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Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area

2,985,871 Population
8,344.6 square miles 357.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.3 ±0.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Colorado: 37.7 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$54,363 ±$714 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Colorado: $49,071 ±$524
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$98,975 ±$1,528 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Colorado: $89,302 ±$1,281
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

8.3% ±0.5% (246,333  ±15,747) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado: 9.4% 540,517 (±0.4% / ±20,050)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

26.8 minutes ±0.3 (34,285,724  ±578,421) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Colorado: 25 61,639,016 (±0.3 / ±806,928)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

1,223,825 ±5,542 Number of households
  • Colorado: 2,384,584 ±7,807
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.4 ±0 (2,951,681  ±366) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Colorado: 2.4 † 5,718,342 (±233 / ±-555,555,600)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 † 325,134,660 (±4.3 / ±-555,555,600)

4.8% ±0.5% (36,327  ±3,548) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Colorado: 5% 70,204 (±0.4% / ±5,001)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

1,291,034 ±1,658 Number of housing units
  • Colorado: 2,590,205 ±2,107
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$596,800 ±$4,856 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Colorado: $531,100 ±$4,869
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

16% ±0.7% (473,283  ±20,039.1) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Colorado: 16.4% 946,956 (±0.5% / ±28,188)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±187,841.9)

Social

92.4% ±1% (1,955,326  ±22,140.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Colorado: 93% 3,799,436 (±0.8% / ±30,855)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±272,504.5)
49.4% ±0.8% (1,046,116  ±15,915.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 45.9% 1,875,132 (±0.5% / ±21,209.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±175,321.9)

19.6% ±0.6% (554,511  ±17,365.4) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 16.2% 895,391 (±0.4% / ±19,701.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 22% 69,241,800 (±0.1% / ±203,206.2)

12% ±2,240.8% (359,596  ±13,203) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 9.6% † 557,528 (±908.2% / ±15,883)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% † 46,182,176 (±23.1% / ±149,842)

6.3% ±0.3% (147,332  ±7,122) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Colorado: 7.4% 340,050 (±0.2% / ±10,540)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
147,332 Total veterans ±7,122 131,374 Male ±6,039 15,958 Female ±2,344

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