2024 population: 4,670,739 ( 148,036 from 2020)
Land area: 96557.7 square miles
Population density: 48.4 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	3,035,773	65.00%	0.5%
Black:	201,949	4.32%	10.4%
Indian:	23,216	0.50%	3.2%
Asian:	209,138	4.48%	19.3%
2+ races:	116,315	2.49%	14.1%
Hispanic:	1,084,348	23.22%	9.6%

Total non-White:	1,634,966	35.00%	11.1%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	206,040	11.4
Deaths:	144,921	8.0
Net Migration:	9,788	0.5
Net Immigration:	76,418	4.2

Change in White population:	-14,989	-0.3
Change in Non-White pop.:	163,025	3.6

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
4,522,703
3,050,762	67.45%
182,995	4.05%
22,490	0.50%
175,240	3.87%
101,970	2.25%
989,246	21.87%
1,471,941	32.55%

2010
3,861,770
2,700,054	69.92%
145,927	3.78%
19,232	0.50%
116,700	3.02%
71,230	1.84%
802,863	20.79%
1,161,716	30.08%

2000
3,361,727
2,518,316	74.91%
119,839	3.56%
18,537	0.55%
81,120	2.41%
52,849	1.57%
567,081	16.87%
843,411	25.09%

1990
2,580,588
2,120,974	82.19%
96,266	3.73%
15,127	0.59%
48,928	1.90%
n/a
299,293	11.60%
459,614	17.81%

1980
2,295,337
1,939,856	84.51%
78,193	3.41%
11,425	0.50%
27,964	1.22%
n/a
234,526	10.22%
355,481	15.49%

1970
1,728,558
1,475,267	85.35%
45,910	2.66%
5,377	0.31%
8,641	0.50%
n/a
186,957	10.82%
253,291	14.65%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
470,330	12.2
242,736	6.3
282,502	7.3
85,233	2.2

350,708	9.1
310,225	8.0

Number	Rate
2000's
500,923	14.9
199,993	5.9
122,020	3.6
135,317	4.0

181,738	5.4
318,305	9.5

Number	Rate
1990's
437,639	17.0
187,300	7.3
303,746	11.8
69,286	2.7

397,342	15.4
383,797	14.9

Number	Rate
1980's
419,905	18.3
155,676	6.8
33,961	1.5
n/a

181,118	7.9
104,133	4.5

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
367,395	21.3
n/a

464,589	26.9
102,190	5.9

Age, Family & Household Data for Denver, CO-NE-NV-WY Market Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
37.4
983,809	21.1%
3,686,930	78.9%
661,272	14.2%

1,830,617
2.47

1,131,967	61.8%
891,530	78.8%
84,750	7.5%
698,650	38.2%

2010
Number	Percent
36.0
935,408	24.2%
2,926,362	75.8%
404,386	10.5%

1,524,602
2.48

956,997	62.8%
739,222	77.2%
87,716	9.2%
567,605	37.2%

2000
Number	Percent
34.2
847,829	25.2%
2,513,898	74.8%
309,685	9.2%

1,307,320
2.52

844,747	64.6%
678,868	80.4%
74,634	8.8%
462,573	35.4%

1990
Number	Percent
32.4
665,887	25.8%
1,914,701	74.2%
247,483	9.6%

1,018,014
2.48

669,722	65.8%
546,980	81.7%
60,583	9.0%
348,292	34.2%

1980
Number	Percent
28.9
634,407	27.6%
1,660,930	72.4%
189,451	8.3%

854,449
2.62

587,378	68.7%
501,007	85.3%
45,222	7.7%
267,071	31.3%

2022 Housing Data for Denver, CO-NE-NV-WY Market Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	70,229	3.8%
$10,000 to $14,999	47,032	2.6%
$15,000 to $19,999	44,001	2.4%
$20,000 to $24,999	48,463	2.6%
$25,000 to $29,999	49,803	2.7%
$30,000 to $34,999	51,238	2.8%
$35,000 to $39,999	52,470	2.9%
$40,000 to $44,999	54,980	3.0%
$45,000 to $49,999	56,805	3.1%
$50,000 to $59,999	114,411	6.2%
$60,000 to $74,999	160,574	8.8%
$75,000 to $99,999	238,483	13.0%
$100,000 to $124,999	200,315	10.9%
$125,000 to $149,999	158,759	8.7%
$150,000 to $199,999	207,554	11.3%
$200,000 or more	275,500	15.0%

Median Household Income	93,170
Per Capita Income	49,941

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	114

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	53,657	2.9%
Public Assistance	41,681	2.3%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	142,400	7.8%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	1,877,487	77.7%
Unemployed	79,542	3.3%
In Armed Forces	5,254	0.2%

Total Labor Force	1,962,283	81.2%
Not in Labor Force	453,381	18.8%

Real Unemployment Rate		22.1%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	962,961	718,189	57.3%
Non-Profit	67,046	126,343	34.7%
Self-Employed	171,764	112,820	60.4%

Local Government	71,509	107,420	40.0%
State Government	46,112	54,428	45.9%
Federal Government	32,714	25,272	56.4%

Total Private + Self	1,134,725	831,009	57.7%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	217,381	313,463	41.0%
Total	1,352,106	1,144,472	54.2%

Pct. Govt.	13.5%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	513,001	20.5%
Sales and Office Occupations	494,862	19.8%
Professional, Technical	655,536	26.2%
Service Occupations	372,523	14.9%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	13,190	0.5%
All others	466,051	18.6%

White Collar		66.5%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	294,751	11.8%
Professional, scientific, technical	276,649	11.1%
Retail trade	254,511	10.2%
Educational services	230,196	9.2%
Construction	200,240	8.0%
Manufacturing	179,856	7.2%
Accommodation and food services	172,559	6.9%
Finance and insurance	122,858	4.9%
Other services	118,608	4.7%
Transportation and warehousing	107,746	4.3%
Public administration	105,511	4.2%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	99,045	4.0%
Information	69,501	2.8%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	64,486	2.6%
Real estate and rental and leasing	61,711	2.5%
Wholesale trade	59,626	2.4%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	30,839	1.2%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	27,511	1.1%
Utilities	21,720	0.9%
Management	4,049	0.2%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	751,561	16.31%
Puerto Rican	26,679	0.58%
Cuban	9,659	0.21%
Dominican	3,534	0.08%

Total Central American	42,950	0.93%
Costa Rican	2,395	0.05%
Guatemalan	10,422	0.23%
Honduran	8,378	0.18%
Nicaraguan	2,042	0.04%
Panamanian	1,869	0.04%
Salvadoran	17,673	0.38%
Other Central American	171	0.00%

Total South American	36,427	0.79%
Argentinean	4,525	0.10%
Bolivian	693	0.02%
Chilean	3,294	0.07%
Colombian	9,711	0.21%
Ecuadorian	3,198	0.07%
Paraguayan	311	0.01%
Peruvian	8,372	0.18%
Uruguayan	499	0.01%
Venezuelan	5,474	0.12%
Other South American	350	0.01%

Other Hispanic	137,088	2.98%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	30,791	0.67%
Chinese	30,431	0.66%
Vietnamese	23,544	0.51%
Korean	17,511	0.38%
Filipino	13,224	0.29%
Japanese	8,489	0.18%
Hmong	4,011	0.09%
Thai	2,911	0.06%
Burmese	2,722	0.06%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	3,595,520	82.5%
Spanish	516,998	11.9%
Other Indo-European	43,909	1.0%
Other	34,194	0.8%
Other Asian	32,079	0.7%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	25,517	0.6%
Chinese	23,390	0.5%
French, Haitian, Cajun	18,948	0.4%
German, other Germanic	18,610	0.4%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	844,253	18.3%
English	528,692	11.5%
Irish	502,632	10.9%
Italian	219,803	4.8%
American	160,031	3.5%
European	123,857	2.7%
Scottish	110,312	2.4%
Polish	110,017	2.4%
French	108,955	2.4%
Swedish	99,615	2.2%
Norwegian	96,499	2.1%
Dutch	65,914	1.4%
Russian	48,450	1.1%
Scotch-Irish	46,071	1.0%
Welsh	36,999	0.8%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	4,350,326	94.4%
Not a citizen	257,410	5.6%

Native	4,125,302	89.5%
Foreign-born	482,434	10.5%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
107,240	3.4%	135,575	4.3%	624,094	19.6%	857,815	26.9%	906,944	28.5%	553,827	17.4%
Average years of education: 14.2

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	107,240	3.4%
9-12 Years	135,575	4.3%
H.S. Grad or GED	624,094	19.6%
Some College	857,815	26.9%
Bach. Degree	906,944	28.5%
Grad Degree	553,827	17.4%
Average years of education: 14.2

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	1,468,918	1,400,634	68,284	4.6%
1991	1,493,503	1,422,191	71,312	4.8%
1992	1,525,953	1,441,167	84,786	5.6%
1993	1,591,438	1,512,847	78,591	4.9%
1994	1,674,422	1,609,014	65,408	3.9%
1995	1,740,952	1,675,106	65,846	3.8%
1996	1,761,597	1,692,986	68,611	3.9%
1997	1,806,248	1,749,719	56,529	3.1%
1998	1,880,187	1,818,436	61,751	3.3%
1999	1,910,700	1,857,153	53,547	2.8%

2000	1,938,502	1,887,883	50,619	2.6%
2001	1,966,377	1,894,226	72,151	3.7%
2002	2,001,352	1,890,865	110,487	5.5%
2003	2,032,830	1,911,539	121,291	6.0%
2004	2,070,230	1,958,041	112,189	5.4%
2005	2,095,909	1,993,357	102,552	4.9%
2006	2,149,650	2,061,782	87,868	4.1%
2007	2,189,387	2,111,383	78,004	3.6%
2008	2,231,016	2,127,585	103,431	4.6%
2009	2,226,298	2,056,626	169,672	7.6%

2010	2,228,295	2,033,209	195,086	8.8%
2011	2,242,384	2,058,098	184,286	8.2%
2012	2,263,865	2,094,362	169,503	7.5%
2013	2,284,441	2,141,141	143,300	6.3%
2014	2,320,985	2,213,554	107,431	4.6%
2015	2,347,571	2,265,551	82,020	3.5%
2016	2,402,487	2,330,739	71,748	3.0%
2017	2,472,690	2,410,441	62,249	2.5%
2018	2,546,204	2,473,119	73,085	2.9%
2019	2,592,402	2,526,912	65,490	2.5%

2020	2,583,572	2,398,235	185,337	7.2%
2021	2,610,068	2,472,958	137,110	5.3%
2022	2,650,288	2,572,654	77,634	2.9%
2023	2,675,248	2,593,301	81,947	3.1%
2024	2,696,597	2,584,464	112,133	4.2%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	2,020,121
Median Value	$508,694

Occupied	1,830,617	90.6%
Vacant	189,504	9.4%

Owned	1,200,179	65.6%
Rented	630,438	34.4%
Median Rent	$1,602

Single-Family Units	1,366,594	67.6%
Detached	1,208,968	59.8%
Attached	157,626	7.8%
Buldings with 5+ Units	487,417	24.1%
Mobile Homes	67,725	3.4%

Denver, CO-NE-NV-WY Market Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Denver, CO-NE-NV-WY Market Area

2022 Housing Data for Denver, CO-NE-NV-WY Market Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Denver, CO-NE-NV-WY Market Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Denver, CO-NE-NV-WY Market Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Denver, CO-NE-NV-WY Market Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Denver, CO-NE-NV-WY Market Area