| About Colorado
- Colorado is a western state in the central part of the country. Colorado is best known as the home of the highest peaks of the Rocky
Mountains, which dominate the western half of the state; eastern Colorado is mostly High Plains (prairie) and sparsely populated.
The state capital and largest city is Denver, Colorado; the Denver-Aurora metropolitan area contains over half
of the state's population (2.5 million out of 4.3 million). The state was named after the Spanish word "Colorado"
which means "reddish colored" that presumably refers to the red sandstone formations in the area or reddish brown color of
the Colorado River.
The U.S. Postal abbreviation for the state is CO. The USS Colorado was named in honor of this state.
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The largest city of Colorado is Denver.
Denver is nicknamed The Mile-High City
because its official elevation, measured on the fifteenth
step of the state capitol building's west side, is one
statute mile (5,280 feet , or 1,609 meters) above sea
level. Denver is located on the plains just east of
the Rocky Mountains and forms the heart of the Denver-Aurora
metropolitan area. The central downtown district is
on the east side of the South Platte River, near its
confluence with Cherry Creek, approximately fifteen
miles from the foothill.
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Alamosa | Arvada
| Aurora | Boulder
| Brighton | Broomfield
| Brush | Canon
City | Carbondale | Clifton
| Colorado Springs
| Cortez | Craig
| Delta | Denver
| Dolores | Durango
| Englewood | Evergreen
| Florence | Fort
Collins | Fort Lupton
| Fort Morgan | Fountain
| Fruita | Glenwood
Springs | Golden | Grand
Junction | Greeley | Gunnison
| Lamar | Littleton
| Longmont | Loveland
| Monte Vista | Montrose
| Morrison | Pagosa
Springs | Parker | Peyton
| Pueblo | Salida
| Sterling | Telluride
| Trinidad | Woodland
Park |
Living in Colorado
People of Colorado - As of 2005, Colorado has an estimated population of 4,665,177, which is an increase of 63,356,
or 1.4%, from the prior year and an increase of 363,162, or 8.4%, since the year 2000. This includes a natural increase since the last
census of 205,321 people (that is 353,091 births minus 147,770 deaths) and an increase due to net migration of 159,957 people into the
state. Immigration from outside the United States resulted in a net increase of 112,217 people, and migration within the country produced
a net increase of 47,740 people.
According to estimates made in 2004, Colorado's population will increase to 7,150,000 by 2030 [3]. The largest increases are expected
along the Front Range, especially in the Denver-Aurora metropolitan area.
As of 2004, 441,000 foreign-born persons (9.7% of the population) live in the state, including an estimated 144,000 illegal aliens (3.1% of
the state population).
The racial makeup of the state and comparison to the prior census:
| Census year: |
2000 |
1990 |
| White |
82.8% |
88.2% |
| Black |
3.8% |
4.0% |
| Asian |
2.2% |
1.8% |
| Native American |
1.0% |
0.8% |
| Other Race |
7.3% |
5.1% |
| Mixed Race |
2.8% |
* |
| White, non-Hispanic |
74.5% |
80.7% |
| Hispanic |
17.1% |
12.9% |
Colorado's Hispanic presence is one of the USA's largest-only five states have more Hispanics (per capita). Denver and some other areas
have significant Mexican populations, while southern Colorado has a large number of Hispanos, the descendants of early New Mexican settlers
of colonial Spanish origin.
According to the 2000 Census, the largest ancestry groups in Colorado are German (22%), Irish (12.2%), and English (12%). Persons
reporting German ancestry are the largest group in the state and are especially strong in the Front Range and eastern Plains. People of
British extraction are the largest group in the western Rocky Mountains.
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State of Colorado
Alamosa |
Arvada |
Aurora |
Boulder |
Brighton |
Broomfield |
Brush |
Canon City |
Carbondale |
Clifton |
Colorado Springs |
Cortez |
Craig |
Delta |
Denver |
Dolores |
Durango |
Englewood |
Evergreen |
Florence |
Fort Collins |
Fort Lupton |
Fort Morgan |
Fountain |
Fruita |
Glenwood Springs |
Golden |
Grand Junction |
Greeley |
Gunnison |
Lamar |
Littleton |
Longmont |
Loveland |
Monte Vista |
Montrose |
Morrison |
Pagosa Springs |
Parker |
Peyton |
Pueblo |
Salida |
Sterling |
Telluride |
Trinidad |
Woodland Park |
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