People QuickFacts	Colorado Springs	Colorado
  	Population, 2006 estimate    	372,437	4,753,377
  	Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006    	3.1%	10.5%
  	Population, 2000    	360,890	4,301,261
  	Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000    	7.5%	6.9%
  	Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000    	26.5%	25.6%
  	Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000    	9.6%	9.7%
  	Female persons, percent, 2000    	50.5%	49.6% 			
  	White persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	80.7%	82.8%
  	Black persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	6.6%	3.8%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.9%	1.0%
  	Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	2.8%	2.2%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.2%	0.1%
  	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000    	3.9%	2.8%
  	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)    	12.0%	17.1% 			
  	Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over    	40.1%	44.1%
  	Foreign born persons, percent, 2000    	7.0%	8.6%
  	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000    	11.7%	15.1%
  	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000    	90.9%	86.9%
  	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000    	33.6%	32.7%
  	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000    	21.0	24.3 			
  	Housing units, 2000    	148,690	1,808,037
  	Homeownership rate, 2000    	60.8%	67.3%
  	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000    	$147,100	$166,600 			
  	Households, 2000    	141,516	1,658,238
  	Persons per household, 2000    	2.50	2.53
  	Median household income, 1999    	$45,081	$47,203
  	Per capita money income, 1999    	$22,496	$24,049
  	Persons below poverty, percent, 1999    	8.7%	9.3%

   	Business QuickFacts	Colorado Springs	Colorado
  	Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)    	D	92,092,155
  	Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)    	5,377,409	52,226,983
  	Retail sales per capita, 2002    	$14,521	$11,610
  	Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)    	833,852	8,808,846
  	Total number of firms, 2002    	34,674	464,982
  	Black-owned firms, percent, 2002    	2.0%	1.5%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002    	1.4%	0.8%
  	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002    	2.4%	2.3%
  	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002    	5.0%	5.2%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.1%
  	Women-owned firms, percent, 2002    	29.1%	29.1% 			

   	Geography QuickFacts	Colorado Springs	Colorado
  	Land area, 2000 (square miles)    	185	103,717
  	Persons per square mile, 2000    	1,943.0	41.5
  	FIPS Code    	16000	08
 	Counties    	El Paso County
 	

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts