High Country Council of Governments

Subject	Number	Percent	Subject	Number	Percent
Total population	4,408	100.0%	HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
			Total population	4,408	100.0%
SEX AND AGE			Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	252	5.7%
Male	2,089	47.4%	Mexican	220	5.0%
Female	2,319	52.6%	Puerto Rican	1	0.0%
			Cuban	6	0.1%
Under 5 years	230	5.2%	Other Hispanic or Latino	25	0.6%
5 to 9 years	238	5.4%	Not Hispanic or Latino	4,156	94.3%
10 to 14 years	254	5.8%	White alone	4,020	91.2%
15 to 19 years	288	6.5%
20 to 24 years	223	5.1%	RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years	495	11.2%	Total population	4,408	100.0%
35 to 44 years	590	13.4%	In households	4,284	97.2%
45 to 54 years	596	13.5%	Householder	1,931	43.8%
55 to 59 years	245	5.6%	Spouse	966	21.9%
60 to 64 years	235	5.3%	Child	1,056	24.0%
65 to 74 years	497	11.3%	Own child under 18 years	826	18.7%
75 to 84 years	361	8.2%	Other relatives	161	3.7%
85 years and over	156	3.5%	Under 18 years	52	1.2%
			Nonrelatives	170	3.9%
Median age (years)	43.3	(X)	Unmarried partner	70	1.6%
			In group quarters	124	2.8%
18 years and over	3,501	79.4%	Institutionalized population	119	2.7%
Male	1,613	36.6%	Noninstitutionalized population	5	0.1%
Female	1,888	42.8%
21 years and over	3,341	75.8%	HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
62 years and over	1,162	26.4%	Total households	1,931	100.0%
65 years and over	1,014	23.0%	Family households (families)	1,246	64.5%
Male	387	8.8%	With own children under 18 years	492	25.5%
Female	627	14.2%	Married couple family	966	50.0%
			With own children under 18 years	332	17.2%
RACE			Female householder, no husband present	216	11.2%
One race	4,368	99.1%	With own children under 18 years	124	6.4%
White	4,247	96.3%	Nonfamily households	685	35.5%
Black or African American	74	1.7%	Householder living alone	628	32.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native	13	0.3%	Householder 65 years and over	332	17.2%
Asian	14	0.3%
Asian Indian	1	0.0%	Households with individuals under 18 years	542	28.1%
Chinese	6	0.1%	Households with individuals 65 years and over	688	35.6%
Filipino	3	0.1%
Japanese	3	0.1%	Average household size	2.22	(X)
Korean	1	0.0%	Average family size	2.75	(X)
Vietnamese	0	0.0%
Other Asian¹	0	0.0%	HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	Total housing units	2,217	100.0%
Native Hawaiian	0	0.0%	Occupied housing units	1,931	87.1%
Guamanian or Chamorro	0	0.0%	Vacant housing units	286	12.9%
Samoan	0	0.0%	For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	90	4.1%
Other Pacific Islander²	0	0.0%
Some other race	20	0.5%	Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	2.5%	(X)
Two or more races	40	0.9%	Rental vacancy rate (percent)	6.9%	(X)

*Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:³*			HOUSING TENURE
White	4,281	97.1%	Occupied housing units	1,931	100.0%
Black or African American	84	1.9%	Owner-occupied housing units	1,255	65.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native	30	0.7%	Renter-occupied housing units	676	35.0%
Asian	24	0.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.23	(X)
Some other race	33	0.7%	Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.19	(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.