Showing posts with label Demographics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Demographics. Show all posts

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Denver!

As per usual: Denver population: 610,345, 50.4% male/49.6% female, with the median age being 32.  It has been ranked the most educated city in the US, the capital of baby booming, and the "thinnest" city in the US.  It was also ranked the number one city for singles by Forbes.  Denver was founded in 1858 as a gold mining town.  Apparently the first building ever built here was a bank for all the gold mining money and now the largest industry is banking...the financial district downtown is called "Wall Street of the Rockies".
Demographic source.

Sunday, August 8, 2010

Taos Demographics

Because we were in Arboles for so long, I’m now very interested in demographic facts.  So here goes.  Taos population is 4,700, the median age is 41, and for every 100 females there are 85 males.  Artists have always been attracted to Taos for some reason and in 1900 the Taos Artist Community was founded.  There are tons of galleries in town, although most of them are not awesome.  Taos is also home to the oldest Pueblo in the US; which was totally hounded by the Spanish raiders, meddled with by missionaries, and has been the backdrop of numerous bloody battles.  There’s been bad blood for years between the Native Americans and Whites.  So it’s no wonder we're having such a hard time involved in the Native American music community.