The State Demography Office is pleased to announce it has
finished producing and updating its vintage 2010 population and economic
estimates and forecasts. The office has updated and re-released population and
housing unit inter-censal estimates for July 2000-2010 benched Census 2000 and
2010 counts.
County population by single year of age and sex have also been revised for the
years 2000 to 2010.
The office has also re-benched and updated its population forecasts by age. The updated forecasts show Colorado's population growing by 1.6% per year over the next five years, increasing to 1.8% per year before the end of the decade to grow to close to 6 million persons by the year 2020. This year's revised forecast is based on the 2010 Census and incorporates updates to age and sex by county and by race and ethnicity statewide.
The economic base analysis and job estimates for 2010 have
also been updated and released by the State Demography Office. Overall, Colorado
saw a slight dip in total jobs, losing 45,411 (-1.6 percent) jobs between 2009
and 2010. The largest contraction occurred in the Denver Metro Area, with
Denver, Jefferson, and Arapahoe Counties accounting for nearly half (20,128) of
jobs lost statewide. Twenty-one out of our 64 counties did experience some job
growth. Gilpin, Yuma, and Morgan added the most jobs, 1,279 combined, with Yuma
and Morgan also being the fastest growing counties with a 5.6 and 5.3 percent
increase, respectively. The office also updated its job forecasts by
county through 2040. Total jobs for the state are forecast to increase slowly
for 2011 (.9%) followed by 1% in 2012. Slightly faster job growth is forecast
for 2013 of 1.8% or approximately 50,000 jobs. Job growth in 2014 and 2015 is
forecast at 2.4% and 2.2% respectively, or around 65,000 jobs. Data and
information can be found on the State Demography Office website at: www.colorado.gov/demography.
