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Denver, CO

715,878 Population
153.1 square miles 4,676.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.6 ±0.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 36.7 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in Colorado: 36.9 ±0.1

Economics

$45,636 ±$693 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: $43,427 ±$268
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Colorado: $39,545 ±$212
$72,661 ±$1,246 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: $83,289 ±$608
  • a little less than the amount in Colorado: $75,231 ±$379

11.9% ±0.6% (83,516  ±4,009) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 8.3% 239,529 (±0.2% / ±6,623)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 9.8% 544,232 (±0.2% / ±9,500)

25.7 minutes ±0.2 (9,014,680  ±128,131) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 27.9 38,812,945 (±0.2 / ±275,700)
  • about the same as the figure in Colorado: 25.8 67,224,980 (±0.1 / ±374,536)

Families

287,756 ±1,205 Number of households
  • the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 1,097,674 ±2,374
  • Colorado: 2,137,402 ±4,703
2.4 ±0 (701,588  ±1,082) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 2.6 2,893,651 (±0 / ±1,384)
  • a little less than the figure in Colorado: 2.6 5,565,331 (±0)

4.6% ±0.4% (9,254  ±828) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 4.8% 35,538 (±0.2% / ±1,611)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado: 4.9% 67,925 (±0.2% / ±2,020)

Housing

306,269 ±469 Number of housing units
  • the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 1,156,748 ±685
  • Colorado: 2,361,372 ±816

$427,600 ±$4,241 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: $411,800 ±$1,656
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Colorado: $369,900 ±$1,187

19.8% ±0.7% (140,362  ±4,658.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 17.1% 494,560 (±0.3% / ±8,498.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 17.6% 989,926 (±0.2% / ±12,483.5)

Social

89.1% ±1.1% (463,113  ±5,492.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 91.6% 1,866,771 (±0.5% / ±10,173.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Colorado: 92.1% 3,591,969 (±0.4% / ±14,618.8)
50.3% ±0.8% (261,452  ±3,940) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 44.7% 911,121 (±0.3% / ±6,886.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 41.6% 1,622,853 (±0.3% / ±9,730.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

14% ±0.4% (100,469  ±2,748) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 11.8% 346,314 (±0.2% / ±5,348)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Colorado: 9.5% 539,514 (±0.1% / ±6,492)

5% ±0.2% (28,730  ±1,328) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 7% 158,183 (±0.1% / ±2,861)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Colorado: 8.4% 370,677 (±0.1% / ±4,887)
28,730 Total veterans ±1,328 26,050 Male ±1,247 2,680 Female ±466

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