population
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Pondering Colorado’s population pivot | Miller Hudson
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A year ago, I ran across one of those business page statistics which confirmed current reports more families are moving out of Colorado than arriving. Rental companies were noticing for the first time in their memory, certainly since the 1960s, they were hauling more and more empty trucks and trailers into the state. In the…
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Does Colorado have too high of a population? | Hal Bidlack
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I think I first fell in love with Colorado back in 1968, when we took a family vacation from Michigan out to Salt Lake City and back. My dad had been asked to speak at a genealogy event, and rather than him just flying to SLC and back, we loaded up the station wagon (one…
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Colorado hit a population milestone in 2025; numbers ‘don’t lie,’ but what do they say?
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Colorado is: full Standing room only How ‘bout, More crowded than it was but less crowded than we thought? Local takeaways from the U.S. Census Bureau’s most recent data drop are too complex for bumper sticker treatment, but here’s the banner in a nutshell: During a year in which the U.S. population growth rate slowed…
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COVER STORY | Facing ‘hopeless’ future, many young Coloradans turn away from having children
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When she was a little girl, Malhia Guzman dreamed of having children of her own. Now, at 21 years old, Guzman said she’s almost certain she’ll never have kids. Guzman’s desires haven’t changed — she still loves and wants children — but she no longer believes she’ll be able to afford them. Guzman said she works two…
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Census data reveals population adjustments needed in draft maps
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Colorado’s redistricting commissioners decided earlier this year to use incomplete and out-of-date data to draw the preliminary draft maps that are being toured around the state for public input. The commissioners knew at the time that their maps would end up needing adjustments, because the official data was bound to be different in some parts…
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$5.7B in downtown Denver investments since 2014, says partnership
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Anyone with eyes in their head already knows that downtown Denver has undergone a tremendous building boom over the last five years. But now you can also see it in a map compiled by the Downtown Denver Partnership. The map details how and where some $5.7 billion worth of investments has occurred in the city’s…
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A Colorado city makes U.S. top 10 for growth
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The U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday ranked U.S. cities by population increase, and a Colorado community came in at No. 7 in the nation for the rate of its growth over a one-year period. It’s Castle Rock, which in the year ending July 1, 2017, grew by a rate of 5.1 percent, for an estimated…
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Colorado experiences out migration, even as population grows
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A record number of people are moving out of Colorado, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau. About 193,000 Colorado residents moved to other states last year, 10,000 more than in 2015. Where are they moving to? According to the data, the biggest percentage of them headed for Washington state, with other destinations being…
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Denver bond proposal for nearly $1 billion in infrastructure upgrades sails to early victory
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A nearly $1 billion dollar bond proposal sailed to victory Tuesday night as Denver voters approved a finance package for infrastructure improvements throughout the city. “From the very beginning, this has always been the people of Denver’s bond,” Denver Mayor Michael Hancock said. The package represents what people want and need in their neighborhoods to…
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Denver City Council’s small lot parking code dispute leads to delay
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Almost every new resident of Denver adds another automobile to the city’s already crowded roads and highways, and those cars and trucks need a place to park when their owners are home or elsewhere. How to come up with those spaces was the source of a somewhat tense exchange on Denver City Council and led…
