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Population (year 2000): 246. Estimated
population in July 2005: 279 (+13.4% change)
Males: 117 (47.6%), Females: 129 (52.4%)
Logan County
Zip code:
80741
Median resident age: 38.4 years
Median household income: $28,750 (year 2000)
Median house value: $66,900 (year 2000)
Races in Merino:
- White Non-Hispanic (91.1%)
- Hispanic (6.9%)
- Other race (4.1%)
- American Indian (1.6%)
- Two or more races (1.2%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: German (35.4%), United States
(13.8%), English (12.6%), Irish (11.4%), French (3.7%),
Scotch-Irish (3.7%).
Elevation: 4035 feet
Land area: 0.2 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Merino
- High school or higher: 82.8%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 12.1%
- Graduate or professional degree: 7.0%
- Unemployed: 5.0%
- Mean travel time to work: 20.7 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Merino town
- Never married: 12.4%
- Now married: 69.1%
- Separated: 0.0%
- Widowed: 10.8%
- Divorced: 7.7%
2.0% Foreign born (1.2% Latin America, 0.8%
Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: +6 (+2.5%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Merino:
- STERLING REGIONAL MED CTR (about 15 miles; STERLING,
CO)
- EAST MORGAN COUNTY HOSPITAL - CAH (about 25 miles;
BRUSH, CO)
- COLORADO PLAINS MEDICAL CTR (about 36 miles; FORT
MORGAN, CO)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Merino:
- COLORADO PLAINS REGIONAL (about 24 miles; AKRON, CO;
ID: AKO)
- WESTERN NEB. RGNL/WILLIAM B. HEILIG FIELD (about 97
miles; SCOTTSBLUFF, NE; ID: BFF)
- DENVER INTL (about 101 miles; DENVER, CO; ID: DEN)
Other public-use airports nearest to Merino:
- STERLING MUNI (about 11 miles; STERLING, CO; ID: STK)
- BRUSH MUNI (about 22 miles; BRUSH, CO; ID: 7V5)
- GEBAUER (about 26 miles; AKRON, CO; ID: 5V6)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Merino:
- METROPOLITAN STATE COLLEGE OF DENVER (about 90
miles; DENVER, CO; Full-time enrollment: 12,938)
- UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT DENVER (about 90 miles;
DENVER, CO; FT enrollment: 8,839)
- UNIVERSITY OF DENVER (about 90 miles; DENVER, CO; FT
enrollment: 7,592)
- COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF DENVER (about 90 miles; DENVER,
CO; FT enrollment: 3,352)
- ARAPAHOE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 90 miles;
LITTLETON, CO; FT enrollment: 3,666)
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO (about 94 miles;
GREELEY, CO; FT enrollment: 10,983)
- AIMS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 98 miles; GREELEY, CO;
FT enrollment: 3,722)
Public high school in Merino:
- MERINO JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL (Students:
143; Location: 315 LEE; Grades: 07 - 12)
Public primary/middle school in Merino:
- MERINO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 166;
Location: 442 LEE; Grades: KG - 06)
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