Editing Denver (section)

==Demographics==
{{See also|Demographics of Denver|History of the Jews in Denver}}
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1860= 4749
|1870= 4759
|1880= 35629
|1890= 106713
|1900= 133859
|1910= 213381
|1920= 256491
|1930= 287861
|1940= 322412
|1950= 415765
|1960= 493887
|1970= 514678
|1980= 492686
|1990= 467610
|2000= 554636
|2010= 600158
|2020= 715522
|estyear=2024
|estimate=729019
|estref=<ref name="Estimate2024" />
|footnote=[[United States census|U.S. Decennial Census]]
}}
As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population of the City and County of Denver was 715,522, making it the [[list of United States cities by population|19th most populous U.S. city]].<ref name=PopEstCounty>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/denvercountycolorado|title=QuickFacts Denver County, CO|work=2020 Population Estimates|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]], Population Division|access-date=December 29, 2021|date=December 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024032952/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/denvercountycolorado|archive-date=October 24, 2021|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Denver metropolitan area|Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area]] had an estimated 2013 population of 2,697,476 and ranked as the [[List of Metropolitan Statistical Areas|21st most populous U.S. metropolitan statistical area]],<ref name="PopEstCBSA">{{cite web|url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/PEP/2018/PEPANNCHG.US24PR|title=Estimates of Resident Population Change and Rankings: July 1, 2017 to July 1, 2018 – United States – Metropolitan Statistical Area; and for Puerto Rico 2018 Population Estimates|date=July 1, 2018|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=June 8, 2019}}</ref> and the larger [[Denver–Aurora combined statistical area|Denver–Aurora–Boulder Combined Statistical Area]] had an estimated 2013 population of 3,277,309 and ranked as the [[List of Combined Statistical Areas|18th most populous U.S. metropolitan area]].<ref name=PopEstCBSA/> Denver is the most populous city within a [[radius]] centered in the city and of {{convert|550|mi|km|adj=on}} magnitude.<ref name=PopEstCBSA/> Denverites is a term used for residents of Denver.
[[File:Ethnic Origins in Denver.png|thumb|Ethnic origins in Denver]]
According to the 2020 census, the City and County of Denver contained 715,522 people and 301,501 households. The population density was {{convert|3,922.6|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|inhabitants&nbsp;|inhabitants}} including the airport. There were 338.341 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,751|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}.<ref name="QF">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/denvercountycolorado|title=QuickFacts Denver County, CO|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=June 8, 2019}}</ref> However, the average density throughout most Denver neighborhoods tends to be higher. Without the 80249 zip code (47.3 sq mi, 8,407 residents) near the airport, the average density increases to around 5,470 per square mile. 
[[File:Race and ethnicity 2010- Denver (5560468460).png|thumb|Map of racial distribution in Denver, 2010 U.S. Census. Each dot is 25 people: <span style="color:#ff0000">'''White'''</span>, <span style="color:#0000ff">'''Black'''</span>, <span style="color:#00ff80">'''Asian'''</span>, <span style="color:#ff8000">'''Hispanic'''</span>, or '''Other''' (yellow)]]
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{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible w-b collapsed" style="font-size: 90%;"
|-
! Historical racial composition !!2020<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/denvercountycolorado |title=Denver (city), Colorado |work=State & County QuickFacts |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref>!! 2010<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/denvercountycolorado |title=Denver (city), Colorado |work=State & County QuickFacts |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120521123132/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/08/0820000.html |archive-date=May 21, 2012 }}</ref>!! 1990<ref name="census1990"/>!! 1970<ref name="census1990"/>!! 1940<ref name="census1990"/>
|-
| [[White American|White (Non-Hispanic)]] || 54.9% || 52.2% || 61.4% || 74.5% || 97.3%
|-
| [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] || 29.3% || 31.8% || 23.0% || 15.2% || n/a
|-
| [[African American|Black]] || 9.8% || 9.7% || 12.8% || 9.1% || 2.4%
|-
| [[Multiracial American|Mixed]] || 3.3% || 2.1%
|-
| [[Asian American|Asian]]|| 4.1% || 3.3% || 2.4% || 1.4% || 0.2%
|}

===2020 census===
According to the [[2020 United States census]], the racial composition of Denver was as follows:<ref>{{cite web |title=United States Census Race Denver |url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=P8:+RACE&g=050XX00US08031 |website=United States Census |access-date=24 February 2025}}</ref>

* [[White American|White]]: 60.6% ([[Non-Hispanic Whites]]: 54.3%)
* [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (of any race): 27.9%; [[Mexican American]]s made up 20.3% of the city's population.<ref name="census2020-race">{{cite web |title=Detailed Races and Ethnicities in the United States and Puerto Rico: 2020 Census |url=https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/detailed-race-ethnicities-2020-census.html |website=United States Census |access-date=24 February 2025}}</ref>
* [[African American|Black or African American]]: 8.9%
* [[Asian American|Asian]]: 3.9% (0.82% Vietnamese, 0.60% Chinese, 0.51% Indian, 0.33% Korean, 0.31% Filipino, 0.21% Japanese, 0.13% Burmese, 0.12% Nepalese, 0.11% Afghan, 0.09% Cambodian)<ref name="census2020-race" />
* [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]]: 1.5%
* [[Pacific Islander American|Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander]]: 0.2%
* [[Multiracial American|Two or more races]]: 13.5%

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Denver, Colorado – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Denver city, Colorado|url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US0820000&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=January 26, 2024}}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Denver city, Colorado|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0820000&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=January 26, 2024}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Denver city, Colorado|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0820000&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=January 26, 2024}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|287,997
|313,012
|style='background: #ffffe6; |388,764
|51.93%
|52.15%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |54.33%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|59,921
|58,388
|style='background: #ffffe6; |61,098
|10.80%
|9.73%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |8.54%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|3,846
|3,525
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,740
|0.69%
|0.59%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.52%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|15,137
|19,925
|style='background: #ffffe6; |27,198
|2.73%
|3.32%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.80%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|473
|495
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,395
|0.09%
|0.08%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.19%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|975
|1,208
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,746
|0.18%
|0.20%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.52%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|10,583
|12,640
|style='background: #ffffe6; |30,121
|1.91%
|2.11%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.21%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|175,704
|190,965
|style='background: #ffffe6; |199,460
|31.68%
|31.82%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |27.88%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''554,636'''
|'''600,158'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''715,522'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

Approximately 70.3% of the population (over five years old) spoke only English at home. An additional 23.5% of the population spoke Spanish at home. In terms of ancestry, 31.8% were [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]], 14.6% of the population were of [[German American|German]] ancestry, 9.7% were of [[Irish American|Irish]] ancestry, 8.9% were of [[English American|English]] ancestry, and 4.0% were of [[Italian American|Italian]] ancestry.

There were 250,906 households, of which 23.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 34.7% were married couples living together, 10.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 50.1% were non-families. 39.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.27, and the average family size was 3.14.

Age distribution was 22.0% under the age of 18, 10.7% from 18 to 24, 36.1% from 25 to 44, 20.0% from 45 to 64, and 11.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. Overall there were 102.1 males for every 100 females. Due to a skewed sex ratio wherein single men outnumber single women, some protologists had nicknamed the city as ''Menver''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/local/colorado/2017/07/12/single-men-outnumber-all-single-ladies-denver/470830001/|title=Single men outnumber all the single ladies in Denver|website=Fort Collins Coloradoan}}</ref>

The [[median household income]] was $45,438, and the median family income was $48,195. Males had a median income of $36,232 versus $33,768 for females. The per capita income for the city was $24,101. 19.1% of the population and 14.6% of families were below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 25.3% of those under the age of 18 and 13.7% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.city-data.com/city/Denver-Colorado.html |title= Denver, Colorado (CO) profile: population, maps, real estate, averages, homes, statistics, relocation, travel, jobs, hospitals, schools, crime, moving, houses, news |publisher= City-data.com |access-date= September 15, 2013}}</ref>

Denver has one of the largest populations of [[Mexican-Americans]] in the entire United States. Approximately one third of the city is [[Hispanic]], with the overwhelming majority of them being of [[Mexicans|Mexican]] descent. Many of them speak Spanish at home.

English, German, Irish, Swedish, Italian, Polish, Chinese, Japanese, Greek, and Russian immigrants immigrated to Denver by the 1920s.<ref>[https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/immigration-denver-1920–present#:~:text=By%20the%201920s%2C%20the%20city,already%20moved%20to%20the%20city. Immigration to Denver, 1920–Present | Articles | Colorado Encyclopedia]</ref>
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===Languages===
{{As of|2010}}, 72.28% (386,815) of Denver residents aged five and older spoke only English at home, while 21.42% (114,635) spoke Spanish, 0.85% (4,550) Vietnamese, 0.57% (3,073) African languages, 0.53% (2,845) Russian, 0.50% (2,681) Chinese, 0.47% (2,527) French, and 0.46% (2,465) German. In total, 27.72% (148,335) of Denver's population aged five and older spoke a language other than English.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.mla.org/cgi-shl/docstudio/docs.pl?map_data_results |title=Denver County, Colorado |publisher=[[Modern Language Association]] |access-date=August 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130815140430/http://www.mla.org/cgi-shl/docstudio/docs.pl?map_data_results |archive-date=August 15, 2013}}{{dead link|date=April 2016|reason=failed bot fix}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
{{wide image|2006-07-14-Denver_Skyline_Midnight.jpg|800px|Panorama of downtown Denver, {{circa|2006|lk=no}}, looking east along Speer Blvd|align-cap=center}}

===Longevity===
According to a report in the [[Journal of the American Medical Association]], residents of Denver had a 2014 life expectancy of 80.02 years.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Dwyer-Lindgren|first=Laura|date=May 8, 2017|title=Inequalities in Life Expectancy Among US Counties, 1980 to 2014|url= |journal=JAMA Internal Medicine|volume=177|issue=7|pages=1003–1011|doi=10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.0918|pmc=5543324|pmid=28492829| issn = 2168-6106 }}</ref>