Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report STATES AND U.S. TOTALS AREA: Colorado GEOCODE:08 ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 2,889,964 100.0% 3,294,394 100.0% 404,430 14.0 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 2,404,781 83.2% 2,686,567 81.5% 281,786 11.7 -1.7 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 74,198 2.6% 78,568 2.4% 4,370 5.9 -0.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 560,269 19.4% 578,645 17.6% 18,376 3.3 -1.8 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 2,591,270 89.7% 2,909,438 88.3% 318,168 12.3 -1.3 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 101,695 3.5% 131,223 4.0% 29,528 29.0 0.5 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 34,257 1.2% 59,411 1.8% 25,154 73.4 0.6 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 21,015 0.7% 28,544 0.9% 7,529 35.8 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 341,435 11.8% 419,322 12.7% 77,887 22.8 0.9 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 216,092 7.5% 251,408 7.6% 35,316 16.3 0.2 5-17.................. 593,914 20.6% 608,578 18.5% 14,664 2.5 -2.1 18-24.................. 416,067 14.4% 327,336 9.9% -88,731 -21.3 -4.5 25-44.................. 918,430 31.8% 1,188,327 36.1% 269,897 29.4 4.3 45-64.................. 499,061 17.3% 590,379 17.9% 91,318 18.3 0.7 65 AND OVER............ 246,400 8.5% 328,366 10.0% 81,966 33.3 1.4 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 810,006 28.0% 859,986 26.1% 49,980 6.2 -1.9 40 AND OVER............ 919,111 31.8% 1,184,945 36.0% 265,835 28.9 4.2 MEDIAN AGE............ 28.6 32.6 4.0 13.9 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $30,840 $30,140 -700 -2.3 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $36,345 $35,930 -415 -1.1 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $13,661 $14,821 1,160 8.5 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 284,898 10.1% 375,214 11.7% 90,316 31.7 1.6 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 1,062,879 100.0% 1,285,119 100.0% 222,240 20.9 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 744,228 70.0% 861,828 67.1% 117,600 15.8 -3.0 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 441,909 41.6% 543,358 42.3% 101,449 23.0 0.7 MARRIED COUPLES...... 634,271 59.7% 703,867 54.8% 69,596 11.0 -4.9 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 333,683 31.4% 343,454 26.7% 9,771 2.9 -4.7 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 86,258 8.1% 121,275 9.4% 35,017 40.6 1.3 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 58,360 5.5% 79,453 6.2% 21,093 36.1 0.7 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 249,148 23.4% 340,413 26.5% 91,265 36.6 3.0 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.5 -0.1 -5.5 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 1,663,891 100.0% 2,107,072 100.0% 443,181 26.6 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 575,365 34.6% 558,312 26.5% -17,053 -3.0 -8.1 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 382,013 23.0% 568,256 27.0% 186,243 48.8 4.0 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 1,433,731 100.0% 1,732,719 100.0% 298,988 20.9 FEMALE................ 609,850 42.5% 798,755 46.1% 188,905 31.0 3.6 EMPLOYED.............. 1,362,017 95.0% 1,633,281 94.3% 271,264 19.9 -0.7 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 352,553 24.6% 488,584 28.2% 136,031 38.6 3.6 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 177,634 12.4% 221,630 12.8% 43,996 24.8 0.4 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 1,169,574 100.0% 1,477,349 100.0% 307,775 26.3 OCCUPIED.............. 1,061,249 90.7% 1,282,489 86.8% 221,240 20.8 -3.9 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 684,417 64.5% 798,607 62.3% 114,190 16.7 -2.2 AVERAGE VALUE....... $111,214 $95,239 -15,974 -14.4 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 376,832 35.5% 483,882 37.7% 107,050 28.4 2.2 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $400 $418 18 4.6 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 767,298 65.6% 971,209 65.7% 203,911 26.6 0.1 MOBILE HOMES.......... 67,830 5.8% 87,785 5.9% 19,955 29.4 0.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1964.3 1971.0 6.7 0.3 NOTES: 1. Income figures for "1980" are actually for 1979 and have been converted to 1989 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.708. 2. Average value of housing units and median contract rent for 1980 have been converted to 1990 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.586 Source: 1980 and 1990 summary tape files 3, U.S. Bureau of the Census Programming and design by the Urban Information Center, U. of Mo. St. Louis