Industry Description	Number of Establishments	Average Age of Business	Average Google Rating	Businesses per 1,000 residents
Car repair	239	35.6 years	4.4	2.4
Beauty salons	225	23.4 years	4.3	2.3
Hairdressers	200	24.1 years	4.3	2.0
Public administration	242	35.5 years	3.5	2.5
Social work	463	25.6 years	4.6	4.7
Education other	203	27.9 years	4.6	2.1
Higher education (colleges and universities)	199	31.4 years	4.2	2.0
Finance other	232	43.4 years	3.3	2.4
Loan companies	460	32 years	4.4	4.7
General contractors	423	30 years	4.3	4.3
Other construction	223	33.8 years	4.4	2.3
Real estate	950	30.7 years	4.1	9.7
Construction of buildings	305	31.4 years	4.2	3.1
Other membership organizations	261	35.9 years	4.4	2.7
Wholesale of machinery	206	27.5 years	3.8	2.1
Acupuncture	200	23 years	4.9	2.0
Alternative medicine	218	22.9 years	4.5	2.2
Chiropractors	204	26.3 years	4.9	2.1
Dentists	221	30.5 years	4.6	2.2
Health and medical	2,799	27.4 years	4.3	28.5
Physicians and surgeons	712	29.6 years	4.0	7.2
Physiotherapy	221	25 years	4.5	2.2
Psychiatrists and psychotherapists	533	25.9 years	4.4	5.4
Accountants	268	28.9 years	4.5	2.7
Advertising and marketing	390	24.1 years	4.8	4.0
Architects	220	29.7 years	4.8	2.2
Computer programming, web design	256	26 years	4.5	2.6
Corporate management	937	26.1 years	4.0	9.5
Lawyers legal	752	27.8 years	4.6	7.6
Research, development and testing services	211	28.2 years	4.0	2.1
Scientific and technical services	587	25.2 years	4.3	6.0
Specialized design	397	24 years	4.8	4.0
Technical construction services	353	29.6 years	4.2	3.6
Clothing stores	225	27.2 years	4.2	2.3
Electronics stores	602	26.8 years	3.8	6.1
Shopping other	247	33.2 years	4.1	2.5

Area of Boulder, Colorado	25.68 sq mi
Population	98,345
Male Population	50,642 (51.5%)
Female Population	47,703 (48.5%)
Population change from 1975 to 2015	+108.4%
Population change from 2000 to 2015	+12.4%
Median Age	28.7
Male Median Age	27.9
Female Median Age	29.5
Area Codes	303, 720
Neighborhoods	Baseline Sub, Central Boulder, East Boulder, Gunbarrel, North Boulder, South Boulder
Local Time	Wednesday 9:33 PM
Timezone	Mountain Daylight Time
Facebook	Facebook Profile
Lat & Lng	40.01499° / -105.27055°
Zip Codes	80301, 80302, 80303, 80304, 80305, More

Boulder, Colorado - Map

Boulder, Colorado Population

Years 1975 to 2015

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015
Population	47,189	69,908	87,507	98,345
Population Density	1,837 / mi²	2,722 / mi²	3,408 / mi²	3,830 / mi²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Boulder, Colorado Population change from 2000 to 2015

Increase of 12.4% from year 2000 to 2015

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Boulder, Colorado	+108.4%	+40.7%	+12.4%
Colorado	+89.1%	+49.1%	+25.1%
United States	+46.9%	+27.2%	+13.7%

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Boulder, Colorado Median Age

Median Age: 28.7 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Boulder, Colorado	28.7 years	29.5 years	27.9 years
Colorado	36.1 years	37.1 years	35.2 years
United States	37.4 years	38.7 years	36.1 years

Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Boulder, Colorado Population Tree

Population By Age and Gender

Age	Male	Female	Total
Under 5	1,983	1,943	3,927
5-9	1,928	1,865	3,794
10-14	1,759	1,700	3,460
15-19	5,401	5,504	10,906
20-24	11,307	9,137	20,445
25-29	5,125	4,145	9,271
30-34	3,685	3,171	6,857
35-39	3,117	2,777	5,895
40-44	2,856	2,630	5,487
45-49	2,579	2,575	5,154
50-54	2,625	2,610	5,236
55-59	2,470	2,541	5,011
60-64	2,107	2,037	4,144
65-69	1,256	1,369	2,626
70-74	836	1,023	1,859
75-79	609	808	1,418
80-84	496	790	1,287
85 Plus	503	1,076	1,579

Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Boulder, Colorado Population Density

Population Density: 3,830 / mi²

Location	Population	Area	Population Density
Boulder, Colorado	98,345	25.68 sq mi	3,830 / mi²
Colorado	5.4 million	104,094.5 sq mi	52.0 / mi²
United States	321.6 million	3,796,761.2 sq mi	84.7 / mi²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Boulder, Colorado Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 1890 to 2100

Sources:
1. JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
2. CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
3. [Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Neighborhoods

Business Distribution by neighborhood in Boulder, Colorado

Central Boulder: 48.2%

North Boulder: 11.4%

East Boulder: 8.5%

Gunbarrel: 7.4%

Other: 24.5%

Area Codes

Percentage Area Codes used by businesses in Boulder, Colorado

Area Code 303: 81.9%

Area Code 720: 14.8%

Other: 3.4%

Business distribution by price for Boulder, Colorado

Moderate: 53.4%

Inexpensive: 27.8%

Expensive: 14%

Very Expensive: 4.8%

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Sources: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. & Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Boulder, Colorado CO2 Emissions

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Per Capita in Tonnes Per Year

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Boulder, Colorado	1,799,093 tn	18.3 tn	70,069 tons/mi²
Colorado	108,781,948 tn	20.1 tn	1,045 tons/mi²
United States	5,664,619,809 tn	17.6 tn	1,491 tons/mi²

Sources: [Link] Moran, D., Kanemoto K; Jiborn, M., Wood, R., Többen, J., and Seto, K.C. (2018) Carbon footprints of 13,000 cities. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac72a

Boulder, Colorado CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	1,799,093 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	18.3 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/mi²/year)

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Drought

Medium (4.5)

* Risk, particularly concerning flood or landslide, may not be for the entire area.

Sources:
1. Dilley, M., R.S. Chen, U. Deichmann, A.L. Lerner-Lam, M. Arnold, J. Agwe, P. Buys, O. Kjekstad, B. Lyon, and G. Yetman. 2005. Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5930-4.
2. Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and International Research Institute for Climate and Society - IRI - Columbia University. 2005. Global Drought Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4VX0DFT.

Recent Nearby Earthquakes

Magnitude 3.0 and greater

Date	Time	Magnitude	Distance	Depth	Location	Link
5/31/14	8:35 PM	3.2	75.5 km	1,200 m	9km ENE of Greeley, Colorado	usgs.gov
12/25/94	11:06 AM	4	89.6 km	10,000 m	Colorado	usgs.gov
4/2/81	8:10 AM	4.3	28.7 km	8,000 m	Denver urban area, Colorado	usgs.gov
11/26/67	9:09 PM	5.2	37.1 km	5,000 m	Denver urban area, Colorado	usgs.gov
8/9/67	6:25 AM	5.3	50.4 km	5,000 m	Colorado	usgs.gov
4/27/67	9:24 AM	4.5	44.3 km	5,000 m	Colorado	usgs.gov
4/10/67	11:00 AM	4.3	45.2 km	5,000 m	Colorado	usgs.gov
11/14/66	12:02 PM	3.5	50.4 km	5,000 m	Colorado	usgs.gov
11/20/65	8:02 PM	3.8	46.8 km	5,000 m	Denver urban area, Colorado	usgs.gov
9/29/65	11:59 AM	3.5	28 km	5,000 m	Denver urban area, Colorado	usgs.gov

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Boulder, Colorado

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Zip Codes

Percentage of businesses by Zip Codes in Boulder, Colorado

Zip Code 80301: 31.4%

Zip Code 80302: 28.3%

Zip Code 80304: 15.4%

Zip Code 80303: 14.7%

Zip Code 80305: 6.7%

Other: 3.5%

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