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 2021 is estimated to be 5.94 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.
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Year | Population | % Change |
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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 |
2021* | 5,942,182 | 1.39 |
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 |
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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 |
Top Cities of Colorado
Rank | Cities | Population(2018) |
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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
Languages spoken in CO
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 |
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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 |
Education
Below table is the different levels of Education in CO state.
Total | Male | Female | ||
Population 18 to 24 years | 516,709 | 270,221 | 246,488 | |
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Less than high school graduate | 67,542 | 39,583 | 27,959 | |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) | 152,328 | 86,533 | 65,795 | |
Some college or associates degree | 237,187 | 119,208 | 117,979 | |
Bachelors degree or higher | 59,652 | 24,897 | 34,755 | |
Population 25 years and over | 3,668,477 | 1,820,690 | 1,847,787 | |
Less than 9th grade | 133,062 | 69,264 | 63,798 | |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma | 191,957 | 101,620 | 90,337 | |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) | 791,683 | 404,338 | 387,345 | |
Some college, no degree | 798,224 | 393,795 | 404,429 | |
Associates degree | 307,078 | 141,207 | 165,871 | |
Bachelors degree | 909,794 | 445,317 | 464,477 | |
Graduate or professional degree | 536,679 | 265,149 | 271,530 |
White | 2,705,586 | 1,337,474 | 1,368,112 | |
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High school graduate or higher | 2,602,045 | 1,281,978 | 1,320,067 | |
Bachelors degree or higher | 1,234,589 | 609,316 | 625,273 | |
Black or African | 139,113 | 74,936 | 64,177 | |
High school graduate or higher | 124,678 | 67,585 | 57,093 | |
Bachelors degree or higher | 33,629 | 17,099 | 16,530 | |
American Indian or Alaska Native alone | 32,894 | 16,083 | 16,811 | |
High school graduate or higher | 27,274 | 12,890 | 14,384 | |
Bachelors degree or higher | 5,826 | 2,664 | 3,162 | |
Asian | 111,520 | 49,279 | 62,241 | |
High school graduate or higher | 95,654 | 43,211 | 52,443 | |
Bachelors degree or higher | 56,766 | 26,776 | 29,990 | |
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander | 4,864 | 2,397 | 2,467 | |
High school graduate or higher | 4,428 | 2,144 | 2,284 | |
Bachelors degree or higher | 1,249 | 563 | 686 | |
Hispanic or Latino Origin | 631,852 | 319,540 | 312,312 | |
High school graduate or higher | 446,145 | 220,413 | 225,732 | |
Bachelors degree or higher | 92,017 | 43,080 | 48,937 |
Disability
Below the listed table of Disablity people stats in Colorodo state as on 2017.
Total civilian non-institutionalized population | 565,570 |
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Male | 285,641 |
Female | 279,929 |
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White | 481,913 |
Black or African American | 23,613 |
American Indian and Alaska Native alone | 8,604 |
Asian | 11,041 |
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander | 990 |
Some other race | 21,140 |
DISABILITY TYPE | |
With a hearing difficulty | 188,367 |
With a vision difficulty | 105,275 |
With a cognitive difficulty | 203,511 |
With an ambulatory difficulty | 266,234 |
With a self-care difficulty | 92,458 |
With an independent living difficulty | 177,186 |
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 |
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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 |
References
1. Census Fact finder
2. Historical Population of States from 1790 to 1990
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