Feb 13, 2024 | 2024 Research, Education, Press Releases, Recent Research, Research
By 2031, 73% of Colorado’s jobs will require at least some postsecondary education, and currently 70.7% of Colorado adults currently qualify.[i] That number includes imported talent—people who attain higher education elsewhere and move to Colorado. At present, only 66.5% of the state’s adult population born in Colorado meets that standard—over 79,000 people short of 73%.
Feb 5, 2024 | 2024 Research, Jobs & Our Economy, Press Releases, Recent Research, Research
Common Sense Institute tracked Colorado’s major economic highlights from 2023 in the following categories: jobs, inflation, labor force, and population.
Feb 1, 2024 | 2024 Research, Infrastructure, Press Releases, Recent Research, Research
Between 2020 and 2023, Colorado had a net gain of average of only 6,645 people from other states each year. That is compared to an average of 41,540 every year between 2013 and 2020.
Jan 25, 2024 | 2024 Research, Housing & Our Community, Press Releases, Recent Research, Research
The estimated housing unit deficit in the Denver metro area for 2023 ranged between 45,025 and 115,012 housing units. To meet new population-driven housing demand and close the existing supply gap by 2028, an additional 26,971 to 40,968 housing units per year are required
Jan 23, 2024 | 2024 Research, Job Reports, Jobs & Our Economy, Press Releases, Recent Research, Research
In recent months, Colorado’s employment growth has been sustained by robust government job gains in excess of private sector job losses. While Colorado added 300 total non-farm jobs in December, the private sector declined for the fourth straight month, losing 1,700 jobs.
Jan 19, 2024 | 2024 Research, Press Releases, Taxes & Fees
This brief release details the impacts of the 2023 special legislative session’s lowering of residential assessment rates from 6.765% to 6.7%, the potential impact of lowering local mill levies 10%, and points out the growth in Colorado property taxes beyond the metro rate of inflation.