According to the 2010

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, the racial makeup of

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is 68.9%

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, 10.2%

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, 3.4%

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, 1.4% American Indian or

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, 0.1%

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, and 4.1% two or more races, with 31.8% of

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origin.

European American Denver

As of the 2010-2014 American Community Survey, 77.5% of Denver's population reported white ancestry. Non-Hispanic

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made up 52.9% of the city's population according to the survey, up from 51.9% of Denver's population in the 2000 Census. Major ethnic groups of European ancestry in Denver include:

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(14.7%),

British British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ...

(11.3%),

Irish Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...

(9.9%),

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Ita ...

(3.9%), French (2.8%), and

Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, w ...

(2.1%). Of the 105,000 foreign-born in Denver, 8.3% were born in

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. There is a

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community in Denver. There is also an

community in Denver.

Hispanic and Latino Denver

According to the 2010

, approximately one-third of Denver's population consists of Hispanic or Latino people. 31.8% of the population is Hispanic or Latino of any race. The West Side 2303 North East Side has the largest Hispanic/Latino population in the city. In the state of Colorado, 21% of the state population is Latino, over 1 million in Colorado. 607,694 Hispanics in the seven-county metro area, making up 22% of the total population. In Colorado, Latinos' purchasing power totaled $21.9 billion, an increase of 456.8% since 1990. 13.4% of Latinos eligible to vote but not registered in the state of Colorado. 219,233 Hispanic registered voters in Colorado. In 1983, Denver voters elected its first Hispanic mayor,

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, who served in that office until 1991. Mexicans live in Denver’s Northside.

First Nations people in Denver

The City of Denver has established the Denver American Indian Commission to promote better relations between First Nations people and the wider community. The annual Denver Pow-Wow in March is one of the largest in the country and hosts traditional First Nations dances, attracting First Nations People from across the US and Canada, as well as many non-First Nations people.

The Black American West and Denver

Many of the early inhabitants to settle the city were of African lineage, especially those who had escaped slavery. African-American mountain man Jim Beckwourth homesteaded land in what is now Denver in 1863. In honor of these frontiersmen, Paul Stewert created the Black American West Museum in Denver. The Five Points neighborhood is historically associated with African-American culture in Denver. In the 1940s through the 1950s, jazz clubs in Five Points provided popular venues for famous African American musicians. Denver's first African-American mayor,

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, served in that office from 1991 to 2003. The current Denver mayor, Michael Hancock, elected in 2011 and re-elected in 2015 and 2019, is also African-American, as are former city councilwoman Allegra "Happy" Haynes and Denver police chief Robert C. White. Former Denver First Lady and State Senator Wilma Webb led the successful movement to adopt

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as a state holiday, long before it became a federal holiday.

Asian-American Denver

Chinese people first arrived in Denver in 1870, and settled in a neighborhood known as "Hop Alley" along Wazee Street ("Wazee" is said to be a Chinese name). Denver was the scene of a deadly anti-Chinese riot in 1880. Denver has an active population of

Japanese Americans are Americans of Japanese ancestry. Japanese Americans were among the three largest Asian American ethnic communities during the 20th century; but, according to the 2000 census, they have declined in number to constitute the sixth largest Asi ...

Sakura Square Sakura Square ( ja, サクラ・スクエア, ''Sakura Sukuea'') is a small plaza located on the north/east side of the intersection of 19th Street and Larimer Street in Denver, Colorado. The square contains busts of Ralph L. Carr, Governor of C ...

in downtown Denver was founded in 1944 by formerly-interned

migrating from the West Coast states of

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, and

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. The community hosts several public markets and restaurants. The former

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, is where many Southeast Asian immigrants first came into Denver.

Jewish Denver

In the city of Denver, the largest populations of Jews are found in the West Colfax, Denver, West Colfax and Hilltop, Denver, Hilltop neighborhoods. The heritage of many generations of Jewish Denverites is very visible in the city, and its many landmarks (several prominent synagogues among them). Denver is also home to the National Jewish Medical and Research Center. Famous Jews from or who lived in Denver include Golda Meir. The weekly news paper ''Intermountain Jewish News'' is published from Denver.

Other ethnicities

Denver is home to many other ethnicities. There are also sizable immigrant Polish people, Polish, People of Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Senegalese Americans, Senegalese, Eritrean Americans, Eritrean, and Lebanon, Lebanese populations in Denver.

Longevity

According to a report in the Journal of the American Medical Association, residents of Denver had a 2014 life expectancy of 80.02 years.

References

External links

The City and County of DenverGlobalDenver.org
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