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Denver County, Colorado Government Statistics
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People
QuickFacts |
Denver County |
Colorado |
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Population, 2001 estimate |
554,446 |
4,417,714 |
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Population percent change, April 1, -July 1,
2001 |
0.0% |
2.7% |
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Population, |
554,636 |
4,301,261 |
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Population, percent change, 1990 to |
18.6% |
30.6% |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, |
6.8% |
6.9% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, |
22.0% |
25.6% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, |
11.3% |
9.7% |
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Female persons, percent, |
49.5% |
49.6% |
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White persons, percent, (a) |
65.3% |
82.8% |
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Black or African American persons, percent,
(a) |
11.1% |
3.8% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent,
(a) |
1.3% |
1.0% |
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Asian persons, percent, (a) |
2.8% |
2.2% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander,
percent, (a) |
0.1% |
0.1% |
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Persons reporting some other race, percent,
(a) |
15.6% |
7.2% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent,
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3.7% |
2.8% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent,
(b) |
31.7% |
17.1% |
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White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin,
percent, |
51.9% |
74.5% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and , pct age 5+,
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42.7% |
44.1% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, |
17.4% |
8.6% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age
5+, |
27.0% |
15.1% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+,
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78.9% |
86.9% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age
25+, |
34.5% |
32.7% |
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Persons with a disability, age 5+, |
105,943 |
638,654 |
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Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+
(minutes), |
24.5 |
24.3 |
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Housing units, |
251,435 |
1,808,037 |
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Homeownership rate, |
52.5% |
67.3% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent,
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44.8% |
25.7% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units,
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$165,800 |
$166,600 |
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Households, |
239,235 |
1,658,238 |
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Persons per household, |
2.27 |
2.53 |
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Median household money income, 1999 |
$39,500 |
$47,203 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$24,101 |
$24,049 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 |
14.3% |
9.3% |
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Business
QuickFacts |
Denver County |
Colorado |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 1999 |
21,661 |
133,743 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 1999 |
392,072 |
1,821,717 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999
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17.8% |
46.0% |
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Nonemployer establishments, 1999 |
41,702 |
325,432 |
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Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) |
4,867,831 |
40,012,820 |
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Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) |
5,600,934 |
40,536,034 |
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Retail sales per capita, 1997 |
$11,217 |
$10,417 |
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Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 |
13.6% |
9.0% |
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Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 |
26.4% |
28.0% |
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Housing units authorized by building permits,
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3,649 |
54,596 |
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Federal funds and grants, 2001 ($1000) |
5,379,105 |
24,344,658 |
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Local government employment - full-time equivalent,
1997 |
24,844 |
153,146 |
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Geography
QuickFacts |
Denver County |
Colorado |
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Land area, (square miles) |
153 |
103,718 |
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Persons per square mile, |
3,616.8 |
41.5 |
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Metropolitan Area |
Denver, CO PMSA |
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