Alamosa city, Colorado
Highlights from the Census 2000 Demographic Profiles:

General Characteristics	Number	Percent	U.S.
Total population	7960	100.0	100%
Male	3801	47.8	49.1%
Female	4159	52.2	50.9%
Median age (years)	27.7	(X)	35.3
Under 5 years	564	7.1	6.8%
18 years and over	6014	75.6	74.3%
65 years and over	870	10.9	12.4%
One race	7619	95.7	97.6%
White	5455	68.5	75.1%
Black or African American	112	1.4	12.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native	175	2.2	0.9%
Asian	76	1	3.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	21	0.3	0.1%
Some other race	1780	22.4	5.5%
Two or more races	341	4.3	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	3725	46.8	12.5%
Average household size	2.36	(X)	2.59
Average family size	3.04	(X)	3.14
Total housing units	3215	100.0	100.0%
Occupied housing units	2974	92.5	91.0%
Owner-occupied housing units	1560	52.5	66.2%
Renter-occupied housing units	1414	47.5	33.8%
Vacant housing units	241	7.5	9.0%
Social Characteristics	Number	Percent	U.S.
Population 25 years and over	4173	100.0
High school graduate or higher	(X)	82.5	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	(X)	29.5	24.4%

Economic Characteristics	Number	Percent	U.S.
In labor force (population 16 years and over)	3972	63.6	63.9%
Mean travel time to work in minutes (population 16 years and over)	11.4	(X)	25.5
Median household income (dollars)	25453	(X)	41,994
Median family income (dollars)	33017	(X)	50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	15405	(X)	21,857
Families below poverty level	316	18.1	9.2%
Individuals below poverty level	1742	25	12.4%
Housing Characteristics	Number	Percent	U.S.
Single-family owner-occupied homes	1299	100.0
Median value (dollars)	83100	(X)	119,600
Median of selected monthly owner costs	(X)	(X)
With a mortgage	743	(X)	1,088
Not mortgaged	203	(X)	295

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Summary File 1 (SF 1) and Summary File 3 (SF 3)