People QuickFacts Orchard Mesa CDP Colorado Population, 2011 estimate X 5,116,302 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base X 5,029,196 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 X 1.7% Population, 2010 6,836 5,029,196 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 6.6% 6.8% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 24.4% 24.4% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 13.6% 10.9% Female persons, percent, 2010 50.0% 49.9%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 90.5% 81.3% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.5% 4.0% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 1.5% 1.1% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.5% 2.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) 0.2% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 2.7% 3.4% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 12.2% 20.7% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 84.7% 70.0%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 83.7% 80.8% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 3.6% 9.7% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 11.2% 16.7% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 89.1% 89.7% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 17.7% 36.3% Veterans, 2007-2011 690 405,303 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 22.2 24.3  Housing units, 2010 2,705 2,212,898 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 76.5% 66.8% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 7.5% 25.7% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $205,200 $236,700 Households, 2007-2011 2,542 1,941,193 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.72 2.50 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $22,249 $30,816 Median household income, 2007-2011 $54,643 $57,685 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 13.3% 12.5%     Business QuickFacts Orchard Mesa CDP Colorado Total number of firms, 2007 770 547,770 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 1.7% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 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 S 6.2% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 34.3% 29.2%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) NA 46,331,953 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) D 53,598,986 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) D 65,896,788 Retail sales per capita, 2007 D $13,609 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 2,148 11,440,395     Geography QuickFacts Orchard Mesa CDP Colorado Land area in square miles, 2010 3.88 103,641.89 Persons per square mile, 2010 1,760.9 48.5 FIPS Code 56035 08 Counties Mesa County (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