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<br />I I <br /> <br />Figure 4 <br /> <br />POPULATION OF THE CITY OF DENVER SINCE 1910 <br /> <br />1910 <br /> <br />1920 <br /> <br />1930 <br /> <br />1940 <br /> <br />1950 <br /> <br />1960 <br /> <br />213,381 <br /> <br />256,491 <br /> <br />287,861 <br /> <br />322,412 <br /> <br />415,786 <br /> <br />493,887 <br /> <br />Growth Rate- <br /> <br />20% <br /> <br />12.2% <br /> <br />12% <br /> <br />28.9% <br /> <br />18.7% <br /> <br />The population for 1965 had been estimated by the Colorado Department of <br /> <br />Local Affairs on the basis of the 1960 census. The population of the City of <br /> <br />Denver and its various suburbs existent during the 1965 flood is given in <br /> <br />Figure 5. <br /> <br />Figure 5 <br /> <br />METRO DENVER POPULATION FOR 1960 & 1965 <br /> <br />, <br /> <br /> POPULATION <br />City 1960 1965 <br />Arvada 19,242 36,000 <br />Aurora 48,548 66,000 <br />Broomfield '4,535 6,600 <br />Cherry Hills 1,931 2,750 <br />Cormnerce City 8,920 17,800 <br />Denver 493,887 527,000 <br />Edgewater 4,314 5,300 <br />Englewood 33,398 36,700 <br />Golden 7,U8 8,400 <br />Lakewood -* -* <br />Littleton 13,670 19,000 <br />Northglenn -* 17,000 <br />Thornton 11,353 14,000 <br />Westminster 13,850 17,500 <br />TOTAL 660,766 774,050 <br />* Towns not incorporated -13- <br /> <br />% of <br />Increase <br /> <br />87 <br /> <br />36 <br /> <br />46 <br /> <br />42 <br /> <br />90 <br /> <br />7 <br /> <br />23 <br /> <br />10 <br /> <br />19 <br /> <br />39 <br /> <br />23 <br /> <br />17% increase <br />