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People QuickFactsColoradoUSA
Population, 2030 projection 5,792,357 363,584,435
Population, projected percent change, July 1, 2010 to July 1, 2030 16.6% 15.0% 
Population, 2008 estimate 4,939,456304,059,724
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008 14.8%8.0%
Population estimates base (April 1) 2000 4,302,015281,424,602
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2008 7.3%6.9%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2008 24.4%24.3%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2008 10.3%12.8%
Female persons, percent, 2008 49.6%50.7%
White persons, percent, 2008 (a) 89.7%79.8%
Black persons, percent, 2008 (a) 4.3%12.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2008 (a) 1.2%1.0%
Asian persons, percent, 2008 (a) 2.7%4.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2008 (a) 0.2%0.2%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2008 2.0%1.7%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2008 (b) 20.2%15.4%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2008 71.0%65.6%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 44.1%54.1%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 8.6%11.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 15.1%17.9%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 86.9%80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 32.7%24.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 638,65449,746,248
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 24.325.5
Housing units, 2007 2,127,156127,901,934
Homeownership rate, 2000 67.3%66.2%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 25.7%26.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $166,600$119,600
Households, 2000 1,658,238105,480,101
Persons per household, 2000 2.532.59
Median household income, 2007 $55,517$50,740
Per capita money income, 1999 $24,049$21,587
Persons below poverty, percent, 2007 11.5%13.0%
   
Business QuickFactsColoradoUSA
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2006 154,53617,601,160
Private nonfarm employment, 2006 2,019,1251119,917,165
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2006 5.5%15.1%
Nonemployer establishments, 2006 405,15520,768,555
Total number of firms, 2002 464,98222,974,655
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 1.5%5.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 0.8%0.9%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 2.3%4.8%
Native Hawaiian & Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 0.1%0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 5.2%6.8%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 29.1%28.2%
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) 34,661,1443,916,136,712
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) 92,092,1554,634,755,112
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 52,226,9833,056,421,997
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $11,611$10,615
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) 8,808,846449,498,718
Building permits, 2008 18,998905,359
Federal spending, 2007 ($1000) 34,827,90812,536,629,4052
   
Geography QuickFactsColoradoUSA
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 103,717.533,537,438.44
Persons per square mile, 2000 41.579.6

1: Includes data not distributed by county.
2: Includes data not distributed by state.

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
F: Fewer than 100 firms
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
X: Not applicable
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown

Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report