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Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area

2,932,415 Population
8,344.9 square miles 351.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.6 ±0.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Colorado: 36.9 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.2

Economics

$42,116 ±$665 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Colorado: $38,057 ±$390
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $33,831 ±$77
$79,478 ±$1,489 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Colorado: $71,953 ±$655
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $61,937 ±$94

8% ±0.5% (230,903  ±14,652) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Colorado: 9.6% 537,492 (±0.3% / ±18,885)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.1% 41,852,315 (±0.1% / ±232,949)

28 minutes ±0.2 (41,073,720  ±519,312) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Colorado: 25.9 70,126,780 (±0.2 / ±741,825)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 27.1 3,967,761,655 (±0 / ±7,704,522)

Families

1,131,410 ±4,407 Number of households
  • Colorado: 2,176,757 ±7,548
  • United States: 121,520,180 ±153,217
2.6 ±0 (2,897,034  ±3,567) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Colorado: 2.6 5,574,416 (±0)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.6 319,075,830

5.3% ±0.4% (39,167  ±3,195) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Colorado: 5.2% 71,267 (±0.4% / ±4,836)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,956,960 (±0% / ±30,916)

Housing

1,195,543 ±1,913 Number of housing units
  • Colorado: 2,424,128 ±610
  • United States: 138,539,906 ±4,033

$420,600 ±$3,701 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Colorado: $373,300 ±$2,652
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $229,700 ±$366

17.3% ±0.7% (500,980  ±18,742.8) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Colorado: 17.9% 1,006,195 (±0.5% / ±27,205.8)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.1% 45,452,496 (±0.1% / ±185,008.3)

Social

91.4% ±1% (1,863,773  ±20,757.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Colorado: 91.9% 3,583,171 (±0.7% / ±28,984.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88.3% 197,114,684 (±0.1% / ±245,154.7)
44.8% ±0.6% (913,232  ±12,456.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 41.7% 1,625,549 (±0.4% / ±17,224.9)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 32.6% 72,750,461 (±0.1% / ±151,650)

19.8% ±0.6% (544,970  ±15,267.5) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 16.7% 897,184 (±0.4% / ±22,640.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 21.9% 67,268,668 (±0.1% / ±198,318.9)

11.9% ±0.4% (349,839  ±12,607) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 9.6% 549,181 (±0.3% / ±15,539)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,728,721 (±0.1% / ±157,222)

7.1% ±0.3% (160,367  ±5,572) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Colorado: 8.4% 371,081 (±0.2% / ±8,511)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,964,242 (±0% / ±66,854)
160,367 Total veterans ±5,572 142,902 Male ±5,012 17,465 Female ±1,970

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