Editing Denver (section)

===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%

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|+'''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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