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population in 2005: 557,917 (100% urban, 0% rural)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 125,631
Renter-occupied apartments: 113,604
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Land area: 153 sq. mi.
Water area: 1.6 sq. mi.
| Population
density: 3638 people per square mile |
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Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2005: 15.3%
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(8.1% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 25.9% for Black residents, 21.9% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 13.7% for other race residents)
Median age of residents in 2005: 34 years ols
(Males: 33 years old, Females: 35 years old)
(Median age for: White residents: 40 years old, Black residents: 36 years old, American Indian residents: 32 years old, Asian residents: 33 years old, Hispanic or Latino residents: 26 years old, Other race residents: 26 years old)
Type
of workers:
- Private
wage or salary: 80%
- Government:
13%
- Self-employed,
not incorporated: 6%
- Unpaid
family work: 0%
County, Colorado business data: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...
Races
in Denver County, Colorado:
- White
Non-Hispanic (51.9%)
- Hispanic
(31.7%)
- Other
race (15.6%)
- Black
(11.1%)
- Two
or more races (3.7%)
- American
Indian (2.2%)
- Vietnamese
(0.8%)
(Total
can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)
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resident age: |
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median age: |
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| Males:
280,207 |
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Average wage per job in 2003: $45,228
County population in 2003: 556,039
Jobs in 2003: 456,712
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Total labor force in 2004: 306,567
Unemployment rate in 2004: 6.7%
Average
household size:
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people | | Colorado: | 2.5
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Median household income in 2005: $42,370
2005 median house value: $231,900
Median contract rent in 2005: $629
Median monthly housing costs in 2005: $903
Estimated median household income in 2005: $42,386 ($39,500 in 2000)
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Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $231,250
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Median montly rent in 2000: $631
Institutionalized population: 6,216
Median monthly costs for houses with a mortgage in Denver County in 2000: $1134
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Health
of residents in Denver County based on 2413 CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2002 to 2004:
General
health status score of residents in this county from 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent) is 3.6. This is about average.
79.3%
of residents exercised in the past month. This is about average.
30.9%
of residents had a sunburn in the past 12 months. This is about average.
48.7%
of residents smoked 100+ cigarettes in their lives. This is about average.
63.8%
of residents drank alcohol in the past 30 days. This is more than average.
70.2%
of residents visited a dentist within the past year. This is about average.
Average
weight of males is 184 pounds. This is less than average.
Average
weight of females is 150 pounds. This is about average.
16.3%
of residents keep firearms around their homes. This is less than average.
Single-family
new house construction building permits:
- 2000:
1439 buildings, average cost: $110,800
- 2001:
1011 buildings, average cost: $143,200
- 2002:
1641 buildings, average cost: $145,500
- 2003:
2122 buildings, average cost: $121,300
- 2004:
4098 buildings, average cost: $116,000
- 2005:
2029 buildings, average cost: $188,500
- 2006:
1800 buildings, average cost: $222,800
2004
Presidential Election results in Denver County Colorado:
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Kerry/Edwards (Democratic): 69.6%
Bush/Cheney (Republican): 29.3%
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Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2005: $1,194 (0.5%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2005: $1,168 (0.5%)
Area name: Denver-Aurora, CO MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Denver County is $702 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $889 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $1262 a month.
Cities
in this county include:
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2005
air pollution in Denver County:
Carbon Monoxide: 3 ppm (standard limit: 9 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Lead: 0.18 µg/m3
(standard limit: 1.5 µg/m3).
Above U.S. average.
Nitrogen Dioxide: 0.028 ppm (standard limit: 0.053 ppm). Significanly above U.S. average.
Ozone (1-hour): 0.095 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Ozone (8-hour): 0.074 ppm (standard limit: 0.08 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM10)
Annual: 28 µg/m3.
Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM10)
24-hour (standard limit: 150 µg/m3):
68 µg/m3.
Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5)
Annual (standard limit: 15.0 µg/m3):
10.1 µg/m3.
Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5)
24-hour (standard limit: 35 µg/m3):
27 µg/m3.
Near U.S. average.
Sulfur Oxides Annual: 0.003 ppm (standard limit: 0.03 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Sulfur Oxides 24-hour: 0.009 ppm (standard limit: 0.14 ppm). Near U.S. average.
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Notable
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total employment by year
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average yearly wages by year ($)
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Current
college students: 38,309
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 78.9%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 34.5%
Number
of foreign born residents: 96,601 (23% naturalized citizens)
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Year
of entry for the foreign-born population
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- 1995
to March 2000: 41,082
- 1990
to 1994: 19,234
- 1985
to 1989: 11,076
- 1980
to 1984: 8,146
- 1975
to 1979: 6,074
- 1970
to 1974: 3,630
- 1970
to 1974: 2,022
- 1965
to 1969: 5,337
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Mean
travel time to work: 24.5 minutes
Percentage
of county residents living and working in this county: 63.4%
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Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 119,432
- One,
attached: 18,766
- Two:
7,994
- 3
or 4: 10,034
- 5
to 9: 14,244
- 10
to 19: 21,373
- 20
or more: 58,918
- Mobile
homes: 617
- Boats,
RVs, vans, etc.: 57
Housing units in Denver County with a mortgage: 79,329 (12,095 second mortgage, 7,276 home equity loan, 430 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 24,957 Agriculture
in Denver County
Average size of farms: 4 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $128880
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $107768
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 22.50%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 100.00%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $31632
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 30.00%Denver
County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is significantly above Colorado state average. It is 10.6 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 13 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 6/15/1988, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado injured 7 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.
Most
common industries for males in 2005: |
- Construction
(15%)
- Professional,
scientific, and technical services (10%)
- Administrative
and support and waste management services (9%)
- Accommodation
and food services (9%)
- Finance
and insurance (5%)
- Health
care (5%)
- Educational
services (4%)
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Most
common industries for females in 2005: |
- Educational
services (12%)
- Health
care (12%)
- Professional,
scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Finance
and insurance (8%)
- Accommodation
and food services (7%)
- Administrative
and support and waste management services (6%)
- Public
administration (4%)
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Most
common occupations for males in 2005:
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- Building
and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Other
management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Computer
specialists (5%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Construction
trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Cooks
and food preparation workers (3%)
- Electrical
equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (3%)
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Most
common occupations for females in 2005:
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- Other
office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other
management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Building
and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Business
operations specialists (4%)
- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (4%)
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Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
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- Mexico
(65%)
- Vietnam
(4%)
- Germany
(2%)
- India
(2%)
- Canada
(2%)
- United
Kingdom (1%)
- Russia
(1%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in Denver County:
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- German
(11%)
- Irish
(7%)
- English
(6%)
- United
States or American (4%)
- Italian
(3%)
- Polish
(2%)
- Scottish
(2%)
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 190,274 (68%)
- Carpooled:
37,668 (14%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 22,229 (8%)
- Streetcar
or trolley car: 322 (0%)
- Subway
or elevated: 342 (0%)
- Railroad:
192 (0%)
- Ferryboat:
13 (0%)
- Taxi:
389 (0%)
- Motorcycle:
231 (0%)
- Bicycle:
2,652 (1%)
- Walked:
12,112 (4%)
- Other
means: 2,066 (1%)
- Worked
at home: 10,225 (4%)
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People
in group quarters in Denver County, Colorado
- 2810
people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 2621
people in nursing homes
- 2006
people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 1831
people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 756
people in state prisons
- 459
people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 369
people in other group homes
- 323
people in religious group quarters
- 302
people in halfway houses
- 282
people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 232
people in homes for the mentally ill
- 226
people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 84
people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
- 77
people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
- 71
people in other types of correctional institutions
- 67
people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 61
people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
- 45
people in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children
- 43
people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 25
people in job corps and vocational training facilities
- 16
people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
- 10
people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 3
people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 3
people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $59,141.
13.66% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($41,475 average adjusted gross income) | Here: |
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0.15% of residents moved from foreign countries ($267 average AGI)| Denver
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8.63% relocated from other counties in Colorado ($23,779 average AGI)
4.89% relocated from other states ($17,428 average AGI)| Denver
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Percentage
of residents relocating from other counties or countries
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Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
County, CO
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($39,809 average AGI) |
| from
County, CO
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($38,056) |
| from
County, CO
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($30,013) |
| from
County, CO
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($41,512) |
| from
County, CO
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($52,745) |
| from
County, CO
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($29,294) |
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Paso County, CO
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($29,479) |
13.04% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($44,259 average adjusted gross income) | Here: |
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0.10% of residents moved to foreign countries ($432 average AGI)| Denver
County: |
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average: | 0.12% |
9.06% relocated to other counties in Colorado ($29,713 average AGI)
3.89% relocated to other states ($14,114 average AGI)| Denver
County: |
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average: | 3.96% |
Percentage
of residents relocating to other counties or countries |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
County, CO
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($41,768 average AGI) |
| to
County, CO
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($40,659) |
| to
County, CO
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($34,514) |
| to
County, CO
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($63,495) |
| to
County, CO
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($51,048) |
| to
Paso County, CO
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($38,054) |
| to
Angeles County, CA
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($40,804) |
Births
per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 17.7
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 20.3
Births
per 1000 population in Denver County |
Deaths
per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 8.1
Deaths
per 1000 population in Denver County |
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 8.7
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 6.3
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Denver County |
Persons
enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 69,439 (57,936 aged, 11,503 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 18%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 15%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 541,907
- In
family households: 391,340 (81,115 male householders, 39,190 female householders)
85,763
spouses, 131,689 children (122,445 natural, 3,705 adopted, 5,539 stepchildren), 10,778 grandchildren, 9,803 brothers or sisters, 3,914 parents, 14,599 other relatives, 14,489 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 150,567 (58,515 male householders (43,945 living alone)), 60,595 female householders (50,072 living alone)), 31,457 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 12,729 (6,058 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 51,722 2-persons, 26,652 3-persons, 20,594 4-persons, 10,705 5-persons, 5,545 6-persons, 5,087 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 94,017 1-person, 21,074 2-persons, 2,878 3-persons, 756 4-persons, 272 5-persons, 72 6-persons, 41 7-or-more-persons.
69,301 married couples with children.
34,103 single-parent households (7,133 men, 26,970 women).
73.0% of residents of Denver County speak English at home.
21.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (42% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 22% speak English not well, 16% don't speak English at all).
2.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
2.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (43% speak English very well, 32% speak English well, 21% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other language at home (65% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $6,196,711,000 ($11128 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $897,631,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $1,244,686,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $834,323,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $47,195,000
Federal grants: $1,949,386,000
Federal procurement contracts: $1,106,194,000 ($635,479,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $1,014,926,000 ($172,102,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $114,850,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $1,158,350,000
Federal Government insurance: $197,522,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 55,586
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Deaths: 22,393
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Net international migration: +35,459
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per 1000 residents | | State: |
per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: -63,668
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Population
growth in Denver County
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Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 140.86 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
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Median
number of rooms in apartments:
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Year
house built: |
- 1999
to March 2000: 5,260
- 1995
to 1998: 8,395
- 1990
to 1994: 5,212
- 1980
to 1989: 22,470
- 1970
to 1979: 40,916
- 1960
to 1969: 35,877
- 1950
to 1959: 46,855
- 1940
to 1949: 24,845
- 1939
or earlier: 61,605
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Denver County, Colorado: |
- 1
room: 555
- 2
rooms: 3,817
- 3
rooms: 7,682
- 4
rooms: 15,259
- 5
rooms: 23,339
- 6
rooms: 21,962
- 7
rooms: 17,932
- 8
rooms: 16,146
- 9
or more rooms: 18,939
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Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Denver County, Colorado: |
- 1
room: 11,133
- 2
rooms: 20,516
- 3
rooms: 29,678
- 4
rooms: 25,204
- 5
rooms: 13,780
- 6
rooms: 6,351
- 7
rooms: 3,398
- 8
rooms: 2,021
- 9
or more rooms: 1,523
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Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Denver County: |
- no
bedroom: 1,319
- 1
bedroom: 10,011
- 2
bedrooms: 40,058
- 3
bedrooms: 44,506
- 4
bedrooms: 23,009
- 5
or more bedrooms: 6,728
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Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Denver County:
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- no
bedroom: 14,266
- 1
bedroom: 49,512
- 2
bedrooms: 35,202
- 3
bedrooms: 10,388
- 4
bedrooms: 3,378
- 5
or more bedrooms: 858
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Denver County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
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- no
vehicle: 6,409
- 1
vehicle: 45,691
- 2
vehicles: 52,101
- 3
vehicles: 16,124
- 4
vehicles: 4,019
- 5
or more vehicles: 1,287
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Denver County in renter-occupied apartments
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- no
vehicle: 26,738
- 1
vehicle: 57,524
- 2
vehicles: 23,210
- 3
vehicles: 4,617
- 4
vehicles: 924
- 5
or more vehicles: 591
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46%
of Denver County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 48% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 47% lived in Colorado.
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Place
of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 222531
- Northeast:
33351
- Midwest:
89984
- South:
56085
- West:
50167
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $180,400 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%
Year
Householders Moved Into Unit:
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Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
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- Utility
gas (86%)
- Electricity
(12%)
- Other
fuel (1%)
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Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
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- Utility
gas (63%)
- Electricity
(33%)
- Other
fuel (2%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (1%)
- No
fuel used (1%)
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Private
vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6,404
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Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2,412
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Students in private undegraduate colleges: 7,753
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and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
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and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
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and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
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Age
and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
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Age
and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
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Age
and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)
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