Colorado continues to be among the nation’s highest growth areas.
The U.S. Census Bureau released local figures from the 2020 Census last week, showing that Colorado is home to one of only 14 metro areas in the country that gained more than 100,000 residents in the last 10 years.
Colorado will gain an eighth Congressional District, one of 13 states that either gained or lost Congressional seats in the 2020 census.
Colorado added nearly 745,000 new residents since 2010, a 14.8 percent increase.
Much of that growth was concentrated on the Front Range around Denver, Boulder and Colorado Springs.
Chaffee County’s population grew by 9.4 percent, Park County saw a 7.3 percent increase, Custer County grew by 10.6 percent, Fremont 4.5, Saguache 4.3, and Lake County grew 1.7 percent in the last 10 years.
