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

General Characteristics	Number	Percent	U.S.
Total population	7977	100.0	100%
Male	3809	47.7	49.1%
Female	4168	52.3	50.9%
Median age (years)	36.4	(X)	35.3
Under 5 years	619	7.8	6.8%
18 years and over	5850	73.3	74.3%
65 years and over	1307	16.4	12.4%
One race	7782	97.6	97.6%
White	6443	80.8	75.1%
Black or African American	21	0.3	12.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native	805	10.1	0.9%
Asian	28	0.4	3.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	3	0	0.1%
Some other race	482	6	5.5%
Two or more races	195	2.4	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	1061	13.3	12.5%
Average household size	2.41	(X)	2.59
Average family size	3	(X)	3.14
Total housing units	3508	100.0	100.0%
Occupied housing units	3209	91.5	91.0%
Owner-occupied housing units	2077	64.7	66.2%
Renter-occupied housing units	1132	35.3	33.8%
Vacant housing units	299	8.5	9.0%
Social Characteristics	Number	Percent	U.S.
Population 25 years and over	5134	100.0
High school graduate or higher	(X)	80.1	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	(X)	18.8	24.4%

Economic Characteristics	Number	Percent	U.S.
In labor force (population 16 years and over)	3871	63	63.9%
Mean travel time to work in minutes (population 16 years and over)	18.3	(X)	25.5
Median household income (dollars)	28776	(X)	41,994
Median family income (dollars)	35533	(X)	50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	18040	(X)	21,857
Families below poverty level	309	14.8	9.2%
Individuals below poverty level	1446	18.6	12.4%
Housing Characteristics	Number	Percent	U.S.
Single-family owner-occupied homes	1607	100.0
Median value (dollars)	93400	(X)	119,600
Median of selected monthly owner costs	(X)	(X)
With a mortgage	743	(X)	1,088
Not mortgaged	208	(X)	295

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