Colorado by the Numbers: What's New

Colorado by the Numbers: What Was New in 1997

Note: As of July 19, 1996 some subject headings have been consolidated. A new category named "Geography and Environment" includes climate, tornadoes, water use and other environmental data. Check this page for information on additional moves and consolidations.

Check What Was New in 1996 for earlier additions to Colorado by the Numbers.

December 18, 1997

County Population Estimates by Race and Hispanic Origin 1990-1996 from the Census Bureau. Includes a separate file for each year of data. These estimates are made using an experimental methodology. Refer to the Documentation and Record Layout for an explanation. Linked on the Population menu.
County Population Estimates by Selected Age Groups 1990-1996 from the Census Bureau. Includes a separate file for each year of data. These estimates are made using an experimental methodology. Refer to the Documentation and Record Layout for an explanation. Linked on the Population menu.
December 8, 1997
Explosives, Explosions, Arson, Bombings, Hoaxes 1991-1995 and Fires, Explosions, and Spills Resulting in Fires in Vehicles, Refuse Structures, Trees, Brush, and Grass by type. 1991-1995 Includes injuries, fatalities and damages. Statistics from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms linked on the Crime page.
November 25, 1997
Bearfacts from the Bureau of Economic Analysis includes per capita personal income and total personal income by county for 1994-1995 and 1985-95. Bearfacts includes a brief discussion of income, percentage growth, state rank, and comparison to state and national measures for the same time period. Linked on the Income page.
November 12, 1997
State Transportation Analysis Tables provides custom retrieval of statistics on highway expenditures, accidents, aviation, airports, licenced pilots, licenced drivers, miles travelled, highway safety., and other transportation related data. Requires Netscape 3.0 or Internet Explorer 3.0 or better. See Annual Vehicle Miles of Travel 1995 for an example of a table created with this database. Linked on the Transportation page.
November 10, 1997
Lottery page updated to include demographics of Colorado Lottery players and how proceeds of lottery sales have been allocated by county or type of use.
October 22, 1997
Dismal Scientist Colorado Statistics Dismal Scientist is a web-based economic information system which includes national, regional, state, and selected metropolitan economic data. Data is grouped into the following categories: Vital Statistics, Business, Demographics, Socioeconomic, Labor, Income, and Real Estate. Includes data on venture capital, tax rates, poverty, health insurance coverage, % households receiving foodstamps, productivity index, and other data. Linked on the Economy page.
September 23, 1997
Earnings by Occupation and Education 1990 "Earnings by Occupation and Education (SSTF22) provides data for the United States, all States, the District of Columbia and each metropolitan area for all persons 18 years and over in the experienced civilian labor force who worked with earnings in 1989." Linked on the Earnings and Education pages.
September 18, 1997
Transportation page offers data on motor fuel consumption and motor fuel taxes.
September 17, 1997
Statistics of U.S. Business: Colorado Census Bureau site with Firms, Establishments, Employment, Annual Payroll, and Estimated Receipts for 1994. Data by industrial division, legal form of organization, and establishment births, deaths, and contractions by industrial division. Link added on Economy page.
July 14, 1997
Colorado Climate Summaries from Western Regional Climate Center offers access to daily extreme and daily average climate data including temperature, snowfall, snow depth, precipitation, degree heating and cooling days. Includes data for 134 Colorado locations. Link added to the Geography, Climate and Environment page.
National Digital Map Library Select a state or states and variables to create an online map derived from U.S.G.S. Digital Line Graph Data. Variables include federal lands by type, most populated places, highways, rivers, railroads, historic sites, battlefields, and county lines. Service of the University of Virginia. Link added to the Maps page.
June 15, 1997
Competitive Oil and Gas and Geothermal Leasing on Public Lands, Fiscal Year 1996 and Noncompetitive Oil and Gas and Geothermal Leasing on Public Lands, Fiscal Year 1996 have been added to the Economy and Lands Managed or Held in Trust by Federal Agencies pages.
June 6, 1997
Timber and Nontimber Forest Products Sales, Fiscal Year 1996 has been added to the Economy page.
June 5, 1997
Big Game Animals on Public Lands, Fiscal Year 1996 added to the Geography, Climate and Environment page.

May 21, 1997

National Forests and Grasslands which includes names and acreages of lands in Colorado has been added to the Parks, Forests, and Recreation page.
May 20, 1997
Focus Colorado: Economic and Revenue Forecast contains historic economic data, and in-depth analysis and forecasts for the Colorado economy. Includes regional analysis. Requires the Adobe Acrobat reader which can be downloaded from the site. Link added to the Economy page.
State Transportation Analysis Tables provides custom retrieval of statistics on highway expenditures, miles travelled, and highway safety. Requires Netscape 3.0 or Internet Explorer 3.0 or better. Link added to the Traffic Safety page.
May 19, 1997
Mortality Query The Mortality Statistics Database contains U.S. , state, and county level data on mortality by ICD-9 (International Classification of Disease version 9) numeric codes. The data retrieval can be customized to race, gender, age, years of data, and other factors. Output is in various formats. The Mortality Query includes a link to an ICD-9 database which requires a Java-enabled browser. Link added to the Health and Vital Statistics pages.
Budget Information for the States, FY 1997: Colorado has been added to the Government Finance page.
Airports page created. DIA information moved to the Airports page.
May 15, 1997
Injury Mortality Data from Centers for Disease Control. Select a state and injury type for online data retrieval 1989-1994. Data by age and sex. Includes injury rate. Includes injuries caused by homicide, traffic accidents, drowning, suffocation, fire, poisoning, firearms and other injuries. Link added to the Health and Vital Statistics pages.
Alcohol -Related Fatalities, Traffic Accidents by City, and other data have been consolidated into a Traffic Safety Data Page
Reading proficiency, and television and reading habits of 4th graders in public schools, by region and state: 1992 and Percentage of public school 8th-graders who report spending 2 hours or more on homework daily and watching 2 hours or more of television daily, by state: 1992 added to the Education page.
May 7, 1997
Many new tables containing up to fifty years of housing data have been added to the Housing page.
Eleven tables have been added to the Traffic Safety Data page.
May 6, 1997
Surf Your Watershed: Colorado from EPA. This service allows the user to select from a clickable map to select a watershed. Environmental data (which varies by watershed) may include: air and water quality, hazardous waste, water use, land at risk for erosion, and other information. Link added to the Geography, Climate and Environment page.
Water Quality, 1994 link added to the Geography, Climate and Environment page.
Geographic Names Information Server USGS can be used to query a database by state, county, or feature name or feature type. The server supplies name, coordinates, elevation, feature type and other information which can be mapped at the Census Tiger map server. Link added to the Maps page.
April 30, 1997
Libraries page created which includes public library statistics, links to the ACLIN library database, and the CARL web interface for state publications.
Bureau of Reclamation Power Generation Statistics is a database of net and gross power generation by month for U.S. B.R. facilities. Data available from 1909 to the present. Consult the state listing for the names, locations, and service dates of powerplants in Colorado. Link added to the Energy Statistics page.
April 28, 1997
Builder Online offers a numbers of statistics relating to new housing which have been linked on the Housing page.
- Number of New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized, by State
- Value of New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized, by State
- Number of New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized, by Metropolitan Area
- Value of New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized, by Metropolitan Area
Government Directories a page of links to directory information for state, municipal and county governments has been created.
Colorado State Tax Collections, 1992-1995 has been moved to the Government Finance page.
April 17, 1997
Birth Defects from Colorado Responds to Children with Special Needs (CRCSN), Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
- Reported Diagnosis Counts and Rates:Colorado Resident Live Births 1989-1994
- Children registered and major congenital anomaly rates by county for Colorado Residents at time of birth: 1989-1994 link added to the Health page.
HIV and AIDS in Colorado from Disease Control & Environmental Epidemiology Division HIV/STD Surveillance Program includes current statistics on AIDS and HIV cases by exposure category, by age at diagnosis, sex and race, and by county. The statistics also include percentage living broken down by year of diagnosis. The current data is updated quarterly. Link added to the Health page.
April 16, 1997
County Business Patterns has been updated to include data from both 1993 and 1994.
Natural Hazards Data Resources Directory Includes data resources organized by natural hazard topic and lists of hazard-related organizations. Includes names and addresses for Colorado agencies. Link added to the Geography, Climate and Environment page.
April 11, 1997
Consolidated Federal Funds Report 1986-1995 interactive data retrieval. The Consolidated Federal Funds Report lists federal obligations and expenditures by state, county, municipality, or county subdivision. Includes detailed funding by program. Link added to the Government Finance page
April 8, 1997
Maps on Demand service of the EPA creates custom maps of Toxic Release, Superfund, and other EPA-regulated facilities. The Maps on Demand service will map demographic variables (population density, poverty levels, persons of color) and EPA-regulated -facilities by type. Maps on Demand uses geographic coordinates which can be obtained from the Envirofacts Query. Latitude and longitude are shown at the top of the report for each facility. The service can also be used to locate EPA-regulated facilities by river basin . See these Map Samples.. Link added to Geography and Environment and Maps.
April 4, 1997
Direct Federal Obligations, 1995 added to the Government Finance page. The page contains a link to county level data. Detailed city, county, state and municipal data available from Consolidated Federal Funds Report 1986-1995 on the same page.
April 2, 1997
Snow Survey Data from the Natural Resources Conservation Service includes graphics of current snowpack and other snow data added to the Geography and Environment page.
Colorado State Parks added to the Parks, Forests and Recreation page.
March 24, 1997
County Income and Poverty Estimates for Colorado 1993 includes selected breakdowns by age, median income by county added to the Income and Poverty pages.
County Income and Poverty Estimates for Colorado 1989 which include selected breakdowns by age and median income and per capita income by county has been added to the Income and Poverty pages.
Population by County 1990-1996 with Percent Change updated to reflect figures recently released by the Census Bureau.
March 18, 1997
Files derived from the USA Counties CD-ROM have been updated to the 1996 edition. Most USA Counties files now have an additional year of data.
March 14, 1997
Water Planning Colorado River Decision Support Sytem includes online documentation for planning models for several Colorado river basins. Link added to the Geography and Environment Page.
March 11, 1997
State Finance Data updated to include 1995 figures.
State Tax Collection Data updated to include 1995 figures.
Interactive Mapping of Census Data using 1990 STF1A and Tiger Boundary Information. Choose a county or group of counties, level of data (tract, block group, etc.) and up to 25 variables. Only the first variable will be mapped. The map is displayed as a .GIF image which can be saved to disk. Documentation available online. Link added to the Population and Maps pages.
March 3, 1997
Colorado County Vital Statistics, 1995 added to the Vital Statistics page.
Feb. 25, 1997
Colorado History from the Colorado State Archives includes lists Colorado Territorial and Statehood Officials historical Colorado Government including dates of establishment and name origin for Colorado counties.
Mountain Peaks over 14,000 Feet has been added to the Geography and Environment page.
Jan. 23, 1997
Colorado Congressional Elections, 1996: Political Contributions detailed information about sources of campaign financing compiled by Center for Responsive Politics link added to the Congress page.

Jan. 16, 1997
New links on the Geography, Climate and Environment page.
- Colorado Climatologies Basic climatology and monthly rankings for temperature and precipitation, selected cities in Colorado. Basic Climatology in graph format. Users with text-based browsers and slower connections can access the data at United States Climate
- Drought latest and historic drought information by region from the National Drought Mitigation Center Includes drought maps and graphs.
- Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) maps of Colorado. Latest and projected conditions. See Comparison of Drought Indices for description of the SPI.
Jan. 8, 1997
Uniform Crime Reports, 1990-93 interactive retrieval of county level data link added to Crime page.
Solar Radiation Data selected cities. Interactive retrieval of solar data by "solar equipment" type also includes climate data. Link added to the Geography, Climate and Environment page.
Jan. 6, 1997
Baby Boomers, Population and Housing Characteristics and Baby Boomers, Selected Data Tables added to the Population page.

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