Colorado - Facts and Figures. GENERAL INFORMATION Capital Statehood Denver August 1, 1876 the 38th state State nickname Name for residents State motto The Centennial State Coloradans Nil sine numine (Nothing without providence) Abbreviation CO LAND Total area 269,602 sq km 104,094 sq mi Rank among states in total area Land area 8th 268,659 sq km 103,730 sq mi Highest point Mount Elbert 4,401 m/14,440 ft Forested land as a share of total area 32.6 percent (2002) Federally owned land as a share of land area 34.9 percent (2002) PEOPLE Population Rank among states in population Ten-year population growth Population density 4,861,515 (2007 estimate) 22nd 30.6 percent (1990-2000) 18 persons per sq km (2006 estimate) 46 persons per sq mi (2006 estimate) Urban population 84.5 percent (2000) Largest cities (by population) D enver 566,974 (2006) Colorado Springs 372,437 (2006) A urora 303,582 (2006) L akewood 140,024 (2006) Fort Collins 129,467 (2006) Ethnic groups Whites 82.8 percent (2000) Blacks 3.8 percent (2000) Asians 2.2 percent (2000) Native Americans Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders Mixed heritage or not reporting Hispanics (of any race) 1 percent (2000) 0.1 percent (2000) 10 percent (2000) 17.1 percent (2000) HEALTH AND EDUCATION Life expectancy Infant mortality rate 77 years (1989-1991) 6 deaths per 1,000 live births (2004) Residents per physician 385 people (2005) Residents per hospital bed 486 people (2005) Share of population not covered by health insurance Number of students per teacher (K-12) Government spending per student (K-12) Share of students attending private school Share of people over age 25 with high school diploma 17.2 percent (2006) 16.9 (2003) $8,847 (2002-2003) 7.4 percent (1999) 88 percent (2006) GOVERNMENT State government Governor Bill Ritter (term ends January 2011) Legislature Senate, 35 members House of Representatives, 65 members National representation Members of the U.S. Senate 2 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives 7 Electoral votes 9 ECONOMY Gross state product (GSP) Income per capita $230 billion (2006) $36,109 (2004) GSP by economic sector Agriculture, forestry, and fishing 0.8 percent (2004) Industry Construction 6.1 percent (2004) Manufacturing 7.3 percent (2004) Mining Transportation and utilities Services Finance, insurance, and real estate 2 percent (2004) 4.2 percent (2004) 20.7 percent (2004) G overnment Information technology 12.1 percent (2004) 9 percent (2004) Retail trade 6.6 percent (2004) Wholesale trade 5.3 percent (2004) Other services 26.2 percent (2004) Employment Number of workers 2,652,000 (2006 estimate) Unemployment rate 4.3 percent (2006 estimate) Share of workers in unions 8.3 percent (2005) ENERGY, COMMUNICATIONS, AND TRANSPORTATION Electricity production Share from geothermal, solar, and wind 1.6 percent (2005 estimate) Share from hydroelectric 2.9 percent (2005 estimate) Share from nuclear 0 percent (2004) Share from thermal 95.8 percent (2005 estimate) Daily newspaper circulation per 1,000 people Share of households with Internet access Number of library books circulated per resident Length of highways 200 newspapers per 1,000 people (2006 estimate) 63 percent (2003 estimate) 9.9 books per person (2002) 140,974 km (2005) 87,597 mi (2005) Length of interstate highways 1,539 km (2005) 956 mi (2005) Length of railroad tracks 4,072 km (2004) 2,530 mi (2004) Airports 15 (2007) SOURCES The Association of American Railroads (www.aar.org), Bureau of Economic Analysis (www.bea.doc.gov), Bureau of Labor Statistics (www.bls.gov), Census Bureau (www.census.gov), Energy Information Administration (www.eia.doe.gov), Federal Aviation Administration (www.faa.gov), Federal Highway Administration (www.fhwa.dot.gov), Forest Service (www.fs.fed.us), General Services Administration (www.gsa.gov), National Agricultural Statistics Service (www.usda.gov/nass), National Center for Education Statistics (nces.ed.gov), National Center for Health Statistics (www.cdc.gov/nchs), National Telecommunications and Information Administration (www.ntia.doc.gov). Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
