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.
Census 2000 Housing Occupancy and
Tenure files provide data on the total number of housing units and
the percentage occupied and vacant. Data on occupied units are
available by tenure (owner- or renter-occupied), race or Hispanic
origin, or age of the householder by number and percent. Data on
vacant housing units are available by the number and percent
available for rent or sale, rented or sold but not occupied, for
seasonal, recreational, or occational use, for migratory workers,
and other vacant housing. The data for states, counties, county
subdivisions, and places are now available for onscreen viewing or
download in the "Start with Basic Facts" area of American
Factfinder. Choose "Housing Occupancy and Tenure QT" from the
pull-down menu before choosing the level of geography (state,
county, county subdivision or place).
Census 2000 Housing
Unit Counts for counties, places, and American Indian Areas
(Reservations)
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."
"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
Economic and Demographic Information System (CEDIS) provides
menu-based access to state, region, city, and county level data
grouped into topics such as population, housing, employment,
financial (income and expenditures of cities and counties),
income/earnings, tax base/rates, and auxillary data. The housing
menus provide data on vacant housing units, total housing units,
net building permits, total households, average household size,
and housing vacancy rates. All data series are not available for
all levels of geography. Some data are available from 1985 to the
present.
Environmental Maps
(E-Maps) from HUD provides scalable maps on environmental
issues (EPA data), population, ethnicity, average income,
unemployment and earnings, housing occupancy and density, HUD
community development maps, HUD public housing programs, and more
general maps on housing programs. Service launched on Sept. 18,
2000. The maps are grouped by theme (for example, ethnicity or
income). Variables include: EPA regulated facilities or grants and
entitlements; population per square mile; families per square
mile; households per square mile; female-headed households; age of
population; population by race; percent white, African-American,
Asian-American, Native American, or Hispanic; median household
income; median family income; unemployment rate; public assistance
households; households in poverty; low/moderate income areas;
households with no earnings; percent households with no earnings;
household income ranges; owner/renter occupied; pre-1940 housing;
overcrowded housing; housing units per square mile; median value
of owner occupied homes; median gross rent; median contract rent;
median rent as a percent of income; vacancy rates; HUD community
development maps; public housing units; units as a percentage of
all housing; tenants with majority public assistance; race of
tenants; developments within Congressional districts; and maps
with housing variables from HUD programs. Year varies by data
source.
Household
and Housing Unit Estimates "The Population Estimates Program
each year produces estimates of households, housing units,
distribution of households by age of householder, and persons per
household, by state." Includes data from 1990 to 2000.
Housing and
Community Development information from HUD
includes Community Action Plans. Each Community Action Plan
includes maps of proposed projects and distribution of minority
populations by city or area.
