| 2000 vs. 2016 Population Growth and Change Douglas County 2000 vs. 2016 Net Percent Change = 82.24% Rank = #1 Baca County 2000 vs. 2016 Net Percent Change = -22.44% Rank = #63 Chaffee County 2000 vs. 2016 Net Percent Change = 13.33% Rank = #28 With a spotlight on Chaffee County, the chart above displays the distribution of the net percent change of population across Colorado's 64 counties over the period 2000-2016. Those counties whose population growth registered above the statewide average over this period realized an increase in their statewide share of population. Likewise, those counties whose population growth registered below the statewide average experienced a decline in their relative share of population statewide. Statewide Snippets:- Over 2000-2016 population grew in forty-two Colorado counties while declining in twenty-one.
- Population growth in nine counties outpaced the statewide average (27.79%), while growth in fifty-four counties trailed.
- At the extremes of the distribution, Douglas County posted the highest growth of population (82.24%), while Baca County placed last by logging a -22.44% decline.
- The spread in population growth between the highest (Douglas County, 82.24%) and lowest (Baca County, -22.44%) over 2000-2016 equated to 104.68% ( = 82.24% − -22.44%).
- Population growth statewide is but a weighted metric that stems from each county's share of population statewide. On this point, as the largest county in Colorado, El Paso County's net population growth over 2000-2016 of 170,613 made up 14.19% of the total net growth statewide (1,202,240):
El Paso County: Percent Share of Colorado's
Population Growth, 2000-2016:14.19% = (170,613 / 1,202,240) x 100 Chaffee County Snippets:- Over 2000-2016, Chaffee County posted a 13.33% net gain in population.
- Chaffee County was joined by fifty-three other counties whose population growth over 2000-2016 registered below the statewide average (27.79%).
- Ranked #28 among Colorado's 64 counties, Chaffee County's population growth (13.33%) trailed the statewide average of 27.79% by a 14.46% margin.
- Chaffee County's net population growth (13.33%, #28) over 2000-2016 registered just above that of Park County (12.45%, #29) and just below that of Gunnison County (14.24%, #27).
- Chaffee County's share of population statewide slipped from 0.38% in 2000 to 0.33% in 2016, resulting in a share-shift of -0.04%.
Data Definition Number of individuals (both civilian and military) who reside in an area as of July 1. BEA uses the Census Bureau's midyear population estimates. United States. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Income Division.
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Statewide Snippets:- Ranked #1, El Paso County's 2016 population totaled 690,551, equating to 12.49% of the statewide total.
- Ranked last (#64), San Juan County's population of 669 in 2016 comprised just 0.01% of the total statewide. San Juan County's population in 2016 equates to less than .01% to that of El Paso County's.
- El Paso County's 2016 population (690,551) exceeded the combined population (663,092) of Colorado's fifty smallest counties.
Chaffee County Snippets:- Chaffee County's population in 2016 ranked #27, amounting to 0.33% of the statewide total.
- Chaffee County's population of 18,514 placed below that of Otero County's (18,559, #26), and just above that of Pitkin County's (17,664, #28).
- Chaffee County's population of 18,514 exceeds the combined total (18,373) of Colorado's ten smallest counties.
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2000 vs. 2016 | | 2000 | | 2016 | | 2000 - 2016 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 366,958 | 8.48 | | 497,785 | 9.00 | | 35.65 | 130,827 | 10.88 | | | 14,954 | 0.35 | | 16,153 | 0.29 | | 8.02 | 1,199 | 0.10 | | | 491,482 | 11.36 | | 638,071 | 11.54 | | 29.83 | 146,589 | 12.19 | | | 10,020 | 0.23 | | 12,401 | 0.22 | | 23.76 | 2,381 | 0.20 | | | 4,501 | 0.10 | | 3,491 | 0.06 | | -22.44 | -1,010 | -0.08 | | | 5,954 | 0.14 | | 6,014 | 0.11 | | 1.01 | 60 | 0.00 | | | 293,358 | 6.78 | | 323,865 | 5.86 | | 10.40 | 30,507 | 2.54 | | | N | N | | 67,853 | 1.23 | | N | N | N | | | 16,337 | 0.38 | | 18,514 | 0.33 | | 13.33 | 2,177 | 0.18 | | | 2,209 | 0.05 | | 1,811 | 0.03 | | -18.02 | -398 | -0.03 | | | 9,255 | 0.21 | | 9,244 | 0.17 | | -0.12 | -11 | 0.00 | | | 8,401 | 0.19 | | 7,626 | 0.14 | | -9.23 | -775 | -0.06 | | | 3,675 | 0.08 | | 3,448 | 0.06 | | -6.18 | -227 | -0.02 | | | 5,509 | 0.13 | | 5,386 | 0.10 | | -2.23 | -123 | -0.01 | | | 3,523 | 0.08 | | 4,321 | 0.08 | | 22.65 | 798 | 0.07 | | | 27,877 | 0.64 | | 30,443 | 0.55 | | 9.20 | 2,566 | 0.21 | | | 555,651 | 12.84 | | 685,730 | 12.40 | | 23.41 | 130,079 | 10.82 | | | 1,847 | 0.04 | | 2,196 | 0.04 | | 18.90 | 349 | 0.03 | | | 180,121 | 4.16 | | 328,245 | 5.94 | | 82.24 | 148,124 | 12.32 | | | 41,961 | 0.97 | | 55,010 | 0.99 | | 31.10 | 13,049 | 1.09 | | | 20,060 | 0.46 | | 24,498 | 0.44 | | 22.12 | 4,438 | 0.37 | | | 519,938 | 12.02 | | 690,551 | 12.49 | | 32.81 | 170,613 | 14.19 | | | 46,245 | 1.07 | | 47,701 | 0.86 | | 3.15 | 1,456 | 0.12 | | | 44,257 | 1.02 | | 59,659 | 1.08 | | 34.80 | 15,402 | 1.28 | | | 4,783 | 0.11 | | 5,670 | 0.10 | | 18.54 | 887 | 0.07 | | | 12,496 | 0.29 | | 15,159 | 0.27 | | 21.31 | 2,663 | 0.22 | | | 14,068 | 0.33 | | 16,071 | 0.29 | | 14.24 | 2,003 | 0.17 | | | 791 | 0.02 | | 775 | 0.01 | | -2.02 | -16 | 0.00 | | | 7,771 | 0.18 | | 6,538 | 0.12 | | -15.87 | -1,233 | -0.10 | | | 1,577 | 0.04 | | 1,348 | 0.02 | | -14.52 | -229 | -0.02 | | | 527,997 | 12.20 | | 571,481 | 10.34 | | 8.24 | 43,484 | 3.62 | | | 1,610 | 0.04 | | 1,343 | 0.02 | | -16.58 | -267 | -0.02 | | | 7,971 | 0.18 | | 7,593 | 0.14 | | -4.74 | -378 | -0.03 | | | 7,815 | 0.18 | | 7,249 | 0.13 | | -7.24 | -566 | -0.05 | | | 44,228 | 1.02 | | 54,893 | 0.99 | | 24.11 | 10,665 | 0.89 | | | 253,072 | 5.85 | | 338,891 | 6.13 | | 33.91 | 85,819 | 7.14 | | | 15,297 | 0.35 | | 14,168 | 0.26 | | -7.38 | -1,129 | -0.09 | | | 6,070 | 0.14 | | 5,538 | 0.10 | | -8.76 | -532 | -0.04 | | | 20,699 | 0.48 | | 22,123 | 0.40 | | 6.88 | 1,424 | 0.12 | | | 117,631 | 2.72 | | 150,045 | 2.71 | | 27.56 | 32,414 | 2.70 | | | 832 | 0.02 | | 811 | 0.01 | | -2.52 | -21 | 0.00 | | | 13,147 | 0.30 | | 13,227 | 0.24 | | 0.61 | 80 | 0.01 | | | 23,847 | 0.55 | | 25,725 | 0.47 | | 7.88 | 1,878 | 0.16 | | | 33,599 | 0.78 | | 40,870 | 0.74 | | 21.64 | 7,271 | 0.60 | | | 27,257 | 0.63 | | 28,246 | 0.51 | | 3.63 | 989 | 0.08 | | | 20,242 | 0.47 | | 18,559 | 0.34 | | -8.31 | -1,683 | -0.14 | | | 3,775 | 0.09 | | 4,715 | 0.09 | | 24.90 | 940 | 0.08 | | | 14,670 | 0.34 | | 16,497 | 0.30 | | 12.45 | 1,827 | 0.15 | | | 4,455 | 0.10 | | 4,406 | 0.08 | | -1.10 | -49 | 0.00 | | | 14,817 | 0.34 | | 17,664 | 0.32 | | 19.21 | 2,847 | 0.24 | | | 14,431 | 0.33 | | 11,862 | 0.21 | | -17.80 | -2,569 | -0.21 | | | 141,800 | 3.28 | | 164,042 | 2.97 | | 15.69 | 22,242 | 1.85 | | | 5,986 | 0.14 | | 6,549 | 0.12 | | 9.41 | 563 | 0.05 | | | 12,445 | 0.29 | | 11,499 | 0.21 | | -7.60 | -946 | -0.08 | | | 19,815 | 0.46 | | 24,303 | 0.44 | | 22.65 | 4,488 | 0.37 | | | 5,939 | 0.14 | | 6,094 | 0.11 | | 2.61 | 155 | 0.01 | | | 562 | 0.01 | | 669 | 0.01 | | 19.04 | 107 | 0.01 | | | 6,609 | 0.15 | | 8,000 | 0.14 | | 21.05 | 1,391 | 0.12 | | | 2,746 | 0.06 | | 2,481 | 0.04 | | -9.65 | -265 | -0.02 | | | 23,700 | 0.55 | | 30,772 | 0.56 | | 29.84 | 7,072 | 0.59 | | | 20,655 | 0.48 | | 23,628 | 0.43 | | 14.39 | 2,973 | 0.25 | | | 4,939 | 0.11 | | 4,787 | 0.09 | | -3.08 | -152 | -0.01 | | | 182,861 | 4.23 | | 294,841 | 5.33 | | 61.24 | 111,980 | 9.31 | | | 9,823 | 0.23 | | 10,013 | 0.18 | | 1.93 | 190 | 0.02 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4,326,921 | 100.00 | | 5,529,161 | 100.00 | | 27.79 | 1,202,240 | 100.00 | | | 3,700,292 | 85.52 | | 4,830,937 | 87.37 | | 30.56 | 1,130,645 | 94.04 | | | 626,629 | 14.48 | | 698,224 | 12.63 | | 11.43 | 71,595 | 5.96 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 282,162,411 | | | 324,367,742 | | | 14.96 | 42,205,331 | | | | 237,948,237 | | | 278,995,907 | | | 17.25 | 41,047,670 | | | | 44,214,174 | | | 45,371,835 | | | 2.62 | 1,157,661 | |
Source: Calculations by the Colorado Regional Economic Analysis Project (CO-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis November 2023 REAP_PI_CA1400_YRVYR_100A | | | | | |
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