High Country Council of Governments

Subject	Number	Percent	Subject	Number	Percent
Total population	9,891	100.0%	HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
			Total population	9,891	100.0%
SEX AND AGE			Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	714	7.2%
Male	4,904	49.6%	Mexican	539	5.4%
Female	4,987	50.4%	Puerto Rican	19	0.2%
			Cuban	4	0.0%
Under 5 years	613	6.2%	Other Hispanic or Latino	152	1.5%
5 to 9 years	610	6.2%	Not Hispanic or Latino	9,177	92.8%
10 to 14 years	566	5.7%	White alone	7,908	80.0%
15 to 19 years	559	5.7%
20 to 24 years	600	6.1%	RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years	1,374	13.9%	Total population	9,891	100.0%
35 to 44 years	1,565	15.8%	In households	9,289	93.9%
45 to 54 years	1,498	15.1%	Householder	3,979	40.2%
55 to 59 years	507	5.1%	Spouse	2,099	21.2%
60 to 64 years	454	4.6%	Child	2,482	25.1%
65 to 74 years	802	8.1%	Own child under 18 years	1,952	19.7%
75 to 84 years	509	5.1%	Other relatives	390	3.9%
85 years and over	234	2.4%	Under 18 years	139	1.4%
			Nonrelatives	339	3.4%
Median age (years)	39.0	(X)	Unmarried partner	136	1.4%
			In group quarters	602	6.1%
18 years and over	7,753	78.4%	Institutionalized population	595	6.0%
Male	3,823	38.7%	Noninstitutionalized population	7	0.1%
Female	3,930	39.7%
21 years and over	7,433	75.1%	HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
62 years and over	1,813	18.3%	Total households	3,979	100.0%
65 years and over	1,545	15.6%	Family households (families)	2,676	67.3%
Male	614	6.2%	With own children under 18 years	1,162	29.2%
Female	931	9.4%	Married couple family	2,099	52.8%
			With own children under 18 years	843	21.2%
RACE			Female householder, no husband present	449	11.3%
One race	9,808	99.2%	With own children under 18 years	258	6.5%
White	8,254	83.4%	Nonfamily households	1,303	32.7%
Black or African American	1,062	10.7%	Householder living alone	1,156	29.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native	34	0.3%	Householder 65 years and over	415	10.4%
Asian	127	1.3%
Asian Indian	88	0.9%	Households with individuals under 18 years	1,266	31.8%
Chinese	23	0.2%	Households with individuals 65 years and over	980	24.6%
Filipino	3	0.0%
Japanese	1	0.0%	Average household size	2.33	(X)
Korean	9	0.1%	Average family size	2.86	(X)
Vietnamese	1	0.0%
Other Asian¹	2	0.0%	HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	5	0.1%	Total housing units	4,267	100.0%
Native Hawaiian	2	0.0%	Occupied housing units	3,979	93.3%
Guamanian or Chamorro	2	0.0%	Vacant housing units	288	6.7%
Samoan	0	0.0%	For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	22	0.5%
Other Pacific Islander²	1	0.0%
Some other race	326	3.3%	Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	1.2%	(X)
Two or more races	83	0.8%	Rental vacancy rate (percent)	9.0%	(X)

*Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:³*			HOUSING TENURE
White	8,328	84.2%	Occupied housing units	3,979	100.0%
Black or African American	1,094	11.1%	Owner-occupied housing units	2,745	69.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native	56	0.6%	Renter-occupied housing units	1,234	31.0%
Asian	134	1.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	5	0.1%	Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.36	(X)
Some other race	364	3.7%	Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.28	(X)

- Represents zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable.
¹Other Asian alone, or two or more Asian categories.
²Other Pacific Islander alone, or two or more Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander categories.
³In combination with one or more of the other races listed. The six numbers may add to more than the total population and the six percentages may add to more than 100 percent because individuals may report more than one race.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000.