The population of Montezuma county is estimated at 25,975. In 2017 there were 297 births and 275 deaths in Montezuma county. Montezuma county has 4,421 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 3,208 that are owned free and clear and 2,912 that are renter occupied.

  The residents of Montezuma County filed 11,580 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.4% of all Colorado filings and 0.008% of the entire nation. Montezuma had a combined total federal tax liability of $91,000,000 on earned income of $609,600,000. Other notable statistics from Montezuma County were 580 unemployment claims which collected a total of $2,887,000 and 1,650 charitable contributions valued at $7,837,000. 2,020 filings from Montezuma County paid a combined total of $3,060,000 in property taxes and 1,710 filings paid $13,365,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Montezuma county had 47 religious congregations with an estimated 8,018 members.
28.0% of the Montezuma population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 10.0% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 49% of Montezuma County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is an increase from the 2012 election by 474 votes.
At $48,692 the median income is 70.5% of the Colorado average. An estimated 520 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Montezuma, the equivalant of around 4.0% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 5.0%.

Top 15 Industries in Montezuma County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
1,422	Health care and social assistance
1,263	Accommodation and food services
1,159	Retail trade
775	Ambulatory health care services
731	Food services and drinking places
532	Accommodation
444	Home health care services
338	Full-service restaurants
286	Limited-service restaurants
281	Professional, scientific, and technical services
264	Manufacturing
255	Food and beverage stores
196	Grocery stores
196	Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores
187	Wood product manufacturing

In 2018 the average price reduction was 2.03% in Montezuma County.

In 2018 5.86% of listings in Montezuma County (averaging across 3 zip codes; 81328, 81321 and 81323) dropped their price.

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