Colorado

2024 population: 5,957,493 ( 182,169 from 2020)
Land area: 103636.6 square miles
Population density: 57.5 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	3,881,364	65.15%	0.4%
Black:	257,149	4.32%	9.7%
Indian:	37,094	0.62%	2.2%
Asian:	241,168	4.05%	18.8%
2+ races:	157,779	2.65%	13.0%
Hispanic:	1,382,939	23.21%	9.5%

Total non-White:	2,076,129	34.85%	10.6%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	265,196	11.5
Deaths:	198,435	8.6
Net Migration:	31,172	1.3
Net Immigration:	83,062	3.6

Change in White population:	-17,250	-0.3
Change in Non-White pop.:	199,419	3.5

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
5,775,324
3,898,614	67.50%
234,394	4.06%
36,287	0.63%
203,062	3.52%
139,605	2.42%
1,263,362	21.88%
1,876,710	32.50%

2010
5,029,196
3,520,793	70.01%
188,778	3.75%
31,244	0.62%
141,225	2.81%
100,847	2.01%
1,038,687	20.65%
1,508,403	29.99%

2000
4,301,261
3,202,880	74.46%
158,443	3.68%
28,982	0.67%
97,122	2.26%
72,721	1.69%
735,601	17.10%
1,098,381	25.54%

1990
3,294,394
2,665,174	80.90%
127,046	3.86%
22,821	0.69%
60,031	1.82%
n/a
419,322	12.73%
629,220	19.10%

1980
2,889,964
2,394,430	82.85%
99,752	3.45%
15,884	0.55%
34,257	1.19%
n/a
341,435	11.81%
495,534	17.15%

1970
2,207,259
1,837,191	83.23%
57,761	2.62%
7,685	0.35%
10,037	0.45%
n/a
286,467	12.98%
370,068	16.77%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
605,216	12.0
328,372	6.5
351,863	7.0
95,710	1.9

377,821	7.5
368,307	7.3

Number	Rate
2000's
641,107	14.9
272,191	6.3
212,822	4.9
144,861	3.4

317,913	7.4
410,022	9.5

Number	Rate
1990's
563,322	17.1
247,852	7.5
435,184	13.2
75,393	2.3

537,706	16.3
469,161	14.2

Number	Rate
1980's
536,636	18.6
202,937	7.0
83,554	2.9
n/a

270,744	9.4
133,686	4.6

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
420,661	19.1
n/a

557,239	25.2
125,466	5.7

Age, Family & Household Data for Colorado

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Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

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Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
37.3
1,241,310	20.8%
4,716,183	79.2%
855,353	14.4%

2,278,044
2.48

1,427,813	62.7%
1,117,627	78.3%
108,833	7.6%
850,231	37.3%

2010
Number	Percent
36.1
1,225,609	24.4%
3,803,587	75.6%
549,625	10.9%

1,972,868
2.49

1,261,527	63.9%
971,397	77.0%
118,274	9.4%
711,341	36.1%

2000
Number	Percent
34.4
1,096,790	25.5%
3,204,471	74.5%
415,782	9.7%

1,659,308
2.53

1,092,352	65.8%
875,669	80.2%
98,580	9.0%
566,956	34.2%

1990
Number	Percent
32.4
859,986	26.1%
2,434,408	73.9%
328,366	10.0%

1,285,119
2.50

861,828	67.1%
703,867	81.7%
79,453	9.2%
423,291	32.9%

1980
Number	Percent
28.8
810,006	28.0%
2,079,958	72.0%
246,400	8.5%

1,062,879
2.65

744,228	70.0%
634,271	85.2%
58,360	7.8%
318,651	30.0%

2022 Housing Data for Colorado

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	89,105	3.9%
$10,000 to $14,999	61,959	2.7%
$15,000 to $19,999	58,635	2.6%
$20,000 to $24,999	63,970	2.8%
$25,000 to $29,999	67,458	3.0%
$30,000 to $34,999	67,416	3.0%
$35,000 to $39,999	69,481	3.1%
$40,000 to $44,999	71,538	3.1%
$45,000 to $49,999	72,435	3.2%
$50,000 to $59,999	148,305	6.5%
$60,000 to $74,999	207,353	9.1%
$75,000 to $99,999	300,180	13.2%
$100,000 to $124,999	246,371	10.8%
$125,000 to $149,999	191,720	8.4%
$150,000 to $199,999	245,957	10.8%
$200,000 or more	316,161	13.9%

Median Household Income	87,598
Per Capita Income	47,346

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	113

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	74,934	3.3%
Public Assistance	55,630	2.4%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	199,771	8.8%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	2,259,293	75.6%
Unemployed	101,271	3.4%
In Armed Forces	31,928	1.1%

Total Labor Force	2,392,492	80.1%
Not in Labor Force	594,819	19.9%

Real Unemployment Rate		23.3%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	1,144,166	863,307	57.0%
Non-Profit	83,988	157,763	34.7%
Self-Employed	206,952	137,753	60.0%

Local Government	89,594	131,644	40.5%
State Government	52,720	62,801	45.6%
Federal Government	50,719	33,593	60.2%

Total Private + Self	1,351,118	1,001,060	57.4%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	277,021	385,801	41.8%
Total	1,628,139	1,386,861	54.0%

Pct. Govt.	14.0%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	598,926	19.8%
Sales and Office Occupations	604,508	20.0%
Professional, Technical	786,934	26.0%
Service Occupations	465,895	15.4%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	14,723	0.5%
All others	565,479	18.7%

White Collar		65.9%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	376,270	12.5%
Professional, scientific, technical	321,264	10.6%
Retail trade	316,358	10.5%
Educational services	273,515	9.1%
Construction	242,997	8.0%
Manufacturing	211,254	7.0%
Accommodation and food services	208,534	6.9%
Other services	146,294	4.8%
Finance and insurance	145,347	4.8%
Public administration	136,878	4.5%
Transportation and warehousing	127,009	4.2%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	123,633	4.1%
Information	80,778	2.7%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	77,686	2.6%
Real estate and rental and leasing	73,184	2.4%
Wholesale trade	68,521	2.3%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	34,677	1.1%
Utilities	26,698	0.9%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	26,246	0.9%
Management	4,599	0.2%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	912,101	15.81%
Puerto Rican	40,355	0.70%
Cuban	13,018	0.23%
Dominican	4,859	0.08%

Total Central American	50,560	0.88%
Costa Rican	2,849	0.05%
Guatemalan	11,760	0.20%
Honduran	9,923	0.17%
Nicaraguan	2,693	0.05%
Panamanian	3,386	0.06%
Salvadoran	19,672	0.34%
Other Central American	277	0.00%

Total South American	43,429	0.75%
Argentinean	5,606	0.10%
Bolivian	834	0.01%
Chilean	3,873	0.07%
Colombian	11,637	0.20%
Ecuadorian	3,694	0.06%
Paraguayan	346	0.01%
Peruvian	10,154	0.18%
Uruguayan	532	0.01%
Venezuelan	6,071	0.11%
Other South American	682	0.01%

Other Hispanic	209,440	3.63%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Chinese	33,445	0.58%
Indian	32,500	0.56%
Vietnamese	25,558	0.44%
Korean	22,071	0.38%
Filipino	19,680	0.34%
Japanese	10,654	0.18%
Hmong	4,100	0.07%
Thai	3,239	0.06%
Cambodian	2,889	0.05%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	4,572,556	83.8%
Spanish	602,110	11.0%
Other Indo-European	49,072	0.9%
Other	38,279	0.7%
Other Asian	35,187	0.6%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	28,989	0.5%
German, other Germanic	25,075	0.5%
Chinese	24,721	0.5%
French, Haitian, Cajun	21,029	0.4%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	1,029,709	17.8%
English	660,654	11.4%
Irish	621,429	10.8%
Italian	279,072	4.8%
American	206,114	3.6%
European	154,414	2.7%
Scottish	139,088	2.4%
French	134,797	2.3%
Polish	134,133	2.3%
Swedish	118,840	2.1%
Norwegian	114,989	2.0%
Dutch	81,382	1.4%
Scotch-Irish	59,867	1.0%
Russian	54,418	0.9%
Welsh	46,630	0.8%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	5,484,710	95.0%
Not a citizen	286,080	5.0%

Native	5,223,188	90.5%
Foreign-born	547,602	9.5%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
125,217	3.1%	171,867	4.3%	814,208	20.4%	1,129,779	28.4%	1,083,618	27.2%	658,071	16.5%
Average years of education: 14.2

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	125,217	3.1%
9-12 Years	171,867	4.3%
H.S. Grad or GED	814,208	20.4%
Some College	1,129,779	28.4%
Bach. Degree	1,083,618	27.2%
Grad Degree	658,071	16.5%
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	1,771,286	1,680,762	90,524	5.1%
1991	1,802,964	1,707,573	95,391	5.3%
1992	1,847,642	1,734,841	112,801	6.1%
1993	1,929,302	1,825,689	103,613	5.4%
1994	2,036,083	1,951,218	84,865	4.2%
1995	2,125,542	2,040,062	85,480	4.0%
1996	2,157,861	2,067,918	89,943	4.2%
1997	2,214,831	2,140,315	74,516	3.4%
1998	2,304,978	2,221,438	83,540	3.6%
1999	2,337,553	2,266,973	70,580	3.0%

2000	2,358,379	2,294,111	64,268	2.7%
2001	2,396,018	2,304,556	91,462	3.8%
2002	2,448,907	2,309,643	139,264	5.7%
2003	2,490,398	2,338,430	151,968	6.1%
2004	2,539,396	2,397,591	141,805	5.6%
2005	2,572,386	2,442,133	130,253	5.1%
2006	2,640,459	2,528,554	111,905	4.2%
2007	2,687,746	2,588,339	99,407	3.7%
2008	2,734,403	2,601,713	132,690	4.9%
2009	2,730,613	2,515,485	215,128	7.9%

2010	2,715,726	2,467,000	248,726	9.2%
2011	2,730,263	2,493,472	236,791	8.7%
2012	2,749,201	2,529,789	219,412	8.0%
2013	2,766,149	2,579,573	186,576	6.7%
2014	2,800,673	2,661,077	139,596	5.0%
2015	2,825,761	2,719,996	105,765	3.7%
2016	2,894,163	2,803,506	90,657	3.1%
2017	2,982,502	2,904,018	78,484	2.6%
2018	3,071,398	2,978,195	93,203	3.0%
2019	3,126,125	3,043,112	83,013	2.7%

2020	3,122,247	2,895,478	226,769	7.3%
2021	3,158,146	2,986,238	171,908	5.4%
2022	3,200,628	3,103,533	97,095	3.0%
2023	3,230,488	3,128,118	102,370	3.2%
2024	3,267,775	3,128,168	139,607	4.3%

Migration Data for Colorado

Inflows From (2011-2022)
From State	Number of People
Texas	246,037
California	240,286
Florida	132,176
Arizona	101,058
Illinois	79,361
New York	60,519
Washington	60,301
New Mexico	59,713
Virginia	56,970
Georgia	54,309
North Carolina	53,471
Kansas	52,078
Missouri	47,864
Utah	44,787
Oklahoma	41,699

Outflows To (2011-2022)
To State	Number of People
Texas	230,220
California	182,069
Florida	128,394
Arizona	111,687
Washington	67,024
North Carolina	51,755
New Mexico	50,810
Georgia	48,885
Virginia	47,018
Utah	46,145
Illinois	46,001
Kansas	43,108
Missouri	42,679
Wyoming	40,447
New York	40,153

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	2,500,095
Median Value	$465,900

Occupied	2,278,044	91.1%
Vacant	222,051	8.9%

Owned	1,507,547	66.2%
Rented	770,497	33.8%
Median Rent	$1,594

Single-Family Units	1,734,712	69.4%
Detached	1,548,539	61.9%
Attached	186,173	7.4%
Buldings with 5+ Units	549,967	22.0%
Mobile Homes	93,000	3.7%

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Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Colorado

2022 Housing Data for Colorado

2022 Income & Employment Data for Colorado

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Colorado

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Colorado

Historical Labor Force Data for Colorado

Migration Data for Colorado

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