2003

Population growth in Colorado 2003

Posted by Kristal Kraft, Denver Realtor on December 31st, 2003

Colorado, one of the fastest-growing states during the 1990’s, slips out of the
top among states that grew the most between July 1, 2002 and July 1, 2003. Overall,
the states growth is ahead of the majority of the United States.

Rank	State	2003 Population	Increase, 02-03	Percentage
1.	Nevada	2,241,154	73,699	3.400%
2.	Arizona	5,580,811	139,686	2.567%
3.	Florida	17,019,068	327,367	1.961%
4.	Texas	22,118,509	381,584	1.755%
5.	Idaho	1,366,332	23,208	1.728%
6.	Georgia	8,684,715	140,710	1.647%
7.	Delaware	817,491	11.546	1.433%
8.	Utah	2,351,467	32,678	1.409%
9.	California	35,484,453	482,467	1.378%
10.	Hawaii	1,257,608	16,945	1.366%
16.	Colorado	4,550,688	49,637	1.103%
U.S.		290,809,777	2,835,853	.0985%

Colorado Regional Growth

Posted by Kristal Kraft, Denver Realtor on December 31st, 2003

Colorado Population Growth
Attributable to Net In-migration

Years	Total Increase	Natural Increase	Net-In-Migration	Percent Share
2000-2005	408,903	164,400	244,503	60%
2005-2010	437,780	178,918	258,862	59%

States Where Most People would like to live

Posted by Kristal Kraft, Denver Realtor on November 14th, 2003

		2000	2001	2002	2003
1.	California	5	2	1	1
2.	Florida	1	1	2	2
3.	Hawaii	7	3	3	3
4.	Colorado	2	4	4	4
5.	New York	10	8	8	5
6.	Arizona	4	6	6	6
7.	Texas	10	12	14	7
8.	North Carolina	3	7	5	8
9.	Virginia	8	14	12	9
10.	Washington	6	5	9	10
11.	Oregon	14	9	10	11
12.	Nevada	*	*	*	12
13.	Montana	=10	11	11	13
14.	Georgia	=8	13	15	14
15.	Alaska	13	=14	=12	15

=Tied for that position * Not in top 15

The Harris Poll conducted an online study within the United States between July 14 and 20, 2003 among a nationwide cross section of 2.215 adults. Figures for age, sex, race, education and number of adults in the household were weighted where necessary to bring them into line with their actual proportions in the population. (Propensity score" weighting was also used to adjust for respondents’ propensity to be online. These statements conform to the principles of disclosure of the National Council on Public Polls. For more information, please visit Harris Poll Online