2025 State Demography Summit Registration opens October 1, 2025
The State Demography Summit is a one-day conference that offers attendees the opportunity to learn about the most current population and economic estimates and forecasts for the state, its regions, counties, and municipalities.
This year’s summit will occur on Friday, November 7, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd, Arvada, CO 80003
This year’s Summit will feature presentations on:
- Updates to Colorado’s Population Estimates: Where have we seen recent growth in the state, and what is driving it? And some new methods to derive important demographic variables.
- Population Forecasts: Over the next decade, Colorado's population is expected to continue growing, aging, and diversifying. Join us as we walk through the changes and explore the impacts of slowing growth and a changing age distribution on long-term household and labor force growth.
- Changes in U.S. Census Estimates and Methodology to estimate Fertility and Migration.
- State and Regional Economic Trends: National and state trends, where job growth is expected in the state, and what is influencing regional changes?
- Preparing for Census 2030: Census 2026 test and the Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA).
- New Housing Related data and products: Developing a housing unit forecast and a statewide Housing Needs Assessment.
- A panel discussion of Land Use and Housing Needs Assessment legislation featuring speakers from DOLA’s Community Development Office, DRCOG, Summit County Housing Department, and the Cortez, Colorado Community and Economic Development Department.
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Summit Registration
Registration for this year's summit is $60.00 per person for in-person registration and $30.00 per person for live stream registration. State of Colorado Employees will receive complementary registration to the Summit live stream.
Registration opens on October 1, 2025, and will close on or before October 31, 2025.
Visit the State Demography Office Summit webpage for more information.
Price Increases for the 2025 Summit
The State Demography Office has hosted the State Demography Summit for 42 years. During this time, the Summit has evolved from a short in-person meeting to a statewide conference featuring the participation of experts from the U.S. Census Bureau, as well as experts from neighboring states and local experts representing Colorado communities. Over the past 42 years, the State Demography Office has relied on ticket sales to cover the costs of venue rental, catering, and the live stream broadcast.
In 2025, SDO increased ticket prices for both the in-person session and the live stream broadcast to cover our expenses. We have worked hard to keep the Summit affordable and to provide the most informative update on Colorado's population. We hope you understand this price increase.
Changes to Continuing Education Credits
Six hours of continuing education credits are available to Appraisers or Real Estate Brokers attending the Summit in person.
The Colorado Division of Real Estate does not issue Continuing Education Credits for hybrid meetings such as the State Demography Summit. Because of this, SDO is offering Continuing Education Credits only for Appraisers or Real Estate Brokers attending the Summit in person. We understand that this change will adversely impact Appraisers and Real Estate Brokers working outside of the Front Range Counties. We hope you understand the limitations of the Division of Real Estate’s policy.
Please contact the Division of Real Estate if you have any questions about this policy.
Please visit the SDO Webpage to access summit information and register for this year’s summit.
Two new Research Briefs
State Demography Office analysts have released two new research briefs:
Language Spoken at Home in the American Community Survey
This research brief summarizes data on language spoken at home and limited English Speakers from the 2023 American Community Survey. The brief also discusses the limitations of this data for assessing the language spoken at home for smaller geographies.
SDO is hosting a lunchtime webinar on Monday, September 29, from 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. to discuss the results of this analysis. Click here to register
Analysis on Colorado’s Housing Shortfall
This research brief provides a comprehensive analysis of Colorado’s current housing shortfall. In partnership with the legislature, Governor Polis has signed landmark laws to increase supply and make housing more affordable. Findings show that while Colorado has made progress in narrowing the housing gap since its peak in 2019, the state still requires 106,000 additional housing units to meet its housing needs.
The Housing Shortfall analysis will be discussed at the 2025 State Demography Summit.
2024 American Community Survey 1-Year data release
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The Census Bureau released the 2024 American Community Survey 1-Year data on September 15, 2024. This data release provides tables summarizing demographic and social characteristics for the nation, states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, congressional districts, metropolitan areas, and counties and places with a population of 65,000 or more.
The 2024 ACS 1-year data is available from data.census.gov.
Understanding the 2024 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates
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