Colorado Population

Colorado (U.S. state abbreviation is 'CO') is the state of western region of United States, bordered by Kansas to the east, Utah to the west, Wyoming to the north, Nebraska to the northeast, Oklahoma to the southeast, New Mexico to the south. Colorado population in 2020 is estimated to be 5.86 million and its 22nd populous state in US. Its area is 104,094 sq miles (269,837 sq km) and area rank is 8th largest in the United States. Its state capital is Denver and other top cities are Colorado Springs, Aurora, Fort Collins and Lakewood. The popular tourist places are Pikes Peak, Rocky Mountain National Park, Garden of Gods and Denver zoo. The word 'Colorado' means 'Red colored' or 'Color red' in Spanish, named after Colorado River. The Spanish explorers are first discovered Colorado during 1540, and was inhabited by Native Americans Pueblo, Apache, Comanche and Ute people for more than 13000 years.

Image Source: People gathering adventure town at Lyons Town, Colorado

Population of Colorado is projected in 2019 is 5.7 million with change of 1.44%, compared to 1.42% in 2018.

Year	Population	% Change
2010	5,048,281
2011	5,121,771	1.46
2012	5,193,721	1.40
2013	5,270,482	1.48
2014	5,351,218	1.53
2015	5,452,107	1.89
2016	5,540,921	1.63
2017	5,615,902	1.35
2018	5,695,564	1.42
2019*	5,777,580	1.44
2020*	5,863,014	1.50 *

Source : Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2018

Colorado Population by Race & Groups

Colorado Population by Race 74.1% constitutes of White Americans, 18.7% are Hispanic/Latino's, 3.6% are Black/African Americans, 2.7% are Asians. 51,406 are Native Indians, 4,582 are Cherokee tribals, 841 are Chippewa tribals, 7,506 are Navajo tribals and 3650 are Sioux tribal groups.
Out of the Asian population of 164,771 in CO, 27,931 are Asian Indians, 32,485 are Chinese, 15,463 are Filipinos, 11,113 are Japanese, 20,757 are Korean and 24,222 are Vietnamese.
Native Hawaiians are 2,424 persons, Guamanian/Chamorro are 1,648 and Samoan are 1,810.
Total 1,157,200 are Hispanic/Latinos, out of these 848,985 are Mexicans, 30,533 are Puerto Ricans, 11,623 are Cubans.

Total Population	5,436,519	Percent
White	4,576,201	84.18%
Black or African American	221,155	4.07%
American Indian and Alaska Native	51,406	0.946%
Cherokee tribal grouping	4,582	0.084%
Chippewa tribal grouping	841	0.015%
Navajo tribal grouping	7,506	0.138%
Sioux tribal grouping	3,650	0.067%
Asian Population	164,771	3.03%
Asian Indian	27,931	0.51%
Chinese	32,485	0.60%
Filipino	15,463	0.28%
Japanese	11,113	0.20%
Korean	20,757	0.38%
Vietnamese	24,222	0.45%
Other Asian Population	32,800
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	8,580	0.16%
Native Hawaiian	2,424	0.045%
Guamanian or Chamorro	1,648	0.030%
Samoan	1,810	0.033%
Other Pacific Islander	2,698
Some other race	225,497
Hispanic or Latino	1,157,200	21.29%
Mexican	848,985	15.62%
Puerto Rican	30,533	0.56%
Cuban	11,623	0.21%
Other Hispanic or Latino	266,059

Source: US Census 2017(Table B03002)

Top Cities of Colorado

Rank	Cities	Population(2018)
1	Denver	716,492
2	Colorado Springs	472,688
3	Aurora	374,114
4	Fort Collins	167,830
5	Lakewood	156,798
6	Thornton	139,436
7	Arvada	120,492
8	Westminster	113,479
9	Pueblo	111,750
10	Centennial	110,831

Population Pyramid

Source: 2017 US Census Estimates: Population In Five Year Age-Group

Languages spoken in CO

English is the official language in Coloarado state, As per the data available till 2017, People who speak natively at home are 83% are English, 11.8% are Spanish, 2.2% are European languages, 2% are Asian languages.
Out of Asian speakers of 103,392, 6,792 speak Hindi, 1,511 gujarati, 1,347 Punjabi, 1,685 Urdu, 1,000 Bengali, 6,472 Nepali/Marathi, 3,909 Telugu, 3,183 Tamil, 1,768 Malayalam/Kannada, 23,941 speak Chinese Mandarin/Cantonese, 6,342 Japanese, 14,780 Korean, 3,317 Hmong, 20,197 Vietnamese, 2,142 Khmer, 4,808 Thai/Lao/Tai-Kadai, 8,025 Tagalog.
4,745 speak Ilocano/Samoan/Hawaiian, 10,762 Arabic, 2,112 Hebrew, People who speak African languages are 13,030 Amharic/Somali, 6,000 Yoruba/Twi/Igbo, 3,458 Swahili.

Languages	Population	Percentage
Speak only English	4,237,632	83.05
Spanish Language	603,303	11.82
European Language	114,473	2.24
Asian Languages	103,392	2.03
Other Languages	43,469	0.85

Source: US Census 2017(Table S1601)

Education

Below table is the different levels of Education in CO state.

Population 18 to 24 years		516709	270221	246488
		Total	Male	Female
	Less than high school graduate	67542	39583	27959
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	152328	86533	65795
	Some college or associates degree	237187	119208	117979
	Bachelors degree or higher	59652	24897	34755
Population 25 years and over		3668477	1820690	1847787
	Less than 9th grade	133062	69264	63798
	9th to 12th grade, no diploma	191957	101620	90337
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	791683	404338	387345
	Some college, no degree	798224	393795	404429
	Associates degree	307078	141207	165871
	Bachelors degree	909794	445317	464477
	Graduate or professional degree	536679	265149	271530

White		2705586	1337474	1368112
	High school graduate or higher	2602045	1281978	1320067
	Bachelors degree or higher	1234589	609316	625273
Black or African		139113	74936	64177
	High school graduate or higher	124678	67585	57093
	Bachelors degree or higher	33629	17099	16530
American Indian or Alaska Native alone		32894	16083	16811
	High school graduate or higher	27274	12890	14384
	Bachelors degree or higher	5826	2664	3162
Asian		111520	49279	62241
	High school graduate or higher	95654	43211	52443
	Bachelors degree or higher	56766	26776	29990
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander		4864	2397	2467
	High school graduate or higher	4428	2144	2284
	Bachelors degree or higher	1249	563	686
Hispanic or Latino Origin		631852	319540	312312
	High school graduate or higher	446145	220413	225732
	Bachelors degree or higher	92017	43080	48937

Source: US Census 2017(Table S1501)

Disability

Below the listed table of Disablity people stats in Colorodo state as on 2017.

Total civilian non-institutionalized population	565570
Male	285641
Female	279929
	-
White	481913
Black or African American	23613
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	8604
Asian	11041
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	990
Some other race	21140
DISABILITY TYPE
With a hearing difficulty	188367
With a vision difficulty	105275
With a cognitive difficulty	203511
With an ambulatory difficulty	266234
With a self-care difficulty	92458
With an independent living difficulty	177186

Counties of Colorado

Colorado state is popular for its mountains, plateaus, rivers, canyons and forests and the state is divided into 64 counties, Denver and El Paso are the largest counties with 716,492 and 713.856 people, followed by Arapahoe County with 615,215, Jefferson County with 580,233 and Adams County with 511,868.

County	Population 2017	Population 2018	% Change	Rank 2017	Rank 2018
Adams County	504,428	511,868	1.5	5	5
Alamosa County	16,543	16,683	0.8	31	31
Arapahoe County	644,132	651,215	1.1	3	3
Archuleta County	13,317	13,765	3.4	34	34
Baca County	3,563	3,585	0.6	56	56
Bent County	5,857	5,882	0.4	48	48
Boulder County	324,073	326,078	0.6	8	8
Broomfield County	68,232	69,267	1.5	12	12
Chaffee County	19,651	20,027	1.9	26	26
Cheyenne County	1,860	1,876	0.9	59	59
Clear Creek County	9,582	9,605	0.2	39	39
Conejos County	8,153	8,200	0.6	40	40
Costilla County	3,772	3,828	1.5	55	55
Crowley County	5,798	5,858	1	49	49
Custer County	4,873	4,954	1.7	52	51
Delta County	30,537	30,953	1.4	19	19
Denver County	705,439	716,492	1.6	1	1
Dolores County	2,053	2,074	1	58	58
Douglas County	335,668	342,776	2.1	7	7
Eagle County	54,992	54,993	0	15	15
Elbert County	25,735	26,282	2.1	22	21
El Paso County	700,800	713,856	1.9	2	2
Fremont County	47,607	48,021	0.9	16	16
Garfield County	59,113	59,770	1.1	13	13
Gilpin County	6,026	6,121	1.6	47	47
Grand County	15,356	15,525	1.1	32	32
Gunnison County	16,931	17,246	1.9	30	30
Hinsdale County	791	811	2.5	62	62
Huerfano County	6,645	6,889	3.7	44	44
Jackson County	1,379	1,399	1.5	60	60
Jefferson County	575,817	580,233	0.8	4	4
Kiowa County	1,367	1,383	1.2	61	61
Kit Carson County	7,152	7,163	0.2	43	43
Lake County	7,753	7,824	0.9	42	42
La Plata County	55,541	56,310	1.4	14	14
Larimer County	343,993	350,518	1.9	6	6
Las Animas County	14,231	14,503	1.9	33	33
Lincoln County	5,530	5,610	1.4	50	50
Logan County	21,665	21,528	-0.6	25	25
Mesa County	151,406	153,207	1.2	11	11
Mineral County	759	776	2.2	63	63
Moffat County	13,095	13,188	0.7	35	35
Montezuma County	26,148	26,158	0	21	22
Montrose County	41,785	42,214	1	17	17
Morgan County	28,228	28,558	1.2	20	20
Otero County	18,403	18,432	0.2	27	28
Ouray County	4,809	4,833	0.5	53	53
Park County	17,920	18,556	3.5	29	27
Phillips County	4,297	4,286	-0.3	54	54
Pitkin County	17,952	17,950	0	28	29
Prowers County	12,071	12,164	0.8	36	36
Pueblo County	166,426	167,529	0.7	10	10
Rio Blanco County	6,394	6,336	-0.9	46	46
Rio Grande County	11,306	11,250	-0.5	37	37
Routt County	25,346	25,733	1.5	23	23
Saguache County	6,643	6,843	3	45	45
San Juan County	711	762	7.2	64	64
San Miguel County	8,047	8,191	1.8	41	41
Sedgwick County	2,334	2,303	-1.3	57	57
Summit County	31,004	31,007	0	18	18
Teller County	24,638	25,083	1.8	24	24
Washington County	4,936	4,909	-0.5	51	52
Weld County	305,274	314,305	3	9	9
Yuma County	10,015	10,020	0	38	38