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By Job Gal | October 23, 2008
Denver, Colorado
Denver is the capital and most populous city in the State of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county and is located in the South Platte River Valley on the High Plains, east of the Front Range of the Southern Rocky Mountains. The city is nicknamed the Mile-High City because it sits exactly 1 mile above sea level.
Denver was founded as a mining town in 1858 during the Pikes Peak Gold Rush in western Kansas Territory. The spot was later named Denver in honor of Kansas Territorial Governor James W. Denver, and was incorporated as a city in 1861 and became capital in 1876. In the late 1800s the city saw a rise in corruption and organized crime. In 1887, the precursor to the United Way was formed in Denver by religious leaders working to raise funds to help the city’s poor.
Denver was selected to host the 1976 Winter Olympics, but because voters turned down using public funding, the games were moved to Innsbruck, Austria. This makes Denver the only city to refuse an Olympic bid. Today Denver is known as playing an important role in the agricultural industry.
Denver’s Job Market
Much of Denver’s economy is based on the city’s geographic location and connection to major transportation systems in the country. Because of this Denver has become a natural location for storage and distribution of goods to the mountain states. The city also has a large government industry, and is home to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
The city’s fastest-growing industries include: education and health services, leisure and hospitality, other services and government.
Work Trends
Denver unemployment rate: 5.4 percent
National unemployment rate: 6.1 percent
Mean travel time to work: 24.5 minutes
Denver’s Largest Employers
Qwest Communications
1801 California St.
Denver, CO 80202
ProLogis
4545 Airport Way
Denver, CO 80239
Molson Coors Brewing
1225 17th St.
Denver, CO 80202
Newmont Mining
1700 Lincoln St.
Denver, CO 80203
MDC Holdings
4350 S. Monaco St.
Denver, CO 80237
AIMCO
4582 S. Ulster St. Pkwy.
Denver, CO 80237
Popular Local Job Search Sites
Cheezhead
Jobing
JobCentral
Craigslist
DenverJobs
Denver Post
CareerBuilder
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Surrounding Area Job Search
Littleton, CO
Aurora, CO
Boulder, CO
Englewood, CO
Colorado Springs, CO
Continuing Education
Metropolitan State College of Denver
University of Colorado at Denver
Regis University
Discovering Denver
Denver Broncos
Colorado Rockies
Colorado Avalanche
Denver Nuggets
Denver Art Museum
New Belgium Brewing Company
Great American Beer Festival
Denver Statistics
Population
Total population: 566,974
Persons under five-years old: 6.8 percent
Persons under 18-years old: 22 percent
Persons 65-years and older: 11.3 percent
Female: 49.5 percent
White: 65.3 percent
Black: 11.1 percent
American Indian and Alaska Native: 1.3 percent
Asian: 2.8 percent
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander: .1 percent
Multi-racial: 3.7 percent
Hispanic or Latino: 31.7 percent
Education
High school graduates: 78.9 percent
Bachelor’s degree or higher: 34.5 percent
Housing
Housing units: 251,435
Homeownership rate: 52.5 percent
Median value of owner-occupied housing units: $165,800
Households: 239,235
Persons per household: 2.27
Income
Median household income: $39,500
Per capita income: $24,101
Persons below poverty: 14.3 percent
Transportation
Airports: Denver International, Rocky Mountain Metropolitan, Centennial, Front Range
Railroads: Amtrak (California Zephyr), Ski Train
Public mass transit: Regional Transportation District
Weather
Average annual precipitation: 15.4 inches
Average low temp. in January: 16 degrees
Average high temp. in July: 88 degrees
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