Montrose County, Colorado

Montrose County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2010 census, the population was 41,276.[1] The county seat is Montrose,[2] for which the county is named.

Montrose County
U.S. county
The Montrose County Courthouse in Montrose.
Location within the U.S. state of Colorado
Colorado's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 38°25′N 108°16′W
Country United States
State Colorado
FoundedFebruary 11, 1883
Named forCity of Montrose
SeatMontrose
Largest cityMontrose
Area
 • Total2,243 sq mi (5,810 km2)
 • Land2,241 sq mi (5,800 km2)
 • Water1.9 sq mi (5 km2)  0.08%%
Population
 • Estimate 
(2019)
42,758
 • Density18/sq mi (7/km2)
Time zoneUTC−7 (Mountain)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−6 (MDT)
Congressional district3rd
Websitewww.montrosecounty.net

Montrose County comprises the Montrose, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area.[3][4]

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 2,243 square miles (5,810 km2), of which 2,241 square miles (5,800 km2) is land and 1.9 square miles (4.9 km2) (0.08%) is water.[5]

Adjacent counties

Major Highways

National protected areas

River

Gunnison River (part)

Trails and byways

Historical site

Demographics
Historical population
CensusPop.%±
18903,980—
19004,53513.9%
191010,291126.9%
192011,85215.2%
193011,742−0.9%
194015,41831.3%
195015,220−1.3%
196018,28620.1%
197018,3660.4%
198024,35232.6%
199024,4230.3%
200033,43236.9%
201041,27623.5%
2019 (est.)42,758[6]3.6%
U.S. Decennial Census[7]
1790-1960[8] 1900-1990[9]
1990-2000[10] 2010-2015[1]

As of the census[11] of 2010, there were 41,276 people, 16,484 households, and 11,461 families residing in the county. The population density was 18 people per square mile (7/km2). There were 18,250 housing units at an average density of 8 per square mile (3/km2). The racial makeup of the county was 86.70% White, 0.40% Black or African American, 1.10% Native American, 0.60% Asian, 0.10% Pacific Islander, 8.70% from other races, and 2.40% from two or more races. 19.70% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 16,484 households, out of which 31.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.10% were married couples living together, 9.10% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.50% were non-families. 25.80% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.00% 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 2.97.

The county population was spread out, with 24.70% under the age of 18, 6.40% from 18 to 24, 22.50% from 25 to 44, 28.60% from 45 to 64, and 17.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 96.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.00 males.

Also from the census[12] of 2010, the median income for a household in the county was $46,058, and the median income for a family was $52,152. Males had a median income of $41,301 versus $31,659 for females. The per capita income for the county was $22,413. About 7.30% of families and 10.20% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.40% of those under age 18 and 9.80% of those age 65 or over.

Politics

Montrose is a staunch Republican county. It has not been won by a Democratic Presidential nominee since Lyndon Johnson‘s 1964 landslide – indeed since then, no Democrat has managed forty percent of the county’s vote. The county has leaned Republican ever since 1920; although before this, it did tend to vote Democratic between 1896 and 1916 except during the landslide loss of Alton B. Parker in 1904.

Presidential elections results
Montrose County vote
by party in presidential elections[13]
Year Republican Democratic Others
2020 67.3% 16,770 30.8% 7,687 1.9% 465
2016 67.9% 14,382 25.8% 5,466 6.3% 1,338
2012 67.3% 13,552 30.5% 6,138 2.2% 440
2008 63.7% 12,199 33.9% 6,495 2.4% 459
2004 69.2% 11,218 29.5% 4,776 1.4% 225
2000 65.2% 9,266 28.4% 4,041 6.4% 908
1996 55.0% 6,730 32.8% 4,019 12.2% 1,490
1992 41.4% 4,847 31.7% 3,713 27.0% 3,163
1988 60.2% 6,012 37.5% 3,748 2.3% 233
1984 70.4% 7,162 28.2% 2,864 1.5% 147
1980 68.2% 6,685 22.8% 2,232 9.0% 883
1976 58.4% 4,838 38.2% 3,164 3.4% 280
1972 64.8% 4,571 26.5% 1,870 8.8% 618
1968 52.9% 3,547 35.7% 2,394 11.5% 771
1964 39.9% 2,678 59.8% 4,009 0.3% 22
1960 58.3% 4,040 41.3% 2,861 0.4% 24
1956 62.0% 4,054 37.7% 2,461 0.3% 19
1952 67.2% 4,279 32.0% 2,037 0.9% 55
1948 48.3% 2,473 49.7% 2,544 1.9% 99
1944 56.4% 2,952 43.1% 2,258 0.5% 27
1940 54.6% 3,744 44.0% 3,013 1.4% 98
1936 41.4% 2,248 54.2% 2,938 4.4% 239
1932 41.0% 1,992 51.8% 2,516 7.2% 350
1928 67.3% 2,873 30.4% 1,297 2.4% 101
1924 45.8% 2,077 27.3% 1,239 26.8% 1,217
1920 54.8% 2,225 37.5% 1,522 7.7% 311
1916 31.5% 1,315 61.5% 2,571 7.0% 293
1912 16.8% 631 39.4% 1,478 43.8% 1,643[lower-alpha 1]

In other offices, Montrose also is strongly Republican. The last Democratic Senatorial candidate it backed was Ben “Nighthorse” Campbell, who was later to shift to the Republican Party, in the 1992 election,[14] and since then no Democratic Senatorial candidate has passed forty percent either. Montrose County did back Constitution Party nominee Tom Tancredo in the 2010 gubernatorial election,[15] and Bill Ritter did win 46 percent in 2006,[16] but Roy Romer in 1990 remains the last Democratic candidate for governor to win Montrose County.[17]

Culture
  • Ute Indian State History Museum

Communities

City

Towns

Census-designated place

Other unincorporated places

See also

Notes
  1. The leading “Other candidate”, Progressive Theodore Roosevelt, received 1,022 votes, Socialist Eugene V. Debs received 431 votes, Prohibition Party nominee Eugene Chafin 187 votes, and Socialist Labor Party nominee Arthur Reimer 3 votes.

References
  1. "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
  2. "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
  3. "OMB Bulletin No. 10-02: Update of Statistical Area Definitions and Guidance on Their Uses" (PDF). United States Office of Management and Budget. December 1, 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 16, 2012. Retrieved April 19, 2012.
  4. See the Colorado census statistical areas.
  5. "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
  6. "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved December 12, 2019.
  7. "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
  8. "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
  9. "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
  10. "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
  11. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2011-05-31.
  12. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2011-11-22.
  13. Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved May 26, 2017.
  14. Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; 1992 Senatorial General Election Results – Colorado
  15. Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; 2010 Gubernatorial General Election Results
  16. Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; 2006 Gubernatorial General Election Results
  17. Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; 1990 Gubernatorial General Election Results

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