Demographic Profile for Boulder, CO

The Boulder metropolitan statistical area (MSA) has a population that is comprised of 80.9 percent White, 0.9 percent African American, 3.7 percent Asian, and 12.7 percent Hispanic. The area population base can be described as having a high level of racial and ethnic diversity, with 17.3 percent of the population being minorities. This is less than the State of Colorado percent of 25.6. Since 2000, Boulder has increased in diversity when 14.7 percent of the population were minorities.

From 2000, a very high amount of people have migrated into the Boulder metro area, with 8,553 people migrating in internationally. The migration from outside the US into Boulder makes up 7.6 percent of the total international migration into the State of Colorado. This percent of international migration is very high when analyzed against immigration per population in 2005.

The Boulder metro area had a population that was estimated at 280,440 in 2005. The total population has increased, since its 2000 population of 271,388. This growth denotes an increase of 3.3 percent. Boulder ranks 7 of 7 MSAs by growth in total population in Colorado and the metro area ranks 181 of 361 metro areas when analyzing total MSA population change across the nation.

In terms of total land area, the Boulder metro area spans a total of 742 total square miles. The area has a medium-high average population density of 378 persons per square mile. Similar metro areas in the US, in terms of density, include: -- more densely populated -- Jacksonville (388 per sq. mile ), Ocean City (389 per sq. mile ), Norwich-New London (400 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Springfield (372 per sq. mile ), Oshkosh-Neenah (364 per sq. mile ), Springfield (356 per sq. mile ).



Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.