La Junta, CO

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2023 Population

7,211

0.456% 1-year decline

US Senator

Michael Bennet

Democratic Party

US Senator

John Hickenlooper

Democratic Party

2023 Poverty Rate

26%

12.4% 1-year increase

About

The 5 largest ethnic groups in La Junta, CO are White (Non-Hispanic) (49.1%), White (Hispanic) (20.7%), Other (Hispanic) (13.3%), Two+ (Hispanic) (8.08%), and Other (Non-Hispanic) (2.25%).

N/A of the households in La Junta, CO reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

99.1% of the residents in La Junta, CO are U.S. citizens.

The largest universities in N/A are Otero College (349 degrees awarded in 2022).

Most people in La Junta, CO drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 22.9 minutes. The average car ownership in La Junta, CO was 3 cars per household.

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Population & Diversity

La Junta, CO is home to a population of 7.21k people, from which 99.1% are citizens. As of N/A, N/A% of La Junta, CO residents were born outside of the country (N/A people).

In 2023, there were 2.37 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (3.54k people) in La Junta, CO than any other race or ethnicity. There were 1.5k White (Hispanic) and 957 Other (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

99.1%

2023 Citizenship

99.4%

2022 Citizenship

The following chart shows US citizenship percentages in La Junta, CO compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in La Junta, CO

White (Non-Hispanic)
3.54k ± 414
White (Hispanic)
1.5k ± 352
Other (Hispanic)
957 ± 430

44.1%

Hispanic Population

3.18k people

44.1% of the people in La Junta, CO are hispanic (3.18k people).

The following chart shows the 7 races represented in La Junta, CO as a share of the total population.

Economy

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Employment

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

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This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Colorado (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

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Median Earnings by Industry

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The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2023 are Construction ($70,953), Retail Trade ($67,941), and Manufacturing ($57,038).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2023 are Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($57,803), Retail Trade ($46,846), and Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($37,411).

Employment by Industry Sector

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Y-Axis

1.73%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 2.87M people employed in Colorado. This represents a 1.73% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 11.9%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Colorado.

Education

Most students graduating from Universities in La Junta, CO are White (167 and 49.6%), followed by Hispanic or Latino (125 and 37.1%), Black or African American (15 and 4.45%), and Asian (14 and 4.15%).

The largest universities in La Junta, CO by number of degrees awarded are Otero College (349 and NaNk%).

The most popular majors in N/A are Registered Nursing (80 and NaNk%), Liberal Arts & Sciences (71 and NaNk%), and Criminal Justice - Police Science (33 and NaNk%).

Completions

Universities

Gender

Race

Otero College

Largest Universities by degrees awarded

349 degrees awarded

In 2022, the institution with the largest number of graduating students was Otero College with 349 degrees awarded.

Student Diversity

In N/A, N/A men were awarded degrees from institutions in La Junta, CO, which is N/A times N/A than the N/A female students who received degrees in the same year.

In 2022 the most common race/ethnicity group awarded degrees at institutions was White students. These 167 degrees mean that there were 1.34 times more degrees awarded to White students then the next closest race/ethnicity group, Hispanic or Latino, with 125 degrees awarded.

Awarded Degrees over Time

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Working Population

Educational Pyramid

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Measure

In N/A, N/A% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while N/A% of women were in the same situation.

This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.

Educational Attainment

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Race

The most common educational levels obtained by the working population in 2022 were Bachelors Degree (1.16M), Some college (997k), and High School or Equivalent (997k).

This visualization illustrates the percentage distribution of the population according to the highest educational level reached. You can filter the data by race by using the selector above.

Housing & Living

People in La Junta, CO have an average commute time of 22.9 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in La Junta, CO is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 3 cars per household.

Equity

Income by Location

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Race/Ethnicity

The following map shows all of the places in La Junta, CO colored by their Median Household Income (Total).

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

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The following chart displays the households in La Junta, CO distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the N/A range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for La Junta, CO is from Colorado.

0.464

2022 Wage GINI in Colorado

0.465

2021 Wage GINI in Colorado

In 2022, the income inequality in Colorado was 0.464 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.265% decline from 2021 to 2022, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Colorado was lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Colorado in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Colorado across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2023

Drove Alone (78.4%)
Carpooled (12.9%)
Worked At Home (5.53%)

In 2023, 78.4% of workers in La Junta, CO drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (12.9%) and those who worked at home (5.53%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

22.9 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in La Junta, CO have a shorter commute time (22.9 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.6 minutes). Additionally, N/A% of the workforce in La Junta, CO have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in La Junta, CO compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

3 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in La Junta, CO distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in La Junta, CO have 3 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

26% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in La Junta, CO (1.8k out of 6.92k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.4%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Males 55 - 64, followed by Females < 5 and then Males < 5.

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The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Social Needs

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The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

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Military or VA

The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in La Junta, CO changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.

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