The population of Ouray county is estimated at 4,784. In 2017 there were 32 births and 30 deaths in Ouray county. Ouray county has 961 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 537 that are owned free and clear and 524 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Ouray County filed 2,490 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.1% of all Colorado filings and 0.002% of the entire nation. Ouray had a combined total federal tax liability of $28,681,000 on earned income of $179,861,000. Other notable statistics from Ouray County were 80 unemployment claims which collected a total of $377,000 and 740 charitable contributions valued at $3,531,000. 810 filings from Ouray County paid a combined total of $2,301,000 in property taxes and 630 filings paid $7,223,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Ouray county had 9 religious congregations with an estimated 926 members.
49.4% of the Ouray population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 2.0% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 69% of Ouray County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is an increase from the 2012 election by 104 votes.
At $63,627 the median income is 92.1% of the Colorado average. An estimated 66 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Ouray, the equivalant of around 2.9% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 3.7%.

Top 15 Industries in Ouray County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
280	Accommodation and food services
159	Food services and drinking places
145	Retail trade
133	Full-service restaurants
121	Accommodation
117	Hotels (except casino hotels) and motels
78	Professional, scientific, and technical services
54	Finance and insurance
52	Health care and social assistance
51	Food and beverage stores
36	Manufacturing
35	Other services (except public administration)
32	Utilities
31	Grocery stores
31	Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores

In 2018 7.69% of listings in Ouray County.

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