San Juan County, Colorado

San Juan County is the least populous of the of the  in the. The county name is the name for, the name  explorers gave to a river and the mountain range in the area. The county population was 558 at. The is.

History
Mining operators in the of Colorado formed the  (SJDMA) in 1903, as a direct result of a  proposal to the Telluride Mining Association for, which. The new association consolidated the power of thirty-six mining properties in, , and San Juan counties. The SJDMA refused to consider any reduction in hours or increase in wages, helping to provoke a bitter strike.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,006 (388 ). 1,003 km² (387 sq mi) of it is land and 2 km² (1 sq mi) of it (0.22%) is water. The County is located in the heart of the of Colorado, with numerous peaks above 14,000 feet in height.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 558 people, 269 households, and 157 families residing in the county. The was 1/km² (1/sq mi). There were 632 housing units at an average density of 1/km² (2/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 97.13%, 0.72% , 0.18% , 0.36% , 0.72% from , and 0.90% from two or more races. 7.35% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 269 households out of which 23.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.90% were living together, 8.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.30% were non-families. 36.80% of all households were made up of individuals and 4.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.06 and the average family size was 2.63.

In the county the population was spread out with 20.10% under the age of 18, 4.30% from 18 to 24, 28.10% from 25 to 44, 40.50% from 45 to 64, and 7.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 110.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 112.40 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $30,764, and the median income for a family was $40,000. Males had a median income of $30,588 versus $19,545 for females. The for the county was $17,584. About 13.50% of families and 20.90% of the population were below the, including 29.40% of those under age 18 and 7.10% of those age 65 or over.

As of November, 2006 the one and only local school had 53 students in grades k-12.