Alamosa County, Colorado Basics:


Alamosa County Colorado - Government Site

Population: 16,123
Area: 723 square miles
County seat: Alamosa
Area code(s) in use: 719
Time zone: MST
High school graduate or higher: 86.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 23.1%
Median household income: $38,045
Persons in poverty: 21.8%
Home ownership rate: 63.2%
Mean travel time to work: 14.7 minutes


Adjacent counties:
Conejos  Costilla  Huerfano  Rio Grande  Saguache  

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Our detail map of Alamosa County shows the Alamosa County, Colorado boundary lines and other interesting items.

Places in Alamosa County, Colorado

  Airports     show all on map

Las Arenas Earth and Sky Observatory Airport, San Luis Valley Regional Airport/Bergman Field, Van Treese Airport

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Alamosa County Ambulance, Alamosa County Sheriff's Office, Alamosa Fire Department Station 1, Alamosa Fire Department Station 2, Alamosa Police Department, Colorado State Patrol Troop 5B, Eagle Air Medical Corporation, Mosca - Hooper Volunteer Fire Department

  Canals     show all on map

Adams Overflow Ditch, Alamosa Ditch, Alamosa Farm Lateral, Bowen Drain, Carmel Drain Ditch, Central Lateral, Chicago Ditch, Costilla Canal, Denver Colony Lateral, Empire Lateral, Franklin Eddy Canal, Hooper Lateral, Independent Ditch, Maddux Ditch, Morganville Ditch, Seamans Ditch, South Lateral, Streator Lateral, Waverly Drain Ditch, Westside Ditch

  Cemeteries     show all on map

Alamosa Municipal Cemetery, Alamosa Spanish Cemetery 1913, Becker Cemetery, Pioneer Urraca Cemetery, Speiser Cemetery, Urraca Cemetery

  Census     show all on map

Alamosa East Census Designated Place

  Churches     show all on map

Alamosa Center Spanish Mission, Alamosa Christian Church, Alamosa Christian Reformed Church, Alamosa Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses, Cavalry Bible Chapel, Christian Science Society, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - day Saints, College Heights Baptist Church, First Christian Church, First United Methodist Church, Hooper Baptist Church, Institute of Religion, Lidell Carl Bishop Study, Mountain Valley Church, Real Life on the Rock Church, River of Life Assembly of God Church, Sacred Heart Church, Saint Thomas Episcopal Church, San Luis Valley Baptist Church, Seventh Day Adventist Church, Showalter - Butler Chapel, Trinity Lutheran

  Cliffs     show all on map

Hansen Bluff

  Falls     show all on map

Zapata Falls

  Gaps     show all on map

Mosca Pass

  Hospitals     show all on map

San Luis Valley Regional Medical Center

  Lakes     show all on map

Blue Lakes, Cotton Lake, Crater Lake, Dollar Lake, Dry Lakes, Head Lake, Lake Como, Little Bear Lake, Middle Zapata Creek Lake, Pioneer Lake, San Luis Lake, South Zapata Lake, Twin Lakes

  Locales     show all on map

Alamosa Plaza, King Ranch, Medano Ranch, Pinyon Flats Campground, Valley Plaza, Villa Mall, Zapata Ranch

  Mines     show all on map

Blanca Mine, Harmony Pit, Swab Mine

  Parks     show all on map

Alamosa National Wildlife Refuge, Cole Park, Cole Park

  Populated Places     show all on map

Alamosa, Estrella, Hartner, Henry, Hooper, La Fruto, Mosca, Parma, Waverly

  Post Offices     show all on map

Alamosa Post Office, Mosca Post Office

  Reservoirs     show all on map

Adams Lake, Bachelor Lake, Holbrook Creek Dam, Smith Reservoir, Tobin Creek Dam

  Ridges     show all on map

North Zapata Ridge, Sheep Ridge

  Schools     show all on map

Adams State University, Alamosa High School, Boyd Elementary School, Mount Pleasant School, Ortega Middle School, Polston Elementary School, Sangre de Cristo Elementary School, Trinidad State Junior College - Valley Campus, Waverly School (historical)

  Springs     show all on map

Denton Spring, Mosca Spring

  Streams     show all on map

Arena Creek, Cat Creek, Garden Creek, Holbrook Creek, Little Spring Creek, Middle Zapata Creek, Mosca Creek, North Arrastre Creek, North Fork South Zapata Creek, North Zapata Creek, Pioneer Creek, South Arrastre Creek, South Zapata Creek, Tobin Creek, Urraca Creek

  Summits     show all on map

Blanca Peak, Carbonate Mountain, Ellingwood Point, Little Bear Peak, Twin Peaks

  Towers     show all on map

KALQ-FM (Alamosa), KASF-FM (Alamosa), KGIW-AM (Alamosa)

  Valleys     show all on map

Axtel Canyon, Box Canyon, California Gulch, Chimney Gulch, Chokecherry Canyon, Denton Canyon, Evans Gulch, Morris Gulch, Raspberry Canyon, San Luis Valley, Tellurium Gulch

  Wells     show all on map

King Well, Mount Blanca Well, Tobin Creek Well,

Alamosa County, Colorado Population By Race (2012 estimate)

RacePopulation
WhiteAlamosa County White population 14,30114,301  
American IndianAlamosa County American Indian population 838838
MixedAlamosa County Mixed population 468467
BlackAlamosa County Black population 258257
AsianAlamosa County Asian population 210209
Hawaiian & Pacific IslanderAlamosa County Hawaiian & Pacific Islander population 3232

Additional population tables :
State population table
Colorado population by county