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Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area

2,967,239 Population
8,345 square miles 355.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.7 ±0.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Colorado: 37.1 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$44,806 ±$607 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Colorado: $41,053 ±$392
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $35,672 ±$76
$85,641 ±$1,147 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Colorado: $77,127 ±$791
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $65,712 ±$118

7.9% ±0.4% (232,135  ±12,967) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Colorado: 9.4% 526,979 (±0.4% / ±20,810)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 39,490,096 (±0.1% / ±242,000)

28.8 minutes ±0.3 (42,402,755  ±591,785) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Colorado: 26.5 72,596,665 (±0.2 / ±749,328)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 27.6 4,078,708,605 (±0.1 / ±8,965,849)

Families

1,152,457 ±4,669 Number of households
  • Colorado: 2,235,103 ±10,026
  • United States: 122,802,852 ±137,327
2.5 ±0 (2,931,962  ±3,175) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Colorado: 2.5 5,639,595 (±0)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.6 320,155,161

4.5% ±0.5% (33,324  ±3,504) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Colorado: 4.6% 64,252 (±0.3% / ±4,766)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,877,882 (±0% / ±31,847)

Housing

1,216,335 ±1,980 Number of housing units
  • Colorado: 2,464,109 ±480
  • United States: 139,686,209 ±6,973

$437,800 ±$3,045 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Colorado: $394,600 ±$2,695
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $240,500 ±$451

17.1% ±0.7% (501,861  ±19,335.5) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Colorado: 17.6% 1,005,837 (±0.5% / ±26,376.8)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,322,377 (±0.1% / ±198,054.6)

Social

92.2% ±1% (1,912,856  ±19,814.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Colorado: 92.4% 3,672,723 (±0.7% / ±28,660.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88.6% 199,280,027 (±0.1% / ±269,390.9)
45.8% ±0.6% (950,271  ±12,476.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 42.7% 1,695,602 (±0.4% / ±17,719.8)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 33.1% 74,501,651 (±0.1% / ±162,862.7)

20.2% ±0.6% (564,817  ±15,539.4) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 16.7% 905,770 (±0.4% / ±19,742)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 22% 67,802,345 (±0.1% / ±214,346.6)

11.9% ±0.4% (351,924  ±11,731) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 9.5% 546,889 (±0.2% / ±13,476)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,932,901 (±0.1% / ±177,477)

7.1% ±0.2% (164,527  ±5,287) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado: 8.2% 367,292 (±0.2% / ±9,171)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,418,351 (±0% / ±77,987)
164,527 Total veterans ±5,287 149,122 Male ±4,919 15,405 Female ±2,304

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