Moving to Lamar, Colorado

About Lamar, Colorado
Lamar

Lamar is the home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Prowers County, Colorado. The city population was 7,687 at the 2020 United States census. The city was named after Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, a Confederate soldier and diplomat who wrote the Mississippi Secession Ordinance, and after the Civil War, went on to serve as U.S. Secretary of the Interior and U.S. Supreme Court Justice. Lamar is the home of Lamar Community College, and is the largest city in southeastern Colorado.

Gender
Gender Lamar Colorado Country
Female 48.5% 49.7% 50.8%
Male 51.5% 50.3% 49.2%
Gender
Created with Raphaël 2.2.049%52%Male51.5%

 Female Male
Household Income
Created with Raphaël 2.2.010%8%13%12%20%10%11%13%1%2%$35K to $50K20%

 < $10000 $10K to $15K $15K to $25K $25K to $35K $35K to $50K $50K to $75K $75K to $100K $100K to $150K $150K to $200K $200K or more

Income Lamar Colorado Country
Less than $10,000 10.1% 4.5% 5.8%
$10,000 to $14,999 7.7% 3.1% 4.1%
$15,000 to $24,999 12.8% 6.6% 8.5%
$25,000 to $34,999 11.7% 7.2% 8.6%
$35,000 to $49,999 20% 11% 12.0%
$50,000 to $74,999 10.4% 17.4% 17.2%
$75,000 to $99,999 11.3% 13.6% 12.8%
$100,000 to $149,999 12.8% 18.2% 15.6%
$150,000 to $199,999 0.7% 8.7% 7.1%
$200,000 or more 2.4% 9.6% 8.3%
Education
Created with Raphaël 2.2.010%10%25%26%8%9%9%2%1%Other College26%

 < 9th Grade 9-12th Grade High School or GED Other College Associate Degree Bachelor Degree Masters Degree Professional Degree Doctorate Degree

Education Lamar Colorado Country
< 9th Grade 10% 3% 5.0%
9-12th Grade 10% 5% 7.0%
High School or GED 25% 21% 27.0%
Other College 26% 21% 20.0%
Associate's Degree 8% 9% 9%
Bachelor's Degree 9% 26% 20.0%
Master's Degree 9% 11% 9.0%
Professional Degree 2% 2% 2.0%
Doctorate Degree 1% 2% 1.0%
Household Income
 Lamar Colorado  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.005101520>$200K$150K$200K$100K$150K$75K$100K$50K$75K$35K$50K$25K$35K$15K$25K$10K$15K<$10K10.14.55.87.73.14.112.86.68.511.77.28.620111210.417.417.211.313.612.812.818.215.60.78.77.12.49.68.3
Education
 Lamar Colorado  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.007.51522.530Dr.DegreeProf.DegreeMastersDegreeBachelorDegreeAssociateDegreeOtherCollegeHighSchool9-12thGrade< 9thGrade10351057252127262120899926209119222121
Race / Ethnicity
Created with Raphaël 2.2.056%1%1%0%39%0%2%0%White56.4%

 White African American American Indian Asian Hispanic Hawaiian Mixed Other

Ethnicity Lamar Colorado Country
White 56.4% 67.5% 60.1%
African American 1.3% 3.9% 12.2%
American Indian 0.8% 0.5% 0.6%
Asian 0.4% 3.1% 5.6%
Hawaiian 0% 0.1% 0.2%
Other 0% 0.2% 0.3%
Multiracial 1.9% 2.9% 2.8%
Hispanic 39.3% 21.7% 18.2%
Race / Ethnicity
 Lamar Colorado  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0017.53552.570Hispanic2 or More$OthersHawaiianAsianAmericanIndianAfricanAmericanWhite56.467.560.11.33.912.20.80.50.60.43.15.600.10.200.20.31.92.92.839.321.718.2