Brighton, Colorado Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

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Brighton is 18th in Colorado out of 109 other cities in Race - Hispanic or Latino

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General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Brighton	Rank	Colorado	US
Current population (2012)	34,636	22nd	5,187,582	313,914,040
Size in square miles	20.0	26th	103,641.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1,669	64th	48.5	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Brighton	Rank	Colorado	US
Residents younger than 5	8.6%	33rd	6.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	29.9%	24th	23.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	8.7%	70th	11.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Brighton	Rank	Colorado	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	81.7%	89th	89.7%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	17.8%	86th	36.3%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Brighton	Rank	Colorado	US
Race - White	77.4%	81st	88.1%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.5%	34th	4.3%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.4%	24th	1.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.3%	63rd	3.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	53rd	0.2%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	3.7%	27th	2.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	40.5%	18th	21.0%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	54.9%	88th	69.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Brighton	Rank	Colorado	US
Female residents	49.4%	81st	49.8%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	11.5%	28th	9.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Brighton	Rank	Colorado	US
Housing units	11,387	28th	2,224,603	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	17.7%	63rd	25.7%	25.9%
Households	10,402	28th	1,941,193	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	72.8%	43rd	66.8%	66.1%
Home median value	$195,100	71st	$236,700	$186,200
People per household	3.0	21st	2.5	2.6

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Brighton	Rank	Colorado	US
Income per capita	$24,423	71st	$30,816	$27,915
Income per household	$64,585	46th	$57,685	$52,762
Income below poverty line	7.8%	66th	12.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Brighton	Rank	Colorado	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	2,943	31st	547,770	27,092,908
Retail sales	$476,509	29th	$65,896,788	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$15,559	39th	$13,609	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$52,875	33rd	$11,440,395	$613,795,732

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