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Colorado Population
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People QuickFacts |
Colorado |
| Population, 2005 estimate
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4,665,177 |
| Population, percent change,
April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 |
8.4%2 |
| Population, 2000
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4,301,261 |
| Population, percent change,
1990 to 2000 |
30.6% |
| Persons under 5 years old,
percent, 2004 |
7.4% |
| Persons under 18 years old,
percent, 2004 |
25.6% |
| Persons 65 years old and over,
percent, 2004 |
9.8% |
| Female persons, percent, 2004
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49.5% |
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| White persons, percent, 2004
(a) |
90.3% |
| Black persons, percent, 2004
(a) |
4.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska
Native persons, percent, 2004 (a) |
1.1% |
| Asian persons, percent, 2004
(a) |
2.5% |
| Native Hawaiian and Other
Pacific Islander, percent, 2004 (a) |
0.1% |
| Persons reporting two or more
races, percent, 2004 |
1.8% |
| Persons of Hispanic or Latino
origin, percent, 2004 (b) |
19.1% |
| White persons, not Hispanic,
percent, 2004 |
72.5% |
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| Living in same house in 1995
and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 |
44.1% |
| Foreign born persons,
percent, 2000 |
8.6% |
| Language other than English
spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000
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15.1% |
| High school graduates,
percent of persons age 25+, 2000
|
86.9% |
| Bachelor's degree or higher,
pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
32.7% |
| Persons with a disability,
age 5+, 2000 |
638,654 |
| Mean travel time to work
(minutes), workers age 16+, 2000
|
24.3 |
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| Housing units, 2004
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2,010,806 |
| Homeownership rate, 2000
|
67.3% |
| Housing units in multi-unit
structures, percent, 2000 |
25.7% |
| Median value of
owner-occupied housing units, 2000
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$166,600 |
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| Households, 2000
|
1,658,238 |
| Persons per household, 2000
|
2.53 |
| Per capita money income, 1999
|
$24,049 |
| Median household income, 2003
|
$49,248 |
| Persons below poverty,
percent, 2003 |
10.0% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Colorado |
| Private nonfarm
establishments, 2003 |
143,9491 |
| Private nonfarm employment,
2003 |
1,884,5001 |
| Private nonfarm employment,
percent change 2000-2003 |
-1.5%1 |
| Nonemployer establishments,
2003 |
369,784 |
| Manufacturers shipments, 2002
($1000) |
34,661,144 |
| Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)
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52,226,983 |
| Retail sales per capita, 2002
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$11,611 |
| Minority-owned firms, percent
of total, 1997 |
9.0% |
| Women-owned firms, percent of
total, 1997 |
28.0% |
| Housing units authorized by
building permits, 2004 |
46,499 |
| Federal spending, 2004
($1000) |
30,060,3291 |
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Geography QuickFacts |
Colorado |
| Land area, 2000 (square miles)
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103,718 |
| Persons per square mile, 2000
|
41.5 |
| FIPS Code
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08 |
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