Colorado State Demographics: Quick Facts

DESCRIPTION VALUE FIPS Code  08 Population, 2008 estimate  4,939,456 Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008  14.8% Population estimates base (April 1) 2000  4,302,015 Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2008  7.3% Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2008  24.4% Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2008  10.3% Female persons, percent, 2008  49.6% White persons, percent, 2008 (a)  89.7% Black persons, percent, 2008 (a)  4.3% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2008 (a)  1.2% Asian persons, percent, 2008 (a)  2.7% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2008 (a)  0.2% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2008  2.0% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2008 (b)  20.2% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2008  71.0% Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over  44.1% Foreign born persons, percent, 2000  8.6% Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000  15.1% High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000  86.9% Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000  32.7% Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000  638,654 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000  24.3 Housing units, 2007  2,127,156 Homeownership rate, 2000  67.3% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000  25.7% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000  $166,600 Households, 2000  1,658,238 Persons per household, 2000  2.53 Median household income, 2007  $55,517 Per capita money income, 1999  $24,049 Persons below poverty, percent, 2007  11.5% Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2006  154,5361 Private nonfarm employment, 2006  2,019,1251 Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2006  5.5%1 Nonemployer establishments, 2006  405,155 Total number of firms, 2002  464,982 Black-owned firms, percent, 2002  1.5% American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002  0.8% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002  2.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002  0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002  5.2% Women-owned firms, percent, 2002  29.1% Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000)  34,661,144 Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)  92,092,155 Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)  52,226,983 Retail sales per capita, 2002  $11,611 Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)  8,808,846 Building permits, 2008  18,998 Federal spending, 2007 ($1000)  34,827,9081 Land area, 2000 (square miles)  103,717.53 Persons per square mile, 2000  41.5 Source: Source U.S. Census Bureau (2009)  (http://factfinder.census.gov). 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