Population, 2007
Denver City & County:                      587,526

Denver Metro

            Arapahoe County:                   551,724

            Jefferson County:                   538,371

            Adams County:                       424,245

            Boulder County:                     290,580

            Douglas County:                     274,731

            Broomfield County:                  48,191

Seven County Metro Area:              2,715,368

Rank                                                  21^st in U.S.

Colorado (2007 projection)              4,861,515

Rank                                                   22^nd in U.S.

Population by Race & Hispanic Origin

                                                            Metro Denver              City & County of Denver

            White                                                  67.1%                          50.0%

            Black or African American                   5.2%                          10.6%

            American Indian                                     .5%                            1.3%

            Asian                                                     3.4%                            3.3%

            Hispanic or Latino                              21.9%                          34.8%

Downtown Denver by the Numbers:

• 10^th largest downtown in America based on employees and office space.

• 4^th most walkable downtown, the Brookings Institute 2008

• 62,000 residents within 1.5 mile radius of center.

• 110,000 employees in downtown.

• 6,900 housing units in 83 projects planned or under construction;  (2,070 housing units added in 2006 alone).

• 2.5 million square feet of office space under construction or planned.

• 55,000 people ride the free 16^th Street Mall shuttle every day.

• 3 downtown sports stadiums represent $790 million in investment, house 7 professional sports teams and seat 147,000.  (Coors Field, 50,000; INVESCO Field at Mile High 76,000; Pepsi Center 21,000).

16^th Street Mall Numbers

• Broadway to Wynkoop is ONE mile in length.

• Total cost of the I.M. Pei designed Mall was $76 million

• 55,000 people use the Free shuttle buses every weekday.

• 15 million riders use the Free shuttle buses every year.

• 36 ultra-low emission hybrid-electric shuttles operate on the Mall, each carrying 115 passengers.

• 200 trees line the Mall; 50,000 flowers are planted each spring.

• There are 39 street cart vendors and 28 sidewalk cafes.

• 28 horse-drawn carriage companies operate on the Mall and in downtown.

• There are 400,000 pieces of granite paving in the Mall, in a pattern that when viewed from above resembles the skin of a Western Diamondback rattlesnake.

Colorado State Capitol Numbers

• 13^th Step on West side is 5,280 feet above sea level, one mile high.

• 272-feet high.

• 200 ounces of 24-karat gold on the dome.

• The marble used in the building came from the same quarry that supplied the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the Lincoln Memorial.

• The entire world’s supply of Colorado Rose Onyx was used in interior of the building.

Land Area Seven-County Metro Denver

The seven-county metro Denver area has cooperated on numerous projects, including building two sports stadiums (INVESCO and Coors Field) and funding the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) with a 1/10 of a cent sales tax collected in all seven counties.  This tax raises $40 million a year which is distributed to 300 arts organizations and cultural facilities.  The seven counties also cooperatively fund the Regional Transportation District, including the existing 35 miles of Light Rail and a 12-year, $4.7 billion plan to add 119 miles of new light rail and commuter rail – the largest light rail initiative in American history.   The seven counties of metro Denver cover a land area nearly the size of Connecticut. 

Adams County                        1,182 square miles

Arapahoe County                        804 square miles

Boulder County                          740 square miles

Broomfield County                       34 square miles

Denver County                           156 square miles

Douglas County                          842 square miles

Jefferson County                        773 square miles

Seven-Country Metro Denver:  4,531 square miles

Connecticut:    4,885 square miles of land (699 sq. miles of water)

Delaware:        1,954 square miles

Rhode Island:  1,545 square miles

Colorado:        104,247 square miles

The Mountain View from Denver

·         120 miles of snowcapped peaks can be seen from Denver.  This is called “the Front Range.”  The first row of mountains are known locally as “the Foothills.”

·         More than 200 named peaks can be seen from Denver, including 32 that soar to 13,000 feet and above.  There are 683 peaks in Colorado that climb to 13,000 feet.

·         Three 14,000-foot high peaks can be seen from Denver.  They are called “Fourteeners.”  There are 54 “Fourteeners” in Colorado, the most of any state. 

            (Visible from Denver, north to south):                                  

1.      Longs Peak (15^th highest in Colorado at 14,255 feet);

2.      Mount Evans (14^th highest in Colorado at 14,264 feet.  The paved road to the summit is the highest paved road in North America).