Archuleta County, Colorado

Archuleta County is one of the of the  of the. The estimates that the county population was 12,386 in 2006, a 25.14% increase since. The is.

History
Archuleta County was created by the Colorado legislature on, out of western. It was named in honor of Antonio D. Archuleta, who was the Senator from Conejos County at the time.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 3,511 (1,355 ). 3,497 km² (1,350 sq mi) of it is land and 14 km² (5 sq mi) of it (0.39%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 9,898 people, 3,980 households, and 2,873 families residing in the county. The was 3/km² (7/sq mi). There were 6,212 housing units at an average density of 2/km² (5/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 88.33%, 0.35% or , 1.40% , 0.31% , 0.03% , 6.97% from , and 2.60% from two or more races. 16.76% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 3,980 households out of which 31.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.80% were living together, 8.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.80% were non-families. 22.10% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 2.89.

In the county the population was spread out with 25.30% under the age of 18, 6.30% from 18 to 24, 26.10% from 25 to 44, 30.40% from 45 to 64, and 11.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 102.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.50 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $37,901, and the median income for a family was $43,259. Males had a median income of $29,521 versus $21,851 for females. The for the county was $21,683. About 9.00% of families and 11.70% of the population were below the, including 13.00% of those under age 18 and 6.60% of those age 65 or over.