Demographics
Telluride is located in San Miguel County in southwestern Colorado on the San Miguel River on the west side of the San Juan Mountains. A small year round community of approximately 2,500 people, Telluride was originally a mining town, but has now become a major ski resort. In the summer, the little community swells with part-time residents and visitors who come to enjoy the many music festivals and the fantastic summer scenery.
Sitting in a glacially formed u-shaped valley, Telluride, Colorado is surrounded by steep forested mountains and rugged rocky cliffs. At the head of the Canyon is spectacular Bridal Veil Falls and on the surrounding hillsides can be found numerous weathered ruins of old mining operations. The Town is situated at the end of a three-mile spur off State Highway 145. Historic Telluride adjoins the Telluride ski area on its southern border and is surrounded by the twelve and thirteen thousand foot peaks of the Uncompahgre National Forest.
The Town is comprised of roughly fifty square blocks. The three-mile entrance spur of Highway 145 becomes Colorado Avenue, the main street of the commercial core.
As of the census of 2000, there are 2,221 people, 1,013 households, and 357 families residing in the town. There are 1,013 households out of which 19.1% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 25.2% are married couples living together, 6.1% have a female householder with no husband present, and 64.7% are non-families. 31.9% of all households are made up of individuals and 1.6% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.19 and the average family size is 2.79.
The age distribution if the town is spread out with 14.3% under the age of 18, 12.2% from 18 to 24, 50.9% from 25 to 44, 20.8% from 45 to 64, and 1.9% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 31 years. For every 100 females, there are 122.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 127.4 males.
Telluride is the county seat for San Miguel County. It maintains strong economic and social ties to neighboring towns and cities including Mountain Village, Norwood, Ridgway, Montrose, Ouray, Rico, Cortez and Durango.
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