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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Las Animas County has the largest area of the 64 counties of the State of Colorado of the United States. Las Animas County takes its name from the Mexican Spanish name of the Purgatoire River, originally called El Río de las Ánimas Perdidas en Purgatorio, which means "River of the Lost Souls in Purgatory." The county's population was 15,207 at the 2000 census. The county seat is Trinidad.
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1870 | 4,276
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| 1880 | 8,903
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| 1890 | 17,208
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| 1900 | 21,842
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| 1910 | 33,643
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| 1920 | 38,975
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| 1930 | 36,008
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| 1940 | 32,369
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| 1950 | 25,902
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| 1960 | 19,983
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| 1970 | 15,744
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| 1980 | 14,897
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| 1990 | 13,765
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