The State Demography Office is the primary state agency for population and demographic information. Its data are used by state agencies to forecast demand for facilities and services. These data are also used by local governments and non-profit organizations in the state to anticipate growth or decline and to plan and develop programs and community resources. The office's location in the Department of Local Affairs, insures that its data and information...

The Colorado State Demography Office (SDO) applies a basic Components of Change Method to create annual (July 1) State and County Population Estimates. The method varies slightly for our July 1st 2010 estimates in that it starts with the April 2010 Census counts and then applies components of change (births, deaths, net migration) from April 1st through June 30th 2010. The rest of the decade the estimates will be based July 1st to July 1st.

Colorado counties are organized into 14 regions for general purpose planning, consistency of relationship, communications, process, and efficiencies to provide services. The State Demography Office compiles Region Profiles each year that include data on the economy, population and labor market highlights of each region and county, as well as Forecasting Worksheets which show the relationship of the job forecast to the population forecast. State...

Shows graphs and charts for various datasets by county. All graphs are interactive and downloadable to spreadsheet.