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Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area

2,928,437 Population
8,344.7 square miles 350.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.7 ±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 ±0.1

Economics

$43,427 ±$268 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Colorado: $39,545 ±$212
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$83,289 ±$608 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Colorado: $75,231 ±$379
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

8.3% ±0.2% (239,529  ±6,623) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Colorado: 9.8% 544,232 (±0.2% / ±9,500)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

27.9 minutes ±0.2 (38,812,945  ±275,700) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Colorado: 25.8 67,224,980 (±0.1 / ±374,536)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

1,097,674 ±2,374 Number of households
  • Colorado: 2,137,402 ±4,703
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
2.6 ±0 (2,893,651  ±1,384) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Colorado: 2.6 5,565,331 (±0)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.6 318,495,974

4.8% ±0.2% (35,538  ±1,611) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Colorado: 4.9% 67,925 (±0.2% / ±2,020)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

1,156,748 ±685 Number of housing units
  • Colorado: 2,361,372 ±816
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$411,800 ±$1,656 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Colorado: $369,900 ±$1,187
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

17.1% ±0.3% (494,560  ±8,498.2) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Colorado: 17.6% 989,926 (±0.2% / ±12,483.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

91.6% ±0.5% (1,866,771  ±10,173.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Colorado: 92.1% 3,591,969 (±0.4% / ±14,618.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
44.7% ±0.3% (911,121  ±6,886.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 41.6% 1,622,853 (±0.3% / ±9,730.8)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

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

11.8% ±0.2% (346,314  ±5,348) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 9.5% 539,514 (±0.1% / ±6,492)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

7% ±0.1% (158,183  ±2,861) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Colorado: 8.4% 370,677 (±0.1% / ±4,887)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
158,183 Total veterans ±2,861 142,761 Male ±2,721 15,422 Female ±925

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