Towaoc, Colorado

Towaoc is a census-designated place (CDP), a post office, and the capital of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe located on the Ute Mountain Reservation in Montezuma County, Colorado, United States. The Towaoc post office has the ZIP Code 81334 (post office boxes).

The Towaoc, Colorado, post office opened on April 1, 1915. The Ute Mountain Reservation was created on June 6, 1940.

Old Towaoc, located at the base of Ute Mountain, is approximately west of US Highways 491-160, and includes various tribal and BIA governmental buildings and housing areas, including the tribal offices of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe. In recent years, a small complex has been developed directly on US Highway 491–160 at the junction of the road into the original town.

Geography

Towaoc is located east of Sleeping Ute Mountain, a sacred mountain of the Ute people, and northeast of the Four Corners Monument.

At the 2020 United States census, the Towaoc CDP had an area of , all land.

0.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas.

There were 347 households in Towaoc, of which 41.5% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 19.6% were married-couple households, 21.0% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 52.4% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 23.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. !! Percent

| Spoke English at home || 47.18%

| Spoke Ute dialect at home || 45.99%

| Spoke Navajo at home || 5.31%

| Spoke Spanish at home || 1.08%

| Spoke Cheyenne at home || 0.43%

<!-- As of the census of 2000, there were 1,069 people, 329 households, and 266 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 366 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 2.83% White, 0.09% African American, 94.44% Native American, 0.46% from other races, and 2.19% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.46% of the population.

There were 329 households, out of which 52.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.2% were married couples living together, 32.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.1% were non-families. 16.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 1.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.30 and the average family size was 3.68.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 40.9% under the age of 18, 9.7% from 18 to 24, 35.1% from 25 to 44, 10.8% from 45 to 64, and 3.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 25 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.7 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $1,405, and the median income for a family was $1,796. Males had a median income of $1,583 versus $1,658 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $531. About 9.0% of families and 2.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 49.3% of those under age 18 and 27.3% of those age 65 or over. -->

Towaoc, Colorado

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