Colorado by the Numbers: Counties

• Census 2000 General Demographic Characteristics: Colorado a report in .pdf format. Includes data on population by sex, by age, by race, by Hispanic origin. In addition, it includes data on relationships between occupants of households, household types, housing occupancy and housing tenure for the state, cities, Census designated places, towns, primary metropolitan statistical areas, congressional districts, Indian reservations, and the state as a whole.
• American Factfinder (Census Bureau) provides 1990 and 2000 Census data on cities, towns, metropolitan statistical areas, counties, Census-designated places, and other levels of geography.
• Census 2000 Supplementary Survey provides estimates of demographic, social, economic, and housing characteristics for the United States and the fifty states. The Census recently released data on cities and counties in Colorado with populations of 250,000 or more. These include the cities of Aurora, Colorado Springs, and Denver and Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Denver, El Paso, and Jefferson counties. State-level data is available from the pull-down menu of states. For access to city and county data, choose the link to Census 2000 Supplementary Survey Summary Tables near the bottom of the page. The survey includes:
  • "data on sex, age, race, Hispanic origin, household type, housing occupancy, homeowners, renters, and additional topics." 
  • "information on school enrollment, educational attainment, marital status, disability status, migration, place of birth, language spoken at home, ancestry, and additional topics."
  • "information on labor force status, commuting, occupation, income and benefits, poverty, and additional topics."
  • "units in structure, year structure built, number of rooms, vehicles available, type of heating fuel, occupants per room, value of housing unit, mortgage status, amount of rent paid, and additional topics."
• Colorado Department of Local Affairs provides county level data, including historic census data from 1960-1990, frequently requested Census data, county population projections in 5 year intervals from 1995-2025, county population estimates, per capita personal income for 1980, 1985, and the 1990s, race and Hispanic origin by county, personal income by county and source, transfer payments to counties, employment, jobs, and labor force, and jobs by economic sector.
  • Census 2000 Demographic Profiles in .pdf or Excel formats:
    • Population by Age Group
      Age Groups as a Percentage of Total
      Housing Units by Occupancy Status
      Family Households by Type
      Household Size by Type
      Group Quarters Population
      Hispanic Population by Country of Origin
      Asian Population by Country of Origin
  • County Profiles--county-level data from 1985 to the most recent year. Topics include births, deaths, natural population increase, employment, labor force, Census July population, school enrollment (grades 1-8), unemployment, December population, population age 16 and over, net migration, vacant housing units, total housing units, net building permits, total households, group quarters population (July), household population (July), total taxable assessed value (K$), total personal income (K$), total retail sails (K$), per capita income ($), average household size, unemployment rate, and housing vacancy rate.
    
• USA Counties The latest edition is now available at the Census Bureau website. Like the earlier editions of the database, the 1998 edition contains a wealth of information on many topics, including: age, agriculture, ancestry, banking, building permits, business patterns, crime, earnings, education,elections, government, health, households, housing, income, labor force and employment, manufactures, population, poverty, retail trade, services industries, social programs, veterans, vital statistics, and wholesale trade. Many of the topics include time-series data.
• USA Counties Government Information Sharing Project interface. Includes mapping capabilities.
• Piper Directory of State and Local Government Find a city, county, or state website.

Note: This is not an exhaustive list of county-level data. Consult the other topic areas of Colorado by the Numbers. For example, data from the 1992 and 1997 Economic Census is available at the county level. Consult the Economy menu.