Fort Collins is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 118,440 people and 25 constituent neighborhoods, Fort Collins is the fifth largest community in Colorado.

Fort Collins is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Fort Collins is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Fort Collins who work in office and administrative support jobs (12.74%), sales jobs (11.56%), and management occupations (10.09%).

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

Fort Collins is made interesting by being both a reasonably big city and having a major college student population: students here will find that the city provides a lot of amenities, culture, and opportunities for them. Fort Collins is more than just a college town, however, though the thousands of students certainly are a major part of the character of the city, as well as a contributor to the local economy.

Not only is Fort Collins a city with many college students, but it also retains many recent graduates who are looking to start new careers, creating a decent-sized population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile. This makes it a good choice for other relocating single professionals. Here, these young singles will find many others like themselves, with opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Fort Collins is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates." While both of these categories describe educated professionals, urban sophisticates are quite a different demographic. Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Fort Collins spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.51 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.

Fort Collins Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Fort Collins is a pretty powerful place. 48.35% of the adults in Fort Collins have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Fort Collins in 2000 was $22,133, which is upper middle income relative to Colorado and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $88,532 for a family of four.

The people who call Fort Collins home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Fort Collins is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Fort Collins include German, English, Irish, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, Scottish, and French.

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