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Colorado

5,957,494 Population
103,637.1 square miles 57.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38 ±0.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$54,531 ±$713 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$97,113 ±$1,081 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

9.6% ±0.4% (560,040  ±25,707) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

25.7 minutes ±0.3 (65,264,340  ±872,544) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

2,479,892 ±8,293 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 (5,828,363  ±) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.2% ±0.4% (75,577  ±5,202) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

2,662,111 ±3,196 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$574,600 ±$3,773 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

14.2% ±0.4% (836,283  ±25,616.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

93.2% ±0.8% (3,917,493  ±32,413.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
47.8% ±0.5% (2,008,558  ±22,920.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

16.7% ±0.4% (941,924  ±21,347.5) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 23% 74,050,850 (±0.1% / ±226,318.1)

10.6% (628,683  ±19,658) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

7% ±0.2% (328,370  ±9,257) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
328,370 Total veterans ±9,257 284,144 Male ±7,885 44,226 Female ±3,702

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