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Denver, Colorado QuickFacts

	Denver, Colorado	United States
Total population	554,636	281,421,906
State	Colorado
City	denver

Denver, Colorado Population

	Denver, Colorado	%, Denver, Colorado	United States
Male	280,207	50.52%	49.06%
Female	274,429	49.48%	50.94%
Median age (years)	33.1		35.3

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	Denver, Colorado	%, Denver, Colorado	United States
18 years and over	432,870	78.05%	74.31%
21 years and over	410,987	74.1%	69.97%
62 years and over	72,300	13.04%	14.66%
65 years and over	62,426	11.26%	12.43%

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	Denver, Colorado	%, Denver, Colorado	United States
White	362,180	65.3%	75.14%
Black or African American	61,649	11.12%	12.32%
Asian	15,611	2.81%	3.64%
Some other race	94,402	17.02%	5.46%
Two or more races	20,794	3.75%	2.43%

Denver, Colorado Housing

	Denver, Colorado	%, Denver, Colorado	United States
Total households	239,235		105,480,101
Family households (families)	119,300	49.87%	68.06%
Nonfamily households	119,935	50.13%	31.94%

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	Denver, Colorado	%, Denver, Colorado	United States
Total housing units	251,435		115,904,641
- Vacant housing units	12,200	4.85%	8.99%
- Occupied housing units	239,235	95.15%	91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units	125,539	49.93%	60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units	113,696	45.22%	30.77%

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	Denver, Colorado	United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000	840	9.89%
$50,000 to $99,999	10,303	30.39%
$100,000 to $149,999	31,054	23.75%
$150,000 to $199,999	26,922	14.63%
$200,000 to $299,999	21,331	11.92%
$300,000 to $499,999	10,040	6.49%
$500,000 to $999,999	3,237	2.37%
$1,000,000 or more	559	0.57%
Median (dollars)	165,800	119,600

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	Denver, Colorado	%, Denver, Colorado	United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000	68,616	28.68%	19.95%
1995 to 1998	75,345	31.49%	28.9%
1990 to 1994	34,489	14.42%	16.07%
1980 to 1989	26,040	10.88%	15.58%
1970 to 1979	16,379	6.85%	9.86%
1969 or earlier	18,366	7.68%	9.65%

Denver, Colorado Education

	Denver, Colorado	%, Denver, Colorado	United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	130,485		76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool	8,268	6.34%	6.47%
Kindergarten	7,345	5.63%	5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	53,341	40.88%	43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)	23,222	17.8%	21.38%
College or graduate school	38,309	29.36%	22.81%

Denver, Colorado Economy

	Denver, Colorado	%, Denver, Colorado	United States
Population 16 years and over	445,977		217,168,077
In labor force	301,714	67.65%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	301,434	67.59%	63.39%
- - Employed	284,340	63.76%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	17,094	3.83%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	5.7		5.8
- Armed Forces	280	0.06%	0.53%
Not in labor force	144,263	32.35%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	222,149	49.81%	51.66%
In labor force	136,398	30.58%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	136,292	30.56%	29.65%
- - Employed	128,602	28.84%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	40,989	9.19%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	22,378		12,787,501

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	Denver, Colorado	%, Denver, Colorado	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	239,415		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	24,286	10.14%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	15,173	6.34%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	31,541	13.17%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	34,121	14.25%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	41,136	17.18%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	43,712	18.26%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	21,836	9.12%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	16,662	6.96%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	4,912	2.05%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	6,036	2.52%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	39,500		41,994

	Denver, Colorado	%, Denver, Colorado	United States
With earnings	198,528	44.52%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	53,787		56,604
With Social Security income	50,179	11.25%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	10,735		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	9,663	2.17%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,366		6,320
With public assistance income	8,031	1.8%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,758		3,032
With retirement income	30,931	6.94%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	18,728		17,376

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