#9: Colorado
Population: 5,029,195
Growth rate: 16.9%
Unemployment rate: 8.6%
The Front Range Urban Corridor, which includes Denver, Colorado Springs and Fort Collins, is where 85% of the state's population lives. That leaves much of the rest of the state either agricultural land or a vast sparsely settled playground of mountains and desert.
Growth rate: 16.9%
Unemployment rate: 8.6%
The Front Range Urban Corridor, which includes Denver, Colorado Springs and Fort Collins, is where 85% of the state's population lives. That leaves much of the rest of the state either agricultural land or a vast sparsely settled playground of mountains and desert.
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Last updated December 21 2010: 12:52 PM ET
