 7,579 ( 677 from 2010 , 112 from 2020)
Land area: 1287.4 square miles
Population density: 5.9 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	3,486	46.00%	1.0%
Black:	57	0.75%	375.0%
Indian:	78	1.03%	66.0%
Asian:	47	0.62%	113.6%
2+ races:	113	1.49%	41.2%
Hispanic:	3,798	50.11%	17.8%

Total non-White:	4,093	54.00%	14.8%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	232	15.5
Deaths:	269	18.0
Net Migration:	153	10.2
Net Immigration:	1	0.1

Change in White population:	35	0.4
Change in Non-White pop.:	-712	-8.6

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
8,256
3,451	41.80%
12	0.15%
47	0.57%
22	0.27%
80	0.97%
4,620	55.96%
4,805	58.20%

2000
8,400
3,298	39.26%
9	0.11%
61	0.73%
13	0.15%
62	0.74%
4,949	58.92%
5,102	60.74%

1990
7,453
2,897	38.87%
26	0.35%
13	0.17%
24	0.32%
n/a
4,493	60.28%
4,556	61.13%

1980
7,794
2,873	36.86%
0	0.00%
29	0.37%
14	0.18%
n/a
4,789	61.44%
4,921	63.14%

1970
7,846
2,498	31.84%
1	0.01%
3	0.04%
5	0.06%
n/a
5,307	67.64%
5,348	68.16%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
1,114	13.3
657	7.8
-1,017	-12.1
21	0.2

153	1.8
-297	-3.5

Number	Rate
1990's
1,237	16.6
740	9.9
136	1.8
65	0.9

401	5.4
546	7.3

Number	Rate
1980's
1,532	19.7
614	7.9
-1,246	-16.0
n/a

24	0.3
-365	-4.7

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-1,140	-14.5
n/a

375	4.8
-427	-5.4

Age, Family & Household Data for Conejos County, CO

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
39.1
1,932	25.5%
5,647	74.5%
1,475	19.5%

3,087
2.42

1,780	57.7%
1,415	79.5%
123	6.9%
1,307	42.3%

2010
Number	Percent
38.2
2,336	28.3%
5,920	71.7%
1,254	15.2%

3,118
2.64

2,176	69.8%
1,647	75.7%
165	7.6%
942	30.2%

2000
Number	Percent
34.7
2,696	32.1%
5,704	67.9%
1,270	15.1%

2,981
2.80

2,221	74.5%
1,690	76.1%
245	11.0%
760	25.5%

1990
Number	Percent
31.3
2,599	34.9%
4,854	65.1%
1,042	14.0%

2,538
2.92

1,974	77.8%
1,646	83.4%
152	7.7%
564	22.2%

1980
Number	Percent
26.4
2,942	37.7%
4,852	62.3%
832	10.7%

2,402
3.24

1,964	81.8%
1,730	88.1%
124	6.3%
438	18.2%

2022 Housing Data for Conejos County, CO

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	233	7.5%
$10,000 to $14,999	134	4.3%
$15,000 to $19,999	224	7.3%
$20,000 to $24,999	167	5.4%
$25,000 to $29,999	223	7.2%
$30,000 to $34,999	169	5.5%
$35,000 to $39,999	249	8.1%
$40,000 to $44,999	204	6.6%
$45,000 to $49,999	147	4.8%
$50,000 to $59,999	215	7.0%
$60,000 to $74,999	234	7.6%
$75,000 to $99,999	305	9.9%
$100,000 to $124,999	269	8.7%
$125,000 to $149,999	141	4.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	108	3.5%
$200,000 or more	65	2.1%

Median Household Income	44,093
Per Capita Income	25,240

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	76
Compared to U.S.	86

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	198	6.4%
Public Assistance	46	1.5%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	524	17.0%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	1,291	63.4%
Unemployed	55	2.7%
In Armed Forces	0	0.0%

Total Labor Force	1,346	66.1%
Not in Labor Force	691	33.9%

Real Unemployment Rate		36.6%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	969	722	57.3%
Non-Profit	87	133	39.5%
Self-Employed	350	86	80.3%

Local Government	161	209	43.5%
State Government	135	33	80.4%
Federal Government	12	106	10.2%

Total Private + Self	1,319	808	62.0%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	395	481	45.1%
Total	1,714	1,289	57.1%

Pct. Govt.	21.8%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	373	12.2%
Sales and Office Occupations	692	22.6%
Professional, Technical	576	18.8%
Service Occupations	491	16.0%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	123	4.0%
All others	934	30.5%

White Collar		53.5%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	422	13.8%
Construction	395	12.9%
Retail trade	292	9.5%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	287	9.4%
Educational services	278	9.1%
Accommodation and food services	261	8.5%
Public administration	200	6.5%
Other services	193	6.3%
Transportation and warehousing	133	4.3%
Professional, scientific, technical	114	3.7%
Manufacturing	103	3.4%
Finance and insurance	102	3.3%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	76	2.5%
Wholesale trade	53	1.7%
Utilities	48	1.6%
Real estate and rental and leasing	42	1.4%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	33	1.1%
Information	26	0.8%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	8	0.3%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	1,774	23.49%
Puerto Rican	32	0.42%
Cuban	1	0.01%
Dominican	5	0.07%

Total Central American	128	1.69%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	108	1.43%
Honduran	20	0.26%
Nicaraguan	0	0.00%
Panamanian	0	0.00%
Salvadoran	0	0.00%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	31	0.41%
Argentinean	0	0.00%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	1	0.01%
Colombian	30	0.40%
Ecuadorian	0	0.00%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	0	0.00%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	0	0.00%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	1,899	25.14%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	2	0.03%
Korean	2	0.03%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	5,104	72.1%
Spanish	1,756	24.8%
German, other Germanic	190	2.7%
French, Haitian, Cajun	13	0.2%
Other Indo-European	10	0.1%
Other Asian	5	0.1%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	2	0.0%
Tagalog	2	0.0%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	995	13.2%
English	816	10.8%
Irish	539	7.1%
Italian	363	4.8%
Danish	314	4.2%
American	236	3.1%
European	166	2.2%
Scottish	85	1.1%
Dutch	84	1.1%
French	70	0.9%
Polish	52	0.7%
Eastern European	51	0.7%
Scotch-Irish	50	0.7%
Finnish	39	0.5%
Swedish	39	0.5%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	7,453	98.7%
Not a citizen	100	1.3%

Native	7,351	97.3%
Foreign-born	202	2.7%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
237	4.8%	272	5.5%	1,645	33.0%	1,597	32.1%	818	16.4%	409	8.2%
Average years of education: 13.2

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	237	4.8%
9-12 Years	272	5.5%
H.S. Grad or GED	1,645	33.0%
Some College	1,597	32.1%
Bach. Degree	818	16.4%
Grad Degree	409	8.2%
Average years of education: 13.2

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	3,129	2,761	368	11.8%	5.1%
1991	3,078	2,757	321	10.4%	5.3%
1992	3,138	2,743	395	12.6%	6.1%
1993	3,224	2,907	317	9.8%	5.4%
1994	3,454	3,161	293	8.5%	4.2%
1995	3,609	3,299	310	8.6%	4.0%
1996	3,701	3,382	319	8.6%	4.2%
1997	3,785	3,461	324	8.6%	3.4%
1998	3,884	3,528	356	9.2%	3.6%
1999	3,771	3,493	278	7.4%	3.0%

2000	3,338	3,171	167	5.0%	2.7%
2001	3,603	3,379	224	6.2%	3.8%
2002	3,792	3,523	269	7.1%	5.7%
2003	3,766	3,499	267	7.1%	6.1%
2004	3,819	3,514	305	8.0%	5.6%
2005	3,790	3,494	296	7.8%	5.1%
2006	3,794	3,549	245	6.5%	4.2%
2007	3,670	3,469	201	5.5%	3.7%
2008	3,658	3,390	268	7.3%	4.9%
2009	3,749	3,449	300	8.0%	7.9%

2010	3,744	3,368	376	10.0%	9.2%
2011	3,723	3,319	404	10.9%	8.7%
2012	3,703	3,304	399	10.8%	8.0%
2013	3,606	3,228	378	10.5%	6.7%
2014	3,607	3,327	280	7.8%	5.0%
2015	3,596	3,398	198	5.5%	3.7%
2016	3,769	3,594	175	4.6%	3.1%
2017	3,912	3,761	151	3.9%	2.6%
2018	4,084	3,923	161	3.9%	3.0%
2019	4,161	4,016	145	3.5%	2.7%

2020	4,071	3,844	227	5.6%	7.3%
2021	3,914	3,713	201	5.1%	5.4%
2022	3,971	3,844	127	3.2%	3.0%
2023	3,854	3,726	128	3.3%	3.2%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	4,043
Median Value	$154,500

Occupied	3,087	76.4%
Vacant	956	23.6%

Owned	2,438	79.0%
Rented	649	21.0%
Median Rent	$686

Single-Family Units	3,198	79.1%
Detached	3,182	78.7%
Attached	16	0.4%
Buldings with 5+ Units	69	1.7%
Mobile Homes	693	17.1%

Conejos County, CO

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Conejos County, CO

2022 Housing Data for Conejos County, CO

2022 Income & Employment Data for Conejos County, CO

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Conejos County, CO

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Conejos County, CO

Historical Labor Force Data for Conejos County, CO