Clifton is an unincorporated community, a census-designated place (CDP), and a post office in Mesa County, Colorado, United States. It is part of the Grand Junction, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Clifton post office has the ZIP Code 81520. The community was named for cliffs near the town site.

Geography

Clifton is in central Mesa County, bordered to the west by the city of Grand Junction and to the northwest by unincorporated Fruitvale. The Colorado River forms the southern edge of the community. U.S. Route 6 passes through the center of Clifton, leading west to the center of Grand Junction and east the same distance to Palisade. Interstate 70 passes along the northern edge of Clifton, with access from Exit 37 (I-70 Business). Colorado State Highway 141 leads south from US 6, to U.S. Route 50. The Clifton CDP has an area of , of which , or 1.20%, are water.

There were 7,790 households in Clifton, of which 33.2% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 42.0% were married-couple households, 20.6% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 28.8% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 25.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

! Race !! Number !! Percent

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| White || 15,315 || 75.0%

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| Black or African American || 158 || 0.8%

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| American Indian and Alaska Native || 327 || 1.6%

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| Asian || 97 || 0.5%

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| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander || 13 || 0.1%

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| Some other race || 1,971 || 9.7%

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| Two or more races || 2,532 || 12.4%

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| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) || 4,922 || 24.1%

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The United States Census Bureau initially defined the Clifton CDP for the 1980 United States census.

See also

  • Grand Junction, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area
  • List of census-designated places in Colorado
  • List of county seats in Colorado
  • List of populated places in Colorado
  • List of post offices in Colorado

References

  • State of Colorado
  • History Colorado
  • Clifton @ Colorado.com
  • Clifton @ UncoverColorado.com
  • Mesa County website