Rico, Colorado Rico, Colorado Rico Town Hall, listed on the National Register of Historic Places Rico Town Hall, listed on the National Register of Historic Places Location in Dolores County and the state of Colorado Location in Dolores County and the state of Colorado Country United States State State of Colorado Rico is an incorporated small town in Dolores County, Colorado, United States.
Rico is positioned in easterly Dolores County at 37 41 32 N 108 1 51 W (37.692095, -108.030839), in the valley of the Dolores River.
Colorado State Highway 145 passes through the town as it follows the river, dominant southwest 48 miles (77 km) to Cortez and northeast over Lizard Head Pass 27 miles (43 km) to Telluride.
Enumeration Bureau, the town of Rico has an region of 0.8 square miles (2.0 km2), all of it land. Rico experiences an alpine subarctic climate (Koppen climate classification Dfc) with long, cold, very snowy winters and short, cool summers due to the high altitude and high rain year-round due to orographic lift. Climate data for RICO, COLORADO In the town, the populace was spread out with 15.1% under the age of 18, 8.8% from 18 to 24, 50.7% from 25 to 44, 22.0% from 45 to 64, and 3.4% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town was $36,667, and the median income for a family was $55,625.
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"Colorado Municipal Incorporations".
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"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Rico town, Colorado".
Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin.
"RICO, COLORADO (057017)".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
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