2024 population: 32,215 ( 1,018 from 2020)
Land area: 1142.1 square miles
Population density: 28.2 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	26,039	80.83%	1.3%
Black:	197	0.61%	14.3%
Indian:	240	0.74%	19.4%
Asian:	329	1.02%	34.8%
2+ races:	541	1.68%	19.4%
Hispanic:	4,869	15.11%	11.6%

Total non-White:	6,176	19.17%	12.5%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	1,165	9.3
Deaths:	2,015	16.1
Net Migration:	1,832	14.7
Net Immigration:	62	0.5

Change in White population:	333	1.1
Change in Non-White pop.:	685	2.2

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
31,197
25,706	82.40%
230	0.74%
201	0.64%
244	0.78%
453	1.45%
4,363	13.99%
5,491	17.60%

2010
30,952
25,685	82.98%
137	0.44%
190	0.61%
158	0.51%
396	1.28%
4,345	14.04%
5,267	17.02%

2000
27,834
23,945	86.03%
135	0.49%
150	0.54%
90	0.32%
319	1.15%
3,171	11.39%
3,889	13.97%

1990
20,980
18,948	90.31%
44	0.21%
113	0.54%
60	0.29%
n/a
1,815	8.65%
2,032	9.69%

1980
21,225
19,205	90.48%
11	0.05%
143	0.67%
46	0.22%
n/a
1,797	8.47%
2,020	9.52%

1970
15,286
13,420	87.79%
19	0.12%
32	0.21%
24	0.16%
n/a
1,711	11.19%
1,866	12.21%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
2,789	9.0
3,421	11.1
809	2.6
35	0.1

21	0.1
224	0.7

Number	Rate
2000's
3,178	11.4
3,051	11.0
2,984	10.7
536	1.9

1,740	6.3
1,378	5.0

Number	Rate
1990's
2,983	14.2
2,952	14.1
6,192	29.5
281	1.3

4,997	23.8
1,857	8.9

Number	Rate
1980's
3,149	14.8
2,506	11.8
-909	-4.3
n/a

-257	-1.2
12	0.1

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
5,358	35.1
n/a

5,785	37.8
154	1.0

Age, Family & Household Data for Delta 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
47.8
6,105	9.6%
57,307	90.4%
8,391	13.2%

12,263
2.45

7,595	61.9%
5,903	77.7%
465	6.1%
4,668	38.1%

2010
Number	Percent
45.6
6,851	22.1%
24,101	77.9%
6,239	20.2%

12,703
2.38

8,652	68.1%
7,137	82.5%
575	6.6%
4,051	31.9%

2000
Number	Percent
42.0
6,646	23.9%
21,188	76.1%
5,489	19.7%

11,062
2.43

7,943	71.8%
6,670	84.0%
523	6.6%
3,119	28.2%

1990
Number	Percent
40.9
5,101	24.3%
15,879	75.7%
4,670	22.3%

8,453
2.42

6,235	73.8%
5,441	87.3%
346	5.5%
2,218	26.2%

1980
Number	Percent
34.4
5,964	28.1%
15,261	71.9%
3,854	18.2%

8,072
2.59

6,246	77.4%
5,663	90.7%
281	4.5%
1,826	22.6%

2022 Housing Data for Delta County, CO

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	717	5.8%
$10,000 to $14,999	459	3.7%
$15,000 to $19,999	739	6.0%
$20,000 to $24,999	611	5.0%
$25,000 to $29,999	758	6.2%
$30,000 to $34,999	566	4.6%
$35,000 to $39,999	430	3.5%
$40,000 to $44,999	529	4.3%
$45,000 to $49,999	637	5.2%
$50,000 to $59,999	960	7.8%
$60,000 to $74,999	1,288	10.5%
$75,000 to $99,999	1,677	13.7%
$100,000 to $124,999	1,124	9.2%
$125,000 to $149,999	638	5.2%
$150,000 to $199,999	447	3.6%
$200,000 or more	683	5.6%

Median Household Income	56,349
Per Capita Income	33,055

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	80
Compared to U.S.	91

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	866	7.1%
Public Assistance	570	4.6%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	1,774	14.5%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	9,225	63.9%
Unemployed	438	3.0%
In Armed Forces	0	0.0%

Total Labor Force	9,663	66.9%
Not in Labor Force	4,771	33.1%

Real Unemployment Rate		36.1%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	3,690	3,439	51.8%
Non-Profit	235	589	28.5%
Self-Employed	1,407	895	61.1%

Local Government	529	810	39.5%
State Government	261	147	64.0%
Federal Government	91	75	54.8%

Total Private + Self	5,097	4,334	54.0%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	1,116	1,621	40.8%
Total	6,213	5,955	51.1%

Pct. Govt.	15.7%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	1,776	14.5%
Sales and Office Occupations	2,483	20.3%
Professional, Technical	2,122	17.4%
Service Occupations	2,224	18.2%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	133	1.1%
All others	3,623	29.6%

White Collar		52.2%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	1,609	13.2%
Retail trade	1,495	12.2%
Construction	1,082	8.8%
Educational services	899	7.4%
Manufacturing	879	7.2%
Accommodation and food services	861	7.0%
Other services	833	6.8%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	671	5.5%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	666	5.4%
Professional, scientific, technical	570	4.7%
Public administration	531	4.3%
Transportation and warehousing	368	3.0%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	357	2.9%
Finance and insurance	353	2.9%
Wholesale trade	277	2.3%
Information	220	1.8%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	204	1.7%
Utilities	191	1.6%
Real estate and rental and leasing	162	1.3%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	3,175	10.19%
Puerto Rican	37	0.12%
Cuban	43	0.14%
Dominican	0	0.00%

Total Central American	68	0.22%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	67	0.21%
Honduran	0	0.00%
Nicaraguan	0	0.00%
Panamanian	0	0.00%
Salvadoran	1	0.00%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	26	0.08%
Argentinean	26	0.08%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	0	0.00%
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	1,489	4.78%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Burmese	85	0.27%
Filipino	41	0.13%
Vietnamese	24	0.08%
Thai	18	0.06%
Japanese	14	0.04%
Taiwanese	12	0.04%
Chinese	1	0.00%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	27,251	91.5%
Spanish	1,955	6.6%
Other Asian	256	0.9%
Other	118	0.4%
Chinese	71	0.2%
German, other Germanic	63	0.2%
Tagalog	30	0.1%
French, Haitian, Cajun	25	0.1%
Other Indo-European	10	0.0%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	5,945	19.1%
English	4,816	15.4%
Irish	3,793	12.2%
American	2,141	6.9%
Scottish	1,157	3.7%
Italian	927	3.0%
French	787	2.5%
Swedish	664	2.1%
Welsh	529	1.7%
Norwegian	523	1.7%
European	520	1.7%
Polish	497	1.6%
Dutch	441	1.4%
Scotch-Irish	318	1.0%
French Canadian	234	0.8%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	30,629	98.3%
Not a citizen	544	1.7%

Native	29,872	95.8%
Foreign-born	1,301	4.2%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
683	3.0%	1,606	7.0%	8,381	36.6%	6,619	28.9%	3,710	16.2%	1,900	8.3%
Average years of education: 13.2

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	683	3.0%
9-12 Years	1,606	7.0%
H.S. Grad or GED	8,381	36.6%
Some College	6,619	28.9%
Bach. Degree	3,710	16.2%
Grad Degree	1,900	8.3%
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	8,567	7,971	596	7.0%	5.1%
1991	8,650	7,764	886	10.2%	5.3%
1992	8,760	7,949	811	9.3%	6.1%
1993	9,208	8,547	661	7.2%	5.4%
1994	10,018	9,440	578	5.8%	4.2%
1995	10,162	9,566	596	5.9%	4.0%
1996	10,348	9,675	673	6.5%	4.2%
1997	10,653	10,138	515	4.8%	3.4%
1998	11,235	10,651	584	5.2%	3.6%
1999	11,194	10,666	528	4.7%	3.0%

2000	12,330	11,876	454	3.7%	2.7%
2001	13,350	12,799	551	4.1%	3.8%
2002	14,298	13,556	742	5.2%	5.7%
2003	14,117	13,274	843	6.0%	6.1%
2004	14,644	13,845	799	5.5%	5.6%
2005	15,306	14,534	772	5.0%	5.1%
2006	15,983	15,354	629	3.9%	4.2%
2007	16,555	16,014	541	3.3%	3.7%
2008	16,608	15,878	730	4.4%	4.9%
2009	17,017	15,704	1,313	7.7%	7.9%

2010	14,477	12,860	1,617	11.2%	9.2%
2011	14,388	12,834	1,554	10.8%	8.7%
2012	14,365	12,958	1,407	9.8%	8.0%
2013	13,842	12,627	1,215	8.8%	6.7%
2014	13,592	12,638	954	7.0%	5.0%
2015	13,432	12,693	739	5.5%	3.7%
2016	13,948	13,293	655	4.7%	3.1%
2017	14,240	13,727	513	3.6%	2.6%
2018	14,364	13,827	537	3.7%	3.0%
2019	14,334	13,871	463	3.2%	2.7%

2020	14,340	13,400	940	6.6%	7.3%
2021	13,670	12,892	778	5.7%	5.4%
2022	13,282	12,802	480	3.6%	3.0%
2023	13,605	13,112	493	3.6%	3.2%
2024	12,116	11,457	659	5.4%	4.3%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	14,841
Median Value	$291,400

Occupied	12,263	82.6%
Vacant	2,578	17.4%

Owned	9,328	76.1%
Rented	2,935	23.9%
Median Rent	$933

Single-Family Units	11,733	79.1%
Detached	11,421	77.0%
Attached	312	2.1%
Buldings with 5+ Units	311	2.1%
Mobile Homes	2,001	13.5%

Delta County, CO

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Delta County, CO

2022 Housing Data for Delta County, CO

2022 Income & Employment Data for Delta County, CO

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

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Delta County, CO

Historical Labor Force Data for Delta County, CO