Colorado: A History of the Centennial State, Fifth Edition

Colorado Population and Economic Statistics

Colorado Population and Economic Statistics 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 Number of farms 1,738 4,506 16,389 24,700 46,170 59,934 Acres irrigated — — 890,735 1,611,271 2,792,032 3,348,385 Employment in agriculture 7,353 16,336 43,552 49,457 85,704 100,153 Number of manufacturing establishments 256 599 1,518 1,323 2,034 2,631 Employment in manufacturing 937 4,393 12,729 20,007 29,581 35,673 Employment in mining 2,478 34,675 24,195 34,936 28,376 23,382 Miles of railroad 157 1,570 4,176 4,587 5,532 5,389 Motor vehicle registration — — — — — 120,000 POPULATION 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 State of Colorado 39,864 194,327 413,249 539,700 799,024 939,629 1,035,791 Denver 4,759 35,629 106,713 133,859 213,381 256,491 287,861 (metropolitan area) (219,314) (264,232) (330,761) Colorado Springs — 4,226 11,140 21,085 29,078 30,105 33,237 (metropolitan area) Pueblo — 3,127 24,558 28,157 41,747 43,050 50,096 (metropolitan area) Metropolitanarea:1910–40:metropolitandistrict;1950:standardmetropolitanarea;1960–80:standardmetropolitan statistical area; 1990–2000: metropolitan statistical area or consolidated metropolitan statistical area (Denver). colorado population and economic statistics 487 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 59,956 51,436 45,578 33,183 27,950 26,500 27,000 28,268 36,100 3,393,619 2,467,548 2,872,757 2,684,757 2,894,980 3,458,031 3,013,733 3,420,129 2,867,957 [1959] [1969] [1978] [1978] [1987] [1997] [2007] 104,413 73,911 72,419 48,653 36,826 37,200 8,230 12,468 10,000 1,545 1,298 1,602 2,274 2,461 3,880 5,004 5,480 5,464 [1939] [1947] [1958] [1969] 34,266 32,687 56,700 84,000 118,061 181,000 187,476 173,069 125,100 20,702 15,897 10,275 14,250 13,733 35,600 20,685 12,263 23,796 4,928 4,552 4,273 3,786 3,576 3,459 3,279 2,850 2,684 309,000 352,000 564,000 924,000 1,442,000 2,342,000 3,155,000 3,626,000 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 1,123,296 1,325,089 1,753,947 2,209,596 2,889,735 3,294,394 4,301,261 5,029,196 322,412 415,786 493,887 514,678 491,396 467,610 554,636 600,158 (384,372) (563,832) (929,383) (1,277,529) (1,619,921) (1,848,319) (2,157,756) (2,543,482) 36,789 45,472 70,194 135,060 215,150 281,140 360,890 416,427 (143,742) (235,972) (317,458) (397,014) (537,484) (647,758) 52,162 63,685 91,181 97,774 101,686 98,640 102,121 106,595 (62,039) (90,188) (118,707) (118,238) (125,972) (123,051) (141,472) (159,063) ...