People QuickFacts	Alamosa County	Colorado
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	16,148	5,187,582
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	15,445	5,029,196
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	4.6%	3.1%
 	Population, 2010    	15,445	5,029,196
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	7.9%	6.7%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	24.2%	24.0%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	11.5%	11.3%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	50.0%	49.8% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	88.4%	88.3%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	1.6%	4.3%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	5.4%	1.6%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	1.5%	2.9%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.2%	0.2%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	2.9%	2.7%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	46.5%	20.9%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	49.0%	69.7% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	80.3%	80.8%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	6.7%	9.7%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	23.9%	16.7%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	87.1%	89.7%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	24.7%	36.3%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	1,201	405,303
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	15.0	24.3 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	6,564	2,224,603
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	65.3%	66.8%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	17.4%	25.7%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$130,400	$236,700
 	Households, 2007-2011    	5,743	1,941,193
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.47	2.50
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$20,429	$30,816
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$38,299	$57,685
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	21.7%	12.5%

   	Business QuickFacts	Alamosa County	Colorado
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	503	151,973
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	5,534	1,955,336
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	9.4	2.2
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	1,104	426,417 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	1,341	547,770
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	1.7%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.8%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	2.6%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.1%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	19.4%	6.2%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	25.4%	29.2% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	0	46,331,953
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	85,315	53,598,986
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	262,997	65,896,788
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$17,193	$13,609
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	30,297	11,440,395
 	Building permits, 2011     	53	13,502

   	Geography QuickFacts	Alamosa County	Colorado
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	722.64	103,641.89
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	21.4	48.5
 	FIPS Code    	003	08
 	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	None	 

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts