Boulder is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 94,510 people and 28 constituent neighborhoods, Boulder is the 9th largest community in Colorado.

Boulder is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 90.59% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Boulder is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Boulder who work in office and administrative support jobs (11.44%), sales jobs (11.18%), and management occupations (10.91%).

Also of interest is that Boulder has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Of important note, Boulder is also a city of artists. Boulder has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Boulder's character.

And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Boulder has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too.

Combining city textures and college town sensibilities, Boulder really has a nice blend of characteristics. While not a huge city, Boulder is big enough to offer a healthy dose of diversion, opportunity, and amenity to its residents and to the thousands of college students who descend on it every fall. Its size and diversity makes Boulder more than just a college town, but removing the students from the equation would undeniably change Boulder's character and quality of life.

Not only is Boulder a city with many college students, but it also retains many recent graduates who are looking to start new careers, creating a very large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile. That's because Boulder is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Boulder a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Boulder is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Boulder spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.83 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.

Boulder Information and Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Boulder. 66.86% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 14.96%.

The per capita income in Boulder in 2000 was $27,262, which is wealthy relative to Colorado and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $109,048 for a family of four.

The people who call Boulder home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Boulder is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Boulder include German, English, Irish, Italian, Scottish, Norwegian, European, Polish, Scotch-Irish, Russian, and Swedish.

The most common language spoken in Boulder is English. Some people also speak Spanish.