Mar 13, 2024 | 2024 Research, Featured, Job Reports, Jobs & Our Economy, Recent Research, Research
Common Sense Institute tracked Colorado’s major economic highlights from 2023 in the following categories: jobs, inflation, labor force, and population.
Mar 11, 2024 | 2024 Research, Job Reports, Jobs & Our Economy, Recent Research, Research
After losing 6,200 jobs between October and December of 2023, Colorado’s private added 5,600 jobs in January. This is the largest single month growth in the state’s private sector since June of 2023.
Mar 7, 2024 | 2024 Research, Featured, Recent Research, Research, Taxes & Fees
Between 2022 and 2023, the median property tax bill increased by $1,113 in Douglas County, $660 in Boulder County, and $444 in Arapahoe County. Each of these increases significantly outpaced inflation.
Mar 5, 2024 | 2024 Research, Featured, Housing & Our Community, Recent Research, Research
Since 2010, juvenile crime rates have decreased overall but have increased for crimes against person: murder (210%), aggravated assault (17%), and robbery (12.3%).
Feb 28, 2024 | 2024 Research, Housing & Our Community, Recent Research, Research
Denver and its institutions have already spent between $78 million and $100 million on the migrant situation, according to CSI’s most recent dive into the published numbers.
Feb 22, 2024 | 2024 Research, Jobs & Our Economy, Recent Research, Research
Colorado’s ranks 13th in the nation for economic competitiveness, with high marks for income, inequality, share of people in poverty, and labor force participation.