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    People QuickFacts Colorado USA
Population definition and source info Population, 2014 estimate 5,355,866 318,857,056
Population definition and source info Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 5,029,324 308,758,105
Population, percent change - April 1, 2010 to July 1 definition and source info Population, percent change - April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014 6.5% 3.3%
Population definition and source info Population, 2010 5,029,196 308,745,538
Persons under 5 years, percent definition and source info Persons under 5 years, percent, 2014 6.3% 6.2%
Persons under 18 years, percent definition and source info Persons under 18 years, percent, 2014 23.3% 23.1%
Persons 65 years and over, percent definition and source info Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2014 12.7% 14.5%
Female persons, percent definition and source info Female persons, percent, 2014 49.8% 50.8%
 
White alone, percent definition and source info White alone, percent, 2014 (a) 87.7% 77.4%
Black or African American alone, percent definition and source info Black or African American alone, percent, 2014 (a) 4.5% 13.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent definition and source info American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent, 2014 (a) 1.6% 1.2%
Asian alone, percent definition and source info Asian alone, percent, 2014 (a) 3.1% 5.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent definition and source info Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2014 (a) 0.2% 0.2%
Two or More Races, percent definition and source info Two or More Races, percent, 2014 2.9% 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino, percent definition and source info Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2014 (b) 21.2% 17.4%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent definition and source info White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2014 69.0% 62.1%
 
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent definition and source info Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2009-2013 80.7% 84.9%
Foreign born persons, percent definition and source info Foreign born persons, percent, 2009-2013 9.7% 12.9%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+ definition and source info Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2009-2013 16.8% 20.7%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+ definition and source info High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013 90.2% 86.0%
Bachelor Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013 37.0% 28.8%
Veterans definition and source info Veterans, 2009-2013 399,458 21,263,779
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+ definition and source info Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2009-2013 24.5 25.5
 
Housing units definition and source info Housing units, 2014 2,276,184 133,957,180
Homeownership rate definition and source info Homeownership rate, 2009-2013 65.4% 64.9%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent definition and source info Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2009-2013 25.9% 26.0%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units definition and source info Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2009-2013 $236,200 $176,700
Households definition and source info Households, 2009-2013 1,977,591 115,610,216
Persons per household definition and source info Persons per household, 2009-2013 2.53 2.63
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2013 dollars) definition and source info Per capita money income in past 12 months (2013 dollars), 2009-2013 $31,109 $28,155
Median household income definition and source info Median household income, 2009-2013 $58,433 $53,046
Persons below poverty level, percent definition and source info Persons below poverty level, percent, 2009-2013 13.2% 15.4%
    Business QuickFacts Colorado USA
Private nonfarm establishments definition and source info Private nonfarm establishments, 2013 154,8751 7,488,353
Private nonfarm employment definition and source info Private nonfarm employment, 2013 2,090,9751 118,266,253
Private nonfarm employment, percent change definition and source info Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2012-2013 2.7%1 2.0%
Nonemployer establishments definition and source info Nonemployer establishments, 2013 447,586 23,005,620
 
Total number of firms definition and source info Total number of firms, 2007 547,770 27,092,908
Black-owned firms, percent definition and source info Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.7% 7.1%
American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent definition and source info American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.8% 0.9%
Asian-owned firms, percent definition and source info Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 2.6% 5.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent definition and source info Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.1% 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent definition and source info Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 6.2% 8.3%
Women-owned firms, percent definition and source info Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 29.2% 28.8%
 
Manufacturers shipments definition and source info Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 46,331,953 5,319,456,312
Merchant wholesaler sales definition and source info Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 53,598,986 4,174,286,516
Retail sales definition and source info Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 65,896,788 3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita definition and source info Retail sales per capita, 2007 $13,609 $12,990
Accommodation and food services sales definition and source info Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 11,440,395 613,795,732
Building permits definition and source info Building permits, 2014 28,686 1,046,363
    Geography QuickFacts Colorado USA
Land area in square miles definition and source info Land area in square miles, 2010 103,641.89 3,531,905.43
Persons per square mile definition and source info Persons per square mile, 2010 48.5 87.4
 definition and source info FIPS Code 08

1: Includes data not distributed by county.

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(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 25 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, American Community Survey, Census of Population and Housing, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits
Last Revised: Tuesday, 01-Dec-2015 16:11:41 EST