Editing Colorado (section)

==Demographics==
[[File:Colorado population density 2020.png|thumb|250px|Colorado population density map]]
The [[United States Census Bureau]] estimated the population of Colorado on July 1, 2024, at 5,957,493, a 3.2% increase since the [[2020 United States census]].<ref name=Census/>
{{US Census population
| 1860 = 34277
| 1870 = 39864
| 1880 = 194327
| 1890 = 413249
| 1900 = 539700
| 1910 = 799024
| 1920 = 939629
| 1930 = 1035791
| 1940 = 1123296
| 1950 = 1325089
| 1960 = 1753947
| 1970 = 2207259
| 1980 = 2889964
| 1990 = 3294394
| 2000 = 4301262
| 2010 = 5029196
| 2020 = 5773714
| estyear = 2024
| estimate = 5957493
| estref = <ref name="USCensusEst2024">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2024|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=December 26, 2024}}</ref>
| footnote = [[United States census|U.S. Decennial Census]]
}}

{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible"; text-align:right; font-size:80%;"
|+ style="font-size:90%" |Ethnic composition as of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]
|-
! Race and ethnicity<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/race-and-ethnicity-in-the-united-state-2010-and-2020-census.html |title=Race and Ethnicity in the United States: 2010 Census and 2020 Census
 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=August 12, 2021 |website=census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=2021-09-26}}</ref>
! colspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Non-Hispanic
! colspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Total
|-
| [[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]]
|align=right| {{bartable|65.1|%|2||background:gray}}
|align=right| {{bartable|69.4|%|2||background:gray}}
|-
| [[Hispanics and Latinos in Colorado|Hispanic or Latino]]{{efn|Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin are not distinguished between total and partial ancestry.}}
|align=right| {{bartable}}
|align=right| {{bartable|21.9|%|2||background:green}}
|-
| [[African Americans|Black]]
|align=right| {{bartable|3.8|%|2||background:mediumblue}}
|align=right| {{bartable|4.9|%|2||background:mediumblue}}
|-
| [[Asian Americans|Asian]]
|align=right| {{bartable|3.4|%|2||background:purple}}
|align=right| {{bartable|4.7|%|2||background:purple}}
|-
| [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]]
|align=right| {{bartable|0.6|%|2||background:gold}}
|align=right| {{bartable|2.1|%|2||background:gold}}
|-
| [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]]
|align=right| {{bartable|0.2|%|2||background:pink}}
|align=right| {{bartable|0.4|%|2||background:pink}}
|-
| Other
|align=right| {{bartable|0.5|%|2||background:brown}}
|align=right| {{bartable|1.5|%|2||background:brown}}
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible" style="font-size: 90%;"
|+ Colorado historical racial demographics
|-
! Racial composition !! 1970<ref name="census"/> !! 1990<ref name="census">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0056/twps0056.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725044857/http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0056/twps0056.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 25, 2008 |title=Historical Census Statistics on Population Totals By Race, 1790 to 1990, and By Hispanic Origin, 1970 to 1990, For The United States, Regions, Divisions, and States |first1=Campbell |last1=Gibson |first2=Kay |last2=Jung |date=September 2002 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |department=Population Division |access-date=April 17, 2012 }}</ref>!! 2000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://censusviewer.com/state/CO |title=Population of Colorado—Census 2010 and 2000 Interactive Map, Demographics, Statistics, Quick Facts |website=CensusViewer.com |access-date=April 1, 2016}}</ref>!! 2010<ref>{{cite web|author=2010 Census Data |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.2010.html |title=2010 Census Data—2010 Census |website=Census.gov |access-date=April 1, 2016}}</ref>!! 2020<ref name="2020DP1">{{Cite web |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALDP2020.DP1?g=040XX00US08 |title=Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2020 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Colorado |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=April 2, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[White American|White]] (includes [[White Hispanic]]s)
|align=right| {{nts|95.7}}%
|align=right| {{nts|88.2}}%
|align=right| {{nts|82.8}}%
|align=right| {{nts|81.3}}%
|align=right| {{nts|70.7}}%
|-
| [[African American|Black]]
|align=right| {{nts|3.0}}%
|align=right| {{nts|4.0}}%
|align=right| {{nts|3.8}}%
|align=right| {{nts|4.0}}%
|align=right| {{nts|4.1}}%
|-
| [[Asian American|Asian]]
|align=right| {{nts|0.5}}%
|align=right| {{nts|1.8}}%
|align=right| {{nts|2.2}}%
|align=right| {{nts|2.8}}%
|align=right| {{nts|3.5}}%
|-
| [[Native Americans in the United States|Native]]
|align=right| {{nts|0.4}}%
|align=right| {{nts|0.8}}%
|align=right| {{nts|1.0}}%
|align=right| {{nts|1.1}}%
|align=right| {{nts|1.3}}%
|-
| [[Native Hawaiian]] and<br />[[Pacific Islander|other Pacific Islander]]
|align=right| {{ntsh|0.0001}}–<!-- for sorting purposes; not an official statistic -->
|align=right| {{ntsh|0.0001}}–<!-- for sorting purposes; not an official statistic -->
|align=right| {{nts|0.1}}%
|align=right| {{nts|0.1}}%
|align=right| {{nts|0.2}}%
|-
| [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census|Other race]]
|align=right| {{nts|0.4}}%
|align=right| {{nts|5.1}}%
|align=right| {{nts|7.2}}%
|align=right| {{nts|7.2}}%
|align=right| {{nts|8.0}}%
|-
| [[Multiracial Americans|Two or more races]]
|align=right| {{ntsh|0.0002}}–<!-- for sorting purposes; not an official statistic -->
|align=right| {{ntsh|0.0002}}–<!-- for sorting purposes; not an official statistic -->
|align=right| {{nts|2.8}}%
|align=right| {{nts|3.4}}%
|align=right| {{nts|12.3}}%
|}
[[File:Ethnic Origins in Colorado.png|thumb|Ethnic origins in Colorado]]
[[File:Colorado counties by race.svg|thumb|Map of counties in Colorado by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census{{Collapsible list
| title = Legend|{{col-begin}}{{col-2}}

'''Non-Hispanic White'''

{{legend|#dd7e6b|40–50%}}

{{legend|#cc4125|50–60%}}

{{legend|#a61c00|60–70%}}

{{legend|#85200c|70–80%}}

{{legend|#5b0f00|80–90%}}

{{col-2}}

'''Hispanic or Latino'''

{{legend|#a2c4c9|40–50%}}

{{legend|#76a5af|50–60%}}

{{col-end}}
}}]]
[[Hispanics and Latinos in Colorado|Coloradan Hispanics and Latinos]] (of any race and heritage) made up 20.7% of the population.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_DP_DPDP1&prodType=table |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190521214830/https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_DP_DPDP1&prodType=table |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 21, 2019 |format=PDF |title=Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 : 2010 Demographic Profile Data |website=Factfinder2.census.gov |access-date=April 1, 2016 }}</ref> According to the 2000 census, the largest ancestry groups in Colorado are [[German Americans|German]] (22%), [[Mexican Americans|Mexican]] (18%), [[Irish Americans|Irish]] (12%), and [[English Americans|English]] (12%). Persons reporting German ancestry are especially numerous in the Front Range, the Rockies (west-central counties), and Eastern parts/High Plains.

Colorado has a high proportion of [[Hispanic]], mostly [[Mexican-American]], citizens in Metropolitan Denver, Colorado Springs, as well as the smaller cities of Greeley and Pueblo, and elsewhere. Southern, Southwestern, and Southeastern Colorado have a large number of Hispanos, the descendants of the early settlers of colonial Spanish origin. In 1940, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Colorado's population as 8.2% Hispanic and 90.3% non-Hispanic White.<ref>{{cite web|title=Historical Census Statistics on Population Totals By Race, 1790 to 1990, and By Hispanic Origin, 1970 to 1990, For The United States, Regions, Divisions, and States |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0056/twps0056.html |access-date=January 3, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224151538/http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0056/twps0056.html |archive-date=December 24, 2014 }}</ref> The Hispanic population of Colorado has continued to grow quickly over the past decades. By 2019, Hispanics made up 22% of Colorado's population, and [[Non-Hispanic White]]s made up 70%.<ref name="quickfacts.census.gov">{{cite web|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/08000.html |title=Colorado QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau |website=Quickfacts.census.gov |access-date=April 1, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160219004405/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/08000.html |archive-date=February 19, 2016 }}</ref> Spoken English in Colorado has many Spanish idioms.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elcastellano.org/palabra.php?id=946 |title=talking about Colorado in "nada" |publisher=Elcastellano.org |date=June 30, 2007 |access-date=July 30, 2010}}</ref>

Colorado also has some large African-American communities located in Denver, in the neighborhoods of Montbello, Five Points, Whittier, and many other East Denver areas. The state has sizable numbers of Asian-Americans of [[Mongolian American|Mongolian]], [[Chinese American|Chinese]], [[Filipino American|Filipino]], [[Korean American|Korean]], [[Southeast Asian]], and [[Japanese American|Japanese]] descent. The highest population of Asian Americans can be found on the south and southeast side of Denver, as well as some on Denver's southwest side. The Denver metropolitan area is considered more liberal and diverse than much of the state when it comes to political issues and environmental concerns.

The population of Native Americans in the state is small. Native Americans are concentrated in metropolitan Denver and the southwestern corner of Colorado, where there are two Ute reservations.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia| title=Native Americans, Pioneers, Settlers |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Britannica | date=26 October 1998 | url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Colorado-state/People}}</ref>

The majority of Colorado's immigrants are from [[Mexico]], [[India]], [[China]], [[Vietnam]], [[Korea]], [[Germany]] and [[Canada]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cdle.colorado.gov/offices/office-of-new-americans/about-new-americans|title=About New Americans|publisher=Colorado Department of Labor and Employment|access-date=24 September 2023}}</ref>

There were a total of 70,331 births in Colorado in 2006. (Birth rate of 14.6 per thousand.) In 2007, non-Hispanic Whites were involved in 59.1% of all births.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr57/nvsr57_12.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr57/nvsr57_12.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |title=National Vital Statistics Reports, Volume 57, Number 12, (March 18, 2009)|publisher=[[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] |access-date=July 30, 2010}}</ref> Some 14.06% of those births involved a non-Hispanic White person and someone of a different race, most often with a couple including one Hispanic. A birth where at least one Hispanic person was involved counted for 43% of the births in Colorado.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/scripts/htmsql.exe/cohid/natalityPub.hsql |title=Department of Public Health and Environment &#124; |website=Cdphe.state.co.us |access-date=April 1, 2016}}</ref> As of the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]], Colorado has the seventh highest percentage of Hispanics (20.7%) in the U.S. behind [[New Mexico]] (46.3%), California (37.6%), [[Texas]] (37.6%), [[Arizona]] (29.6%), [[Nevada]] (26.5%), and Florida (22.5%). Per the 2000 census, the Hispanic population is estimated to be 918,899, or approximately 20% of the state's total population. Colorado has the 5th-largest population of Mexican-Americans, behind California, Texas, Arizona, and [[Illinois]]. In percentages, Colorado has the 6th-highest percentage of Mexican-Americans, behind New Mexico, California, Texas, Arizona, and Nevada.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.statemaster.com/state/CO-colorado/peo- |title=People of Colorado statistics |website=StateMaster.com |date=June 15, 2007 |access-date=April 1, 2016 |archive-date=April 21, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421185721/http://www.statemaster.com/state/CO-colorado/peo- |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Birth data===
In 2011, 46% of Colorado's population younger than the age of one were minorities, meaning that they had at least one parent who was not non-Hispanic White.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adworks.org/pdf/LosingGround_e-book.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.adworks.org/pdf/LosingGround_e-book.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |title=Losing ground |website=Adworks.org |access-date=April 1, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cleveland.com/datacentral/index.ssf/2012/06/americas_under_age_1_populatio.html|title=Americans under age 1 now mostly minorities, but not in Ohio: Statistical Snapshot|last=Exner|first=Rich|date=June 3, 2012|work=[[The Plain Dealer]]}}</ref>

''Note: Births in table do not add up, because Hispanics are counted both by their ethnicity and by their race, giving a higher overall number.''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Live births by single race/ethnicity of mother
|-
!scope="col"| [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census|Race]]
!scope="col"| 2013<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr64/nvsr64_01.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr64/nvsr64_01.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |title=Births: Final Data for 2013 Volume 64, Number 1 |publisher=National Vital Statistics Reports, [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] |date=January 15, 2015 |access-date=August 8, 2017}}</ref>
!scope="col"| 2014<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr64/nvsr64_12.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr64/nvsr64_12.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |title=Births: Final Data for 2014 Volume 64, Number 12 |publisher=National Vital Statistics Reports, [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] |date=December 23, 2015 |access-date=August 8, 2017}}</ref>
!scope="col"| 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr66/nvsr66_01.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr66/nvsr66_01.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |title=Births: Final Data for 2015 Volume 66, Number 1 |publisher=National Vital Statistics Reports, [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] |date=January 5, 2017 |access-date=August 8, 2017}}</ref>
!scope="col"| 2016<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nvsr67_01.pdf |title=National Vital Statistics Reports |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr67/nvsr67_01.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr67/nvsr67_01.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |website=www.cdc.gov|publisher=[[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] }}</ref>
!scope="col"| 2017<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr67/nvsr67_08-508.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181111184850/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr67/nvsr67_08-508.pdf |archive-date=2018-11-11 |url-status=live|title=Births: Final Data for 2017|publisher=National Vital Statistics Reports, [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]]}}</ref>
!scope="col"| 2018<ref>
{{cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr68/nvsr68_13-508.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr68/nvsr68_13-508.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |title=Data |website=www.cdc.gov |publisher=[[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]]|access-date=December 2, 2019}}</ref>
!scope="col"| 2019<ref>
{{cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr70/nvsr70-02-508.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr70/nvsr70-02-508.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |title=Data |website=www.cdc.gov |publisher=[[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]]|access-date=March 27, 2021}}</ref>
!scope="col"| 2020<ref>
{{cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr70/nvsr70-17.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr70/nvsr70-17.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |title=Data |website=www.cdc.gov |access-date=2022-02-20}}</ref>
!scope="col"| 2021<ref>
{{cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr72/nvsr72-01.pdf |title=Data |website=www.cdc.gov |access-date=2022-02-02}}</ref>
!scope="col"| 2022<ref>
{{cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr73/nvsr73-02.pdf |title=Data |website=www.cdc.gov |access-date=2024-04-04}}</ref>
!scope="col"| 2023<ref>
{{cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr74/nvsr74-1.pdf |title=Data |website=www.cdc.gov |access-date=2024-04-04}}</ref>
|-
|scope="row"| [[Non-Hispanic whites|White]]
| 39,872 (61.3%)
| 40,629 (61.7%)
| 40,878 (61.4%)
| 39,617 (59.5%)
| 37,516 (58.3%)
| 36,466 (58.0%)
| 36,022 (57.3%)
| 34,924 (56.8%)
| 36,334 (57.7%)
| 35,076 (56.2%)
| 33,640 (54.7%)
|-
|scope="row"| [[African Americans|Black]]
| 3,760 (5.8%)
| 3,926 (6.0%)
| 4,049 (6.1%)
| 3,004 (4.5%)
| 3,110 (4.8%)
| 3,032 (4.8%)
| 3,044 (4.8%)
| 3,146 (5.1%)
| 2,988 (4.7%)
| 2,981 (4.8%)
| 2,904 (4.7%)
|-
|scope="row"| [[Asian Americans|Asian]]
| 2,863 (4.4%)
| 3,010 (4.6%)
| 2,973 (4.5%)
| 2,617 (3.9%)
| 2,611 (4.1%)
| 2,496 (4.0%)
| 2,540 (4.0%)
| 2,519 (4.1%)
| 2,490 (4.0%)
| 2,450 (3.9%)
| 2,498 (4.1%)
|-
|scope="row"| [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian]]
| 793 (1.2%)
| 777 (1.2%)
| 803 (1.2%)
| 412 (0.6%)
| 421 (0.7%)
| 352 (0.6%)
| 365 (0.6%)
| 338 (0.5%)
| 323 (0.5%)
| 336 (0.5%)
| 310 (0.5%)
|-
|scope="row"| [[Pacific Islands Americans|Pacific Islander]]
| ...
| ...
| ...
| 145 (0.2%)
| 145 (0.2%)
| 155 (0.2%)
| 168 (0.3%)
| 169 (0.3%)
| 202 (0.3%)
| 203 (0.3%)
| 256 (0.4%)
|-
|scope="row"| ''[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]]'' (any race)
| ''17,821'' (27.4%)
| ''17,665'' (26.8%)
| ''18,139'' (27.2%)
| ''18,513'' (27.8%)
| ''18,125'' (28.2%)
| ''17,817'' (28.3%)
| ''18,205'' (29.0%)
| ''18,111'' (29.4%)
| ''18,362'' (29.2%)
| ''18,982'' (30.4%)
| ''19,544'' (31.8%)
|-
|scope="row"| '''Total'''
| '''65,007''' (100%)
| '''65,830''' (100%)
| '''66,581''' (100%)
| '''66,613''' (100%)
| '''64,382''' (100%)
| '''62,885''' (100%)
| '''62,869''' (100%)
| '''61,494''' (100%)
| '''62,949''' (100%)
| '''62,383''' (100%)
| '''61,494''' (100%)
|}

* Since 2016, data for births of [[White Hispanic and Latino Americans|White Hispanic]] origin are not collected, but included in one ''Hispanic'' group; persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.

In 2017, Colorado recorded the second-lowest fertility rate in the United States outside of New England, after [[Oregon]], at 1.63 children per woman.<ref name="autogenerated1"/> Significant contributing factors to the decline in pregnancies were the [[Title X| Title X Family Planning Program]] and an [[intrauterine device]] grant from [[Warren Buffett]]'s family.<ref>{{cite news |last = Seaman |first = Jessica |date = March 22, 2019 | title = Colorado teen pregnancies dropped 20 percent near these clinics. Now their funding is at risk |url = https://www.denverpost.com/2019/03/22/colorado-teen-pregnancies-title-x-funding/ |work = [[The Denver Post]] |location=[[Denver]]| access-date = May 21, 2019|quote=By increasing access to long-term birth control such as intrauterine devices, Colorado has reduced teen pregnancies by about 20 percent in zip codes near clinics that receive federal funding&nbsp;... Statewide, the birth rate for&nbsp;... ages 15 and 19 dropped 59 [%]&nbsp;... in 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last =Brown |first =Jennifer |date=November 30, 2017 |title=IUD program leads to big decline in teen pregnancies, abortions in Colorado|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2017/11/30/colorado-teen-pregnancy-abortion-rates-drop-free-low-cost-iud/|work=[[The Denver Post]]|access-date=May 21, 2019|location=[[Denver]]|quote=The steep drop in teen pregnancies and abortions in Colorado since 2009 is mainly due to one thing: free, low-cost access to IUDs&nbsp;... Thanks to a grant from billionaire Warren Buffett's family, Colorado spent $28 million}}</ref>

===Language===
{{See also|Native American languages of Colorado}}
The [[English language]], the official language of the state, is the most commonly spoken language in Colorado.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.city-data.com/states/Colorado-Languages.html|title=Languages—Colorado|website=www.city-data.com}}</ref> The second most commonly spoken language in the state is the [[Spanish language]].<ref>[https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST1Y2022.S1601?q=languages%20colorado S1601: Language Spoken at Home - Census Bureau Table]</ref> The [[Colorado River Numic language]], also known as the [[Ute dialect]], is still spoken in Colorado.

===Religion===
{{Pie chart
| thumb = right
| caption = Religious self-identification, per [[Public Religion Research Institute]]'s 2022 ''American Values Survey''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |date=February 24, 2023 |title=2022 American Values Atlas: Religious Tradition |url=https://ava.prri.org/#religious/2022/States/religion/m/US-CO |access-date=March 30, 2023 |website=[[Public Religion Research Institute]]}}</ref>
| label1 = [[Protestantism in the United States|Protestantism]]
| value1 = 39
| color1 = LightBlue
| label2 = [[Catholicism in the United States|Catholicism]]
| value2 = 19
| color2 = DarkBlue 
| label3 = [[Mormonism]]
| value3 = 2
| color3 = LightGreen
| label4 = [[Eastern Orthodoxy]]
| value4 = 1
| color4 = Red 
| label5 = [[Unitarianism]]/[[Unitarian Universalism|Unitarian]]
| value5 = 1
| color5 = White
| label6 = [[Judaism]] 
| value6 = 1
| color6 = Blue
| label7 = [[New Age]]
| value7 = 2
| color7 = Pink
| label8 = East Asian Religions
| value8 = 2
| color8 = Maroon
| label9 = [[Hinduism in the United States|Hinduism]]
| value9 = 1
| color9 = Yellow
| label10 = [[Irreligion in the United States|No religion]]
| value10 = 34
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Major religious affiliations of the people of Colorado as of 2014 were 64% Christian, of whom there are 44% Protestant, 16% [[Roman Catholicism in the United States|Roman Catholic]], 3% [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|Mormon]], and 1% [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Adkins |first=Amy |url=http://www.gallup.com/poll/167120/mississippi-alabama-protestant-states.aspx |title=Mississippi and Alabama Most Protestant States in U.S. |website=Gallup.com |date=February 5, 2014 |access-date=April 1, 2016}}</ref> Other religious breakdowns according to the Pew Research Center were 1% [[Judaism]], 1% [[Muslim]], 1% [[Buddhist]], and 4% other. [[Secularity|Secular]] Coloradans made up 29% of the population.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://religions.pewforum.org/maps |title=Religion in America: U.S. Religious Data, Demographics and Statistics &#124; Pew Research Center |website=Religions.pewforum.org |access-date=April 1, 2016}}</ref> In 2020, according to the Public Religion Research Institute, Christianity was 66% of the population. Judaism was also reported to have increased in this separate study, forming 2% of the religious landscape, while the religiously unaffiliated were reported to form 28% of the population in this separate study.<ref>{{Cite web |title=PRRI – American Values Atlas |url=https://ava.prri.org/#religious/2020/States/religion/m/US-CO |access-date=2022-09-17 |website=ava.prri.org}}</ref> In 2022, the same organization reported 61% was Christian (39% Protestant, 19% Catholic, 2% [[Mormons|Mormon]], 1% [[Eastern Orthodoxy|Eastern Orthodox]]), 2% [[New Age]], 1% Jewish, 1% Hindu, and 34% religiously unaffiliated.

According to the [[Association of Religion Data Archives]], the largest Christian denominations by the number of adherents in 2010 were the [[Catholic Church]] with 811,630; multi-denominational Evangelical Protestants with 229,981; and [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] with 151,433.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thearda.com/rcms2010/r/s/08/rcms2010_08_state_adh_2010.asp |title=The Association of Religion Data Archives &#124; State Membership Report |publisher=www.thearda.com |access-date=November 7, 2013 |archive-date=February 9, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209214139/http://www.thearda.com/rcms2010/r/s/08/rcms2010_08_state_adh_2010.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2020, the Association of Religion Data Archives determined the largest Christian denominations were Catholics (873,236), non/multi/inter-denominational Protestants (406,798), and Mormons (150,509).<ref>{{Cite web |title=2020 Congregational Membership |url=https://www.thearda.com/us-religion/census/congregational-membership?y=2020&y2=0&t=1&c=08 |access-date=2023-04-16 |website=www.thearda.com}}</ref> Throughout its non-Christian population, there were 12,500 [[Hinduism in the United States|Hindus]], 7,101 [[Yoga|Hindu Yogis]], and 17,369 [[Buddhism in the United States|Buddhists]] at the 2020 study.

Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church was the first permanent Catholic parish in modern-day Colorado and was constructed by Spanish colonists from New Mexico in modern-day [[Conejos, Colorado|Conejos]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04733c.htm|encyclopedia=[[The Catholic Encyclopedia]]|title=Denver|publisher=NewAdvent.org|first=William|last=Howlett|date=1908|access-date=March 24, 2021}}</ref> [[Latin Church]] Catholics are served by three dioceses: the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Denver|Archdiocese of Denver]] and the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Colorado Springs|Dioceses of Colorado Springs]] and [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Pueblo|Pueblo]].

The first permanent settlement by members of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Colorado]] arrived from Mississippi and initially camped along the Arkansas River just east of the present-day site of Pueblo.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://churchofjesuschristcolorado.com/your-colorado-church-history-tour/|title= Your Colorado Church History Tour|access-date=March 24, 2021|date=March 24, 2020|publisher=The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Colorado}}</ref>