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Denver County At A Glance
Square Miles …………………… 156.0
Population ……………………… 544,759
Median Age ……………………. 33.4 yrs.
Households …………………….. 240,181
Labor Force …………………… 312,283
Number of Jobs ……………….. 425,692
Average Wage ………………… $45,880
Student Enrollment (K-12) …… 72,489
Denver Labor Force
Total Labor Force: Denver – 312,283, Denver Metro – 1,294,086
Employed: Denver – 293,698, Denver Metro – 1,229,070
Unemployed: Denver – 18,585, Denver Metro – 65,016
Population
Denver County: 544,759
Denver Metro: 2,176,687
Climate
Average Days of Sunshine: 300
Hottest Month: July (73.4° average)
Coldest Month: January (29.2° average)
Annual Precipitation: 15.8 inches (average)
Annual Snowfall: 60.3 inches (average)
Average Humidity: 40%
Cultural Diversity
American Indian/Alaskan Native: 1%
Asian: 3%
Black/African-American: 11%
Hispanic: 35%
White: 49%
Other/two or more races: 1%
Housing Costs
Avg. Single Family Home: $276,950
Avg. Monthly Rent, 2 Bed/1 Bath: $789.24
Number of Homes Sold in 2003: 8,861
Volume of Sales in 2003: $2,454,052,217
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(Information provided by 2000 Census)
Community Board 8 in the Bronx has the following profile from City Planning.
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/lucds/bx8profile.pdf
In its latest Statement of Needs, CB 8 stated:
The following statistics provide a profile of Bronx Community Board No. 8, according to the Department of City Planning, based upon the statistics from the 2005-2007 three year estimates of population data from the American Community Survey (PUMA5 03701):
BXCB8 has 110,210 persons (total population) living within our boundaries:
- Nearly 42% of BXCB8 community is of Hispanic origin
- 14.6% Black/African American
- 4.6% are Asian
- Nearly 26% of the total population is under 19 years old
- Nearly 20% are over 65 years old
- 80% are employed
- 26% are enrolled in a school
According to the 2000 census (total population 101,332):
- 71.8% of the total population are renters
- 21.5% are not proficient in English and 71.5% of this group speaks Spanish at home
- Thirty-two percent (32%) of the total population is foreign born:
- 62% from Latin America (up from 48.4% in 2000 census)
- 19.5% from Europe (down from 28.5% in 2000 census)
- 12.6% from Asia
- 5% from Africa.
According to the 2000 census, of the 27 census tracts that make up BXCB8, 6 tracts have 30% or more persons living below the poverty level and 4 of those tracts have more than 30% of families living below the poverty level.
Why did we supply this information here today? Because the report on Supportive Housing issued by HUD used Denver as a model. It was a study commissioned by The Urban Institute. The full version of the study is available freely online at:
http://www.huduser.org/portal/publications/suppsvcs/support.html
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