Denver, Colorado

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Denver, Colorado, known as the Mile High City because its official elevation is 5,280 feet (as recorded on the Capitol Building stairs), was first settled in the mid-1800s during the Pike’s Peak Gold Rush. Originally called St. Charles in 1858, it was renamed after James W. Denver, governor of the Kansas Territory, when it was incorporated in 1861. When Colorado was made a state in 1876, Denver was named its capital.

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By the early 1900s Denver had become the commercial center of the Rocky Mountain region, and a leader in livestock sales, agriculture, and tourism, as well as its core businesses of mining and energy. With the oil shocks of the 1970s, Denver moved into alternative energy. By 1980 1,200 energy companies were located in Denver, and it is still the home of large firms such as EnCana, Halliburton, and Newmont Mining.

Population:

City population: 567,000 in 2006, 27th-most populous in the U.S.

Interesting Facts:

Denver is designated a semi-arid steppe climate, with over 250 sunny days a year
Median value of a Denver house/condo in 2005: $231,900
Number of single-family new-home construction permits issued in 2005: 2,029. Average cost: $188,500
The Denver–Aurora Metropolitan Area has more federal workers than any other metropolitan area outside Washington, DC

Demographic:

The racial makeup of Denver:
- White (51.9%)
- Hispanic (31.7%)
- Other (15.6%)
- Black (11.1%)
- Two or more races (3.7%)
- American Indian (2.2%)
- Vietnamese (0.8%)
Median age: 33.1
Ancestries: German (13.8%), Irish (9.6%), English (8.3%), Italian (3.5%), United States (3.4%), French (2.5%)
Among people in Denver age 25 and above, 34.5% have a college degree
Change in Denver’s population in the 1990s: +87,676 (+18.8%)
Average household size: 2.27

Avg. Family Income:

Median household income in 2005: $42,370

Transportation:

For automobiles, Denver is served mainly by the I-25 and I-70 highways, and the city is laid out in a regular grid of streets oriented to the compass points
The Regional Transportation District operates more than 1,000 buses in eight counties in the Denver-Aurora and Boulder Metropolitan Areas, as well as six light-rail lines serving 37 stations
The Denver International Airport, serving 47 million passengers in 2006, is the 5th-busiest in the U.S, and 10th-busiest in the world, and at 53 square miles it is the largest in area in the U.S.