Editing San Juan County, Utah (section)

== Demographics ==
{{US Census population
| 1880 = 204
| 1890 = 365
| 1900 = 1023
| 1910 = 2377
| 1920 = 3379
| 1930 = 3496
| 1940 = 4712
| 1950 = 5315
| 1960 = 9040
| 1970 = 9606
| 1980 = 12253
| 1990 = 12621
| 2000 = 14413
| 2010 = 14746
| 2020 = 14518
| estyear = 2024
| estimate = 14601
| estref = <ref name="USCensusEst2024">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-counties-total.html|title=County Population Totals and Components of Change: 2020-2024|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=May 17, 2025}}</ref>
| align-fn = center
| footnote = US Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=US Decennial Census|publisher=US Census Bureau|access-date=June 25, 2015}}</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 25, 2015}}</ref> 1900–1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/ut190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=US Census Bureau|editor-last=Forstall|editor-first=Richard L.|date=June 25, 1995|access-date=March 27, 2015}}</ref><br>1990–2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=US Census Bureau|date=April 2, 2001|access-date=June 25, 2015}}</ref> 2010<ref name=QF>{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/49/49037.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=December 29, 2013|archive-date=June 6, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606221303/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/49/49037.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> 2020<ref>[https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/2020-population-and-housing-state-data.html 2020 Population and Housing State Data | Utah]</ref>
}}

As of 2017, San Juan County was the poorest county (per capita) in Utah <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/04/politics/utah-monuments-trump-weir/index.html|title=Trump shrinks Utah monuments in historic move|publisher=CNN|date=December 4, 2017|access-date=December 5, 2017|author=Weir, Bill}}</ref> and one of the [[List of lowest-income counties in the United States|poorest in the United States]].

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+San Juan County racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=san+juan+county+utah&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|
[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|7,186
|49.49%
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|6,038
|41.58%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|32
|0.16%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|34
|0.23%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|481
|3.31%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|747
|5.14%
|}
According to the [[2020 United States census]]<ref name="2020CensusDHC">{{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/2023/dec/2020-census-dhc.html|title=2020 Census Demographic and Housing Characteristics File (DHC)|author=United States Census Bureau|author-link=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=November 3, 2024}}</ref> and [[American Community Survey|2020 American Community Survey]],<ref name="2020ACS">{{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/data/developers/data-sets/acs-5year.2020.html|title=American Community Survey 5-Year Data (2009-2022)|author=United States Census Bureau|author-link=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=November 3, 2024}}</ref> there were 14,518 people in San Juan County with a [[population density]] of 1.9 people per square mile (0.7/km<sup>2</sup>). Among non-[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] people, the racial makeup was 6,038 (41.6%) [[White Americans|White]], 32 (0.2%) [[African Americans|African American]], 7,186 (49.5%) [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]], 34 (0.2%) [[Asian Americans|Asian]], 51 (0.4%) [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]], 26 (0.2%) from [[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|other races]], and 404 (2.8%) from [[Multiracial Americans|two or more races]]. 747 (5.1%) people were Hispanic or Latino.

There were 7,269 (50.07%) males and 7,249 (49.93%) females, and the population distribution by age was 4,176 (28.8%) under the age of 18, 8,104 (55.8%) from 18 to 64, and 2,238 (15.4%) who were at least 65 years old. The median age was 34.6 years.

There were 4,649 households in San Juan County with an average size of 3.12 of which 3,397 (73.1%) were families and 1,252 (26.9%) were non-families. Among all families, 2,359 (50.7%) were [[Marriage|married couples]], 317 (6.8%) were male householders with no spouse, and 721 (15.5%) were female householders with no spouse. Among all non-families, 1,070 (23.0%) were a single person living alone and 182 (3.9%) were two or more people living together. 1,848 (39.8%) of all households had children under the age of 18. 3,708 (79.8%) of households were [[Owner-occupancy|owner-occupied]] while 941 (20.2%) were [[Renting|renter-occupied]].

The median income for a San Juan County household was $49,690 and the median family income was $57,401, with a [[per-capita income]] of $20,088. The median income for males that were [[Full-time job|full-time employees]] was $48,259 and for females $34,092. 22.8% of the population and 18.1% of families were below the [[Poverty threshold|poverty line]].

In terms of education attainment, out of the 9,192 people in San Juan County 25 years or older, 1,313 (14.3%) had [[High school dropouts in the United States|not completed high school]], 2,801 (30.5%) had a [[high school diploma]] or equivalency, 3,316 (36.1%) had some college or [[associate degree]], 1,156 (12.6%) had a [[bachelor's degree]], and 606 (6.6%) had a [[Postgraduate education|graduate]] or [[professional degree]].

===2010 census===
As of the [[2010 United States Census]], there were 14,746 people and 4,505 households in San Juan County. The racial and ethnic composition of the population was 50.4% Native American, 45.8% White, 0.3% Asian, 0.2% African American and 2.3% reporting two or more races. 4.4% of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.<ref>[http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/49/49037.html Census QuickFacts page for San Juan County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606221303/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/49/49037.html |date=June 6, 2011 }} accessed June 7, 2012</ref>