Editing Crowley County, Colorado (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1920= 6383
|1930= 5934
|1940= 5398
|1950= 5222
|1960= 3978
|1970= 3086
|1980= 2988
|1990= 3946
|2000= 5518
|2010= 5823
|2020= 5922
|estyear=2023
|estimate=5636
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2023">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=March 31, 2024}}</ref>
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|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=June 7, 2014}}</ref><br />1790-1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=June 7, 2014|archive-date=August 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120811110448/http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/|url-status=dead}}</ref> 1900-1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/co190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=June 7, 2014}}</ref><br />1990-2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327165705/http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-date=March 27, 2010 |url-status=live|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=June 7, 2014}}</ref> 2010-2020<ref name="2020Census" />
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As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR8">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=May 14, 2011 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 5,518 people, 1,358 households, and 957 families living in the county. The [[population density]] was {{convert|7|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people}}. There were 1,542 housing units at an average density of {{convert|2|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the county was 82.95% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 7.05% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 2.59% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.82% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.02% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 4.77% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.81% from two or more races. 22.54% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.

There were 1,358 households, out of which 34.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.10% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 11.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.50% were non-families. 25.70% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.12.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 18.80% under the age of 18, 9.90% from 18 to 24, 39.60% from 25 to 44, 20.80% from 45 to 64, and 10.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 205.40 males (this is the highest of any U.S. county/parish in 2000). For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 240.90 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $26,803, and the median income for a family was $32,162. Males had a median income of $20,813 versus $21,920 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $12,836. About 15.20% of families and 18.50% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 23.60% of those under age 18 and 13.50% of those age 65 or over. More recent data, published in 2011, estimated that 48.1 percent of the county's residents lived in poverty, and of 3,197 counties ranked by the U.S. Census Bureau in 2011 for "estimated percent of people of all ages in poverty", Crowley was second, due to the prison located in the county.<ref>{{cite web | title = Table 1: 2011 Poverty and Median Income Estimates - Counties | work = Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates | publisher = U.S. Census Bureau | year = 2011 | url = https://www.census.gov/did/www/saipe/downloads/estmod11/est11ALL.xls | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131010134222/http://www.census.gov/did/www/saipe/downloads/estmod11/est11ALL.xls | archive-date = October 10, 2013 }}</ref>

Census data for Crowley County includes 1,955 prisoners. The prison population is 19.23% Black, and 24.35% Hispanic. Without the prisoners, Crowley County would be 86.72% White, 0.36% Black, and 21.55% Hispanic. As a percentage of its population, Crowley County has more of its Census population in prison than any other county in the country.<ref>Wagner, Peter; [https://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2004/04/19/twenty-one/ ‘Twenty one counties have twenty one percent of their population in prisons and jails’]; ''Prison Policy Initiative'', April 19, 2004</ref><ref>''Prison Policy Initiative''; [https://www.prisonpolicy.org/racialgeography/counties.html ‘Racial Geography of Mass Incarceration – Appendix A. Counties: Ratios of overrepresentation’]</ref>