2024 population: 26,841 ( 993 from 2020)
Land area: 2029.3 square miles
Population density: 13.2 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	19,050	70.97%	1.2%
Black:	281	1.05%	132.2%
Indian:	3,121	11.63%	1.2%
Asian:	331	1.23%	94.7%
2+ races:	602	2.24%	14.9%
Hispanic:	3,456	12.88%	10.7%

Total non-White:	7,791	29.03%	11.0%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	1,034	10.0
Deaths:	1,458	14.1
Net Migration:	1,079	10.4
Net Immigration:	340	3.3

Change in White population:	223	0.9
Change in Non-White pop.:	770	3.0

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
25,848
18,827	72.84%
121	0.47%
3,085	11.94%
170	0.66%
524	2.03%
3,121	12.07%
7,021	27.16%

2010
25,535
19,168	75.07%
47	0.18%
2,923	11.45%
130	0.51%
429	1.68%
2,818	11.04%
6,367	24.93%

2000
23,830
18,476	77.53%
31	0.13%
2,573	10.80%
60	0.25%
389	1.63%
2,263	9.50%
5,354	22.47%

1990
18,672
14,831	79.43%
6	0.03%
2,130	11.41%
39	0.21%
n/a
1,666	8.92%
3,841	20.57%

1980
16,510
13,542	82.02%
0	0.00%
1,535	9.30%
38	0.23%
n/a
1,389	8.41%
2,968	17.98%

1970
12,952
10,487	80.97%
13	0.10%
935	7.22%
7	0.05%
n/a
1,463	11.30%
2,465	19.03%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
2,706	10.6
2,463	9.6
523	2.0
-104	-0.4

-341	-1.3
654	2.6

Number	Rate
2000's
2,952	12.4
2,305	9.7
956	4.0
62	0.3

692	2.9
1,013	4.3

Number	Rate
1990's
3,133	16.8
1,901	10.2
2,883	15.4
118	0.6

3,645	19.5
1,513	8.1

Number	Rate
1980's
3,324	20.1
1,390	8.4
159	1.0
n/a

1,289	7.8
873	5.3

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
1,989	15.4
n/a

3,055	23.6
503	3.9

Age, Family & Household Data for Montezuma 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
43.7
5,504	10.4%
47,185	89.6%
6,151	11.7%

10,520
2.45

7,048	67.0%
5,519	78.3%
748	10.6%
3,472	33.0%

2010
Number	Percent
42.9
5,999	23.5%
19,536	76.5%
4,269	16.7%

10,541
2.40

7,078	67.1%
5,343	75.5%
688	9.7%
3,463	32.9%

2000
Number	Percent
37.5
6,570	27.6%
17,260	72.4%
3,335	14.0%

9,212
2.54

6,546	71.1%
5,143	78.6%
661	10.1%
2,666	28.9%

1990
Number	Percent
33.7
5,749	30.8%
12,923	69.2%
2,298	12.3%

6,852
2.70

5,167	75.4%
4,213	81.5%
472	9.1%
1,685	24.6%

1980
Number	Percent
29.2
5,435	32.9%
11,075	67.1%
1,588	9.6%

5,725
2.86

4,495	78.5%
3,997	88.9%
257	5.7%
1,230	21.5%

2022 Housing Data for Montezuma County, CO

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	361	3.4%
$10,000 to $14,999	302	2.9%
$15,000 to $19,999	544	5.2%
$20,000 to $24,999	612	5.8%
$25,000 to $29,999	618	5.9%
$30,000 to $34,999	391	3.7%
$35,000 to $39,999	557	5.3%
$40,000 to $44,999	515	4.9%
$45,000 to $49,999	389	3.7%
$50,000 to $59,999	825	7.8%
$60,000 to $74,999	1,270	12.1%
$75,000 to $99,999	1,427	13.6%
$100,000 to $124,999	1,246	11.8%
$125,000 to $149,999	480	4.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	419	4.0%
$200,000 or more	564	5.4%

Median Household Income	61,377
Per Capita Income	31,044

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	81
Compared to U.S.	93

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	443	4.2%
Public Assistance	224	2.1%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	1,133	10.8%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	8,643	66.1%
Unemployed	459	3.5%
In Armed Forces	0	0.0%

Total Labor Force	9,102	69.6%
Not in Labor Force	3,979	30.4%

Real Unemployment Rate		33.9%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	3,309	2,687	55.2%
Non-Profit	280	540	34.1%
Self-Employed	668	502	57.1%

Local Government	626	755	45.3%
State Government	428	335	56.1%
Federal Government	475	179	72.6%

Total Private + Self	3,977	3,189	55.5%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	1,809	1,809	50.0%
Total	5,786	4,998	53.7%

Pct. Govt.	25.9%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	1,504	13.8%
Sales and Office Occupations	2,306	21.2%
Professional, Technical	2,378	21.9%
Service Occupations	2,114	19.4%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	201	1.8%
All others	2,569	23.6%

White Collar		56.9%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	1,649	15.2%
Retail trade	1,354	12.5%
Public administration	1,082	10.0%
Educational services	1,055	9.7%
Construction	808	7.4%
Accommodation and food services	701	6.4%
Manufacturing	565	5.2%
Professional, scientific, technical	544	5.0%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	403	3.7%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	394	3.6%
Other services	380	3.5%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	351	3.2%
Transportation and warehousing	338	3.1%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	338	3.1%
Real estate and rental and leasing	225	2.1%
Finance and insurance	205	1.9%
Wholesale trade	201	1.8%
Utilities	164	1.5%
Information	89	0.8%
Management	25	0.2%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	1,610	6.18%
Puerto Rican	78	0.30%
Cuban	0	0.00%
Dominican	0	0.00%

Total Central American	16	0.06%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	0	0.00%
Honduran	0	0.00%
Nicaraguan	16	0.06%
Panamanian	0	0.00%
Salvadoran	0	0.00%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	378	1.45%
Argentinean	202	0.77%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	25	0.10%
Ecuadorian	0	0.00%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	151	0.58%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	0	0.00%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	1,301	4.99%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Chinese	94	0.36%
Filipino	66	0.25%
Thai	17	0.07%
Cambodian	17	0.07%
Japanese	12	0.05%
Indonesian	6	0.02%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	22,157	89.2%
Spanish	1,334	5.4%
Other	811	3.3%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	133	0.5%
Other Asian	124	0.5%
Chinese	94	0.4%
German, other Germanic	65	0.3%
Other Indo-European	60	0.2%
Tagalog	36	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	3,485	13.4%
English	2,936	11.3%
Irish	2,268	8.7%
American	1,574	6.0%
Scottish	791	3.0%
Italian	594	2.3%
Dutch	450	1.7%
Swedish	393	1.5%
French	334	1.3%
Polish	332	1.3%
European	306	1.2%
Norwegian	242	0.9%
British	197	0.8%
Scotch-Irish	193	0.7%
Scandinavian	167	0.6%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	25,525	97.9%
Not a citizen	545	2.1%

Native	25,198	96.7%
Foreign-born	872	3.3%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
390	2.1%	1,239	6.6%	5,814	31.0%	5,663	30.2%	3,328	17.8%	2,306	12.3%
Average years of education: 13.6

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	390	2.1%
9-12 Years	1,239	6.6%
H.S. Grad or GED	5,814	31.0%
Some College	5,663	30.2%
Bach. Degree	3,328	17.8%
Grad Degree	2,306	12.3%
Average years of education: 13.6

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	9,274	8,599	675	7.3%	5.1%
1991	9,437	8,641	796	8.4%	5.3%
1992	9,959	8,964	995	10.0%	6.1%
1993	10,661	9,834	827	7.8%	5.4%
1994	11,010	10,272	738	6.7%	4.2%
1995	11,413	10,639	774	6.8%	4.0%
1996	11,541	10,745	796	6.9%	4.2%
1997	11,428	10,643	785	6.9%	3.4%
1998	12,056	11,274	782	6.5%	3.6%
1999	12,083	11,462	621	5.1%	3.0%

2000	11,798	11,310	488	4.1%	2.7%
2001	11,885	11,364	521	4.4%	3.8%
2002	12,465	11,772	693	5.6%	5.7%
2003	12,302	11,578	724	5.9%	6.1%
2004	12,621	11,919	702	5.6%	5.6%
2005	12,902	12,223	679	5.3%	5.1%
2006	13,254	12,677	577	4.4%	4.2%
2007	13,286	12,778	508	3.8%	3.7%
2008	12,986	12,305	681	5.2%	4.9%
2009	13,308	12,253	1,055	7.9%	7.9%

2010	13,018	11,774	1,244	9.6%	9.2%
2011	12,962	11,785	1,177	9.1%	8.7%
2012	12,881	11,766	1,115	8.7%	8.0%
2013	12,705	11,739	966	7.6%	6.7%
2014	12,650	11,883	767	6.1%	5.0%
2015	12,330	11,655	675	5.5%	3.7%
2016	12,715	12,112	603	4.7%	3.1%
2017	12,809	12,337	472	3.7%	2.6%
2018	12,935	12,356	579	4.5%	3.0%
2019	12,858	12,333	525	4.1%	2.7%

2020	12,703	11,795	908	7.1%	7.3%
2021	12,480	11,731	749	6.0%	5.4%
2022	12,340	11,876	464	3.8%	3.0%
2023	12,010	11,534	476	4.0%	3.2%
2024	11,319	10,725	594	5.2%	4.3%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	12,269
Median Value	$282,500

Occupied	10,520	85.7%
Vacant	1,749	14.3%

Owned	7,736	73.5%
Rented	2,784	26.5%
Median Rent	$893

Single-Family Units	8,504	69.3%
Detached	8,313	67.8%
Attached	191	1.6%
Buldings with 5+ Units	355	2.9%
Mobile Homes	2,313	18.9%

Montezuma County, CO

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Montezuma County, CO

2022 Housing Data for Montezuma County, CO

2022 Income & Employment Data for Montezuma County, CO

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

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Montezuma County, CO

Historical Labor Force Data for Montezuma County, CO