Tuesday, September 3, 2019

Population loss in Colorado: San Juan County/Silverton


It all started here.

Population loss as in major -- 50% or more. 

Source:  Wikipedia (San Juan County, Silverton)


Silverton is the county seat of San Juan County.

Population loss by degrees:  80-90%, 70-79%, 60-69%, 50-59%.

Percentage of population 25 and older with a bachelor's degree:
  • 29.8% - San Juan County
  • 39.4% - Colorado
  • 30.9% - U.S.
Percentage of population 65 and older:
  • 23.4% - San Juan County
  • 14.2% - Colorado
  • 15.6% - U.S.
% of population living in poverty:
  • 13.6% - San Juan County
  • 10.3% - Colorado
  • 12.3% - U.S.

San Juan County has voted Democratic in the past 4 presidential elections:  52.1% for Kerry in 2004, 52.2% and 52.6% for Obama in 2008 and 2012, and 52.4% for Clinton in 2016.


 Related reading:
Is Disentis Skiing’s Next Big Secret?  (The New York Times, 12/10/2010)
The scene brought to mind an inflated version of Mineral Basin at Snowbird, or a steeper version of Vail’s back bowls. But Val Gronda reminded me of no place so much as Silverton — Colorado’s no-frills backcountry ski area where a single lift deposits skiers atop nearly 2,000 acres of tilted bowls, scare-your-mother cliffs and avalanche-prone gullies. 

Other Colorado population loss posts:
Sedgwick County/Julesburg.  (8/28/2019)
Washington County/Akron.  (8/29/2019)
Cheyenne County/Cheyenne Wells.  (8/30/2019)
Kiowa County/Eads.  (8/31/2019)
Baca County/Springfield.  (8/31/2019)
Las Animas County/Trinidad.  (9/1/2019)
Huerfano County/Walsenburg.  (9/1/2019)
Mineral County/Creede.  (9/2/2019)
Hinsdale County/Lake City.  (9/2/2019)

Other population loss series:

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