Prowers County - Colorado (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Prowers County is one of the 64 counties of the State of Colorado of the United States. The county is named in honor of John W. Prowers, a leading pioneer in the lower Arkansas valley region. The county population was 14,483 at U.S. Census 2000. The county seat is Lamar. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,644 square miles (4,259 km ), of which, 1,640 square miles (4,249 km ) of it is land and 4 square miles (10 km ) of it (0.24%) is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 14,483 people, 5,307 households, and 3,725 families residing in the county. The population density was 9 people per square mile (3/km ). There were 5,977 housing units at an average density of 4 per square mile (1/km ).