Fort Garland, Colorado

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latd = 37 |latm = 25 |lats = 46 |latNS = N
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area_code = 719
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Fort Garland is a census-designated place (CDP) in Costilla County, Colorado, United States. The population was 432 at the 2000 census.GR|2 The Fort Garland Post Office has the ZIP Code 81133.

Geography

Fort Garland is located at coor dms|37|25|46|N|105|26|7|W|city (37.429477, -105.435280)GR|1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 0.3 square miles (0.8 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the censusGR|2 of 2000, there were 432 people, 152 households, and 120 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 1,514.5 people per square mile (575.2/km²). There were 164 housing units at an average density of 574.9/sq mi (218.3/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 53.01% White, 0.69% African American, 2.31% Native American, 1.16% Asian, 0.93% Pacific Islander, 36.81% from other races, and 5.09% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 72.22% of the population.

There were 152 households out of which 42.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.6% were married couples living together, 18.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.4% were non-families. 18.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.84 and the average family size was 3.19.

In the CDP the population was spread out with 29.9% under the age of 18, 9.7% from 18 to 24, 27.3% from 25 to 44, 21.5% from 45 to 64, and 11.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 85.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.4 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $18,929, and the median income for a family was $25,833. Males had a median income of $25,625 versus $18,750 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $9,470. About 23.4% of families and 31.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 35.3% of those under age 18 and 28.9% of those age 65 or over.

ee also

*Old Spanish National Historic Trail
*List of cities and towns in Colorado

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