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Highest
Educated City
Denver is the most educated city in the U.S.
Denver has the greatest percentage of high
school and college graduates of any major
metropolitan area in the U.S. 92.1% of the
population in the metro area have high school
diplomas and 35% have at least a bachelor’s
degree, according to the U.S. Census.
The national average is 81.7% for high school
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Baby
Boomer Capital
Denver also is the nation’s
baby boomer capital, with the highest percentage
of boomers of any major city, according to
the 1998 U.S. Census. One third of the city
is between age 35 and 54.
Including small cities, only two had a higher
percentage than Denver -- Santa Fe and Anchorage.
Among major cities, percentage of boomers
is: Denver 32.8%; Seattle 31.5%; Atlanta 31.4%;
Washington 31.4%; Portland OR 31.4%; San Francisco
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Thin
City
Denver is also the “thinnest”
city in America, and Colorado is tied as the
“thinnest” state with Hawaii.
A federal report in late 1996 declared that
half of American adults have a weight problem,
but Colorado is the exception with less than
20% of Colorado adults being overweight.
The active lifestyle in Denver, the great
weather, the abundance of recreational opportunities
and the high education level are credit. |
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Description of Denver
Denver is a clean, young and green city with over 200 parks and dozens of tree-lined boulevards.
The architecture reflects the city's three boom periods:
Victorian, when silver was discovered in Leadville;
turn-of-the-century, when gold was discovered in Cripple
Creek; and contemporary, when the energy boom added
16 skyscrapers to the downtown skyline in a three year
period, 1980-1983.
Unlike some Western cities, Denver has a central downtown
area. Here, within easy walking distance, are 5,200
hotel rooms, the city's convention complex, performing
arts complex, and a wide variety of shops, department
stores, restaurants, and nightspots. Also within easy
walking distance are some of the city's top attractions
including the U.S. Mint, Denver Art Museum and Colorado
History Museum. A mile-long pedestrian mall cuts through
the heart of downtown Denver and is surrounded by a
series of parks and plazas that soften the towering
skyscrapers and provide viewpoints from which to see
and appreciate the modern architecture.
Lower Downtown (called "LoDo" by locals) is
on the northern edge of downtown Denver and offers one
of the nation's greatest concentrations of Victorian
buildings and warehouses, many of which have been refurbished
to house restaurants, art galleries, offices and shops.
This is the center of the city's brew pubs, with six
large brew pubs and micro breweries, each brewing six
to eight exclusive beers, all within easy walking distance
of each other. Downtown is also the home of Auraria
Campus where three colleges have over 30,000 students.
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Denver's Population
Denver has more than doubled in
population since 1960. The City & County of Denver
had a population of 554,636 in 2000, making it larger
than the entire population of Wyoming (which has 480,000
people). The six-county metro area has a population
of 2.4 million.
Denver’s metro population has increased by 29.8%
since 1990. Denver is the 20th largest metro area in
America, and has the 10th largest downtown area. The
City & County of Denver has a diverse ethnic population
including 11.1% African American; 31.7% Hispanic; 2.8%
Asian and 1.3% Native American. Metro Denver has an
ethnic population of 5% Black; 18% Hispanic; 3% Asian;
1% Native American and 3% mulit-racial.
All of Colorado is experiencing a population boom with
over 1,000,000 people moving to the state in the last
decade. Colorado’s population grew 30.5% from
1990 to 2000 with a current total of 4,301,261 residents.
It was the third fastest growing state in the last decade.
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