Aurora is a large city located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 275,936 people and 57 constituent neighborhoods, Aurora is the third largest community in Colorado.

Aurora is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Aurora is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Aurora who work in office and administrative support jobs (20.49%), sales jobs (12.03%), and management occupations (7.92%).

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

One thing noticeable about Aurora is that it has a large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. That's because Aurora 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 Aurora a great place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun. In fact, Aurora is one of the top larger cities in America for educated single professionals to flock.

Aurora Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Aurora citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 24.56% of adults in Aurora have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 14.96%.

The per capita income in Aurora in 2000 was $21,095, which is upper middle income relative to Colorado and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $84,380 for a family of four.

Aurora is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Aurora home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Aurora is White, followed by African-American. Aurora also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 19.85% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Aurora include German, Irish, English, and Italian.

In addition, Aurora has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (16.20%).

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