La Plata County 2000 Census

	Number	Percent
Total La Plata County Population	43,941	100.0%
Sex and Age
Male	22,362	50.9%
Female	21,579	49.1%
Under 5 years	2,236	5.1%
5 to 9 years	2,735	6.2%
10 to 14 years	2,990	6.8%
15 to 19 years	3,864	8.8%
20 to 24 years	4,239	9.6%
25 to 34 years	5,587	12.7%
35 to 44 years	7,153	16.3%
45 to 54 years	7,187	16.4%
55 to 59 years	2,236	5.1%
60 to 64 years	1,586	3.6%
65 to 74 years	2,345	5.3%
75 to 84 years	1,339	3.0%
85 years and over	444	1.0%

Median age (years)	36
18 years and over	33,974	77.3%
Male	17,244	39.2%
Female	16,730	38.1%
21 years and over	31,124	70.8%
62 years and over	5,039	11.5%
65 years and over	4,128	9.4%
Male	1,867	4.2%
Female	2,261	5.1%

Race
One race	42,952	97.7%
White	38,364	87.3%
Black or African American	136	0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native	2,539	5.8%
Asian	177	0.4%
Asian Indian	11	0.0%
Chinese	33	0.1%
Filipino	14	0.0%
Japanese	58	0.1%
Korean	34	0.1%
Vietnamese	14	0.0%
Other Asian	13	0.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	24	0.1%
Native Hawaiian	12	0.0%
Guamanian or Chamorro	4	0.0%
Samoan	2	0.0%
Other Pacific Islander	6	0.0%
Some other race	1,712	3.9%
Two or more races	989	2.3%

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races
White	39,236	89.3%
Black or African American	256	0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native	3,039	6.9%
Asian	326	0.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	48	0.1%
Some other race	2,084	4.7%

Hispanic or Latino and Race
Total Population	43,941	100.0%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	4,571	10.4%
Mexican	1,674	3.8%
Puerto Rican	64	0.1%
Cuban	20	0.0%
Other Hispanic or Latino	2,813	6.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	39,370	89.6%
White alone	36,168	82.3%

Relationship
Total Population	43,941	100.0%
In households	42,116	95.8%
Householder	17,342	39.5%
Spouse	8,656	19.7%
Child	10,967	25.0%
Own child under 18 years	9,237	21.0%
Other relatives	1,312	3.0%
Under 18 years	459	1.0%
Non relatives	3,839	8.7%
Unmarried partner	1,180	2.7%
In group quarters	1,825	4.2%
Institutionalized population	383	0.9%
Non institutionalized	1,442	3.3%

Households by Type
Total Households	17,342	100.0%
Family households (families)	10,892	62.8%
With own children under 18 years	5,137	29.6%
Married-couple family	8,656	49.9%
With own children under 18 years	3,711	21.4%
Female householder, no husband present	1,502	8.7%
With own children under 18 years	996	5.7%
Non-family households	6,450	37.2%
Householder living alone	4,297	24.8%
Householder 65 years and over	1,055	6.1%
Households with individuals under 18 years	5,483	31.6%
Households with individuals 65 years and over	2,923	16.9%

Average household size	2
Average family size	3

Age of Householder
Occupied housing units	17,342	100.0%
15 to 24 years	1,581	9.1%
25 to 34 years	2742	15.8%
35 to 44 years	3890	22.4%
45 to 54 years	4224	24.4%
55 to 64 years	2269	13.1%
65 to 74 years	1513	8.7%
75 to 84 years	886	5.1%
85 years and over	237	1.4%