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Granada is a Statutory Town
Colorado municipalities

The 271 municipal corporation of the State of Colorado operate under one of five types of municipal governing authority granted by the state....
 in Prowers County
Prowers County, Colorado

Prowers County is one of the Colorado counties of the State of Colorado of the United States. The county is named in honor of John W. Prowers, a leading pioneer in the lower Arkansas valley region....
, Colorado
Colorado

The State of Colorado is a U.S. state located in the Mountain States of the United States of America. Colorado may also be considered to be a part of the Western United States and Southwestern United States regions of the United States....
, United States
United States

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. The population was 640 at the 2000 census
United States Census, 2000

File:US-Census-2000Logo.svgThe Twenty-Second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the United States Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons Enumeration during the United States Census, 1990....
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ada is located at (38.064603, -102.311052).

According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data....
, the town has a total area of 0.7 square miles (1.9 kmē), all of it land.

f the census
Census

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 of 2000, there were 640 people, 198 households, and 151 families residing in the town. The population density
Population density

Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans....
 was 889.6 people per square mile (343.2/kmē).






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Granada is a Statutory Town
Colorado municipalities

The 271 municipal corporation of the State of Colorado operate under one of five types of municipal governing authority granted by the state....
 in Prowers County
Prowers County, Colorado

Prowers County is one of the Colorado counties of the State of Colorado of the United States. The county is named in honor of John W. Prowers, a leading pioneer in the lower Arkansas valley region....
, Colorado
Colorado

The State of Colorado is a U.S. state located in the Mountain States of the United States of America. Colorado may also be considered to be a part of the Western United States and Southwestern United States regions of the United States....
, United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. The population was 640 at the 2000 census
United States Census, 2000

File:US-Census-2000Logo.svgThe Twenty-Second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the United States Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons Enumeration during the United States Census, 1990....
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Geography

Granada is located at (38.064603, -102.311052).

According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data....
, the town has a total area of 0.7 square miles (1.9 kmē), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the census
Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population....
 of 2000, there were 640 people, 198 households, and 151 families residing in the town. The population density
Population density

Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans....
 was 889.6 people per square mile (343.2/kmē). There were 233 housing units at an average density of 323.9/sq mi (124.9/kmē). The racial makeup of the town was 64.69% White, 0.16% Native American, 33.75% from other races
Race (United States Census)

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget , are Self-concept data items in which residents choose the Race in the United States or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are of Hispanic or Latino origin ....
, and 1.41% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 62.50% of the population.

There were 198 households out of which 48.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.1% were married couples
Marriage

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 living together, 9.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.7% were non-families. 18.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.23 and the average family size was 3.77.

In the town the population was spread out with 37.7% under the age of 18, 9.1% from 18 to 24, 25.3% from 25 to 44, 18.3% from 45 to 64, and 9.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 28 years. For every 100 females there were 95.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.5 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $26,042, and the median income for a family was $31,750. Males had a median income of $22,167 versus $18,750 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income

Per capita income means how much each individual receives, in monetary terms, of the yearly income generated in the country. This is what each citizen is to receive if the yearly national income is divided equally among everyone....
 for the town was $10,561. About 25.2% of families and 27.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 34.4% of those under age 18 and 17.5% of those age 65 or over.

Students are served by Granada Undivided High School
Granada Undivided High School

Granada Undivided High School is the high school serving Granada, Colorado. As of the 2004-05 school year, the school served 122 students in grades 7-12....
 whose mascot are the Bobcat
Bobcat

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Historic sites

  • Granada War Relocation Center
    Granada War Relocation Center

    The Granada War Relocation Center was a Japanese American internment camp located in southeast Colorado about a mile west of the small farming community of Granada, Colorado, south of U.S....
  • Santa Fe National Historic Trail


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