Moffat County, Colorado

Moffat County is the northwesternmost and the second most extensive of the of the  of the. The county population was 13,184 at. The is.

History
Moffat County was created out of the western portion of on,. The county was named for, a Colorado tycoon who died in 1911. His railroad, the, attempted to build a route from to. In 1913, a reorganized railroad, the, reached as far as , the county seat, but no further.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 12,305 (4,751 ). 12,282 km² (4,742 sq mi) of it is land and 23 km² (9 sq mi) of it (0.18%) is water.

Adjacent Counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 13,184 people, 4,983 households, and 3,577 families residing in the county. The was 1/km² (3/sq mi). There were 5,635 housing units at an average density of 0/km² (1/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 93.61%, 0.21% or , 0.88% , 0.33% , 0.02% , 3.17% from , and 1.77% from two or more races. 9.46% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 4,983 households out of which 38.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.70% were living together, 8.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.20% were non-families. 23.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.05.

In the county the population was spread out with 28.50% under the age of 18, 8.60% from 18 to 24, 29.90% from 25 to 44, 23.80% from 45 to 64, and 9.40% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 107.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 106.20 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $41,528, and the median income for a family was $45,511. Males had a median income of $37,288 versus $22,080 for females. The for the county was $18,540. About 6.90% of families and 8.30% of the population were below the, including 8.30% of those under age 18 and 9.30% of those age 65 or over.

National park

 * is located in Moffat County, Colorado, and . The headquarters of Dinosaur National Monument are located east of.