Pueblo County, Colorado

Pueblo County is the tenth most populous of the  of the  of the. The county was named for the historic town of which took its name from the  word meaning "town" or "village". The estimates that the county population was 152,912 in 2006, an 8.09% increase from. The is the. The comprises Pueblo County.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 6,210 (2,398 ). 6,187 km² (2,389 sq mi) of it is land and 23 km² (9 sq mi) of it (0.38%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 141,472 people, 54,579 households, and 37,332 families residing in the county. The was 23/km² (59/sq mi). There were 58,926 housing units at an average density of 10/km² (25/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 79.47%, 1.90% or , 1.59% , 0.65% , 0.07% , 12.93% from , and 3.38% from two or more races. 37.97% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 54,579 households out of which 31.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.10% were living together, 13.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.60% were non-families. 26.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.04.

In the county the population was spread out with 25.80% under the age of 18, 9.40% from 18 to 24, 27.20% from 25 to 44, 22.40% from 45 to 64, and 15.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 95.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.50 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $32,775, and the median income for a family was $40,130. Males had a median income of $31,514 versus $22,967 for females. The for the county was $17,163. About 11.20% of families and 14.90% of the population were below the, including 19.70% of those under age 18 and 8.70% of those age 65 or over.