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In Denver, though, only 19.1% of homes on the market are new builds. This isn’t the lowest share, but it still lags behind the national average of 31.4%.

Colorado had the eight-highest increase in summertime fatal crashes, rising 47% between 2018 and 2021. Colorado’s rate of traffic fatalities among 16-24 year olds, however, ranks 28th among U.S. states.

According to Parking Reform Network, about 11% of land in Denver’s city center is designated for parking, one of the lowest shares in the U.S.

An analysis from ApartmentList shows suburban rents grew 24.7% locally during the pandemic while in the city of Denver, rents grew by only 14.8%.

Denver ranks fifth overall. Only Arlington, Virginia; Kansas City; Minneapolis and Cincinnati have greater increases in demand.

Colorado gained a net 754 of these individuals in 2021, the fourth-highest net gain of young, wealthy workers in the nation.

There are 332,716 homes at risk of wildfire in the state – 100,000 more than are in the entire state of Texas.

All told, Colorado’s college athletics programs needed $54 million from their institutions to cover their financial shortfalls.

The Denver-Aurora-Lakewood metro area is still one of the more expensive rental markets in the U.S.

The cost of all crime was $27.2 billion – about $4,623 per every Coloradan. The cost has gone down since 2021, but CSI warns the current crime rate is too expensive in any case.

In Rocky Mountain National Park, there were 18 fall fatalities, over twice as many as the next most common cause, environmental.

There were 640 murders, aggravated assaults and robberies in May, more than any month since 2008 except for July 2022.

If damage is anywhere north of $1 million the Highlands Ranch tornado would be among the 20 most destructive tornadoes in Colorado history

Denver Police Department data shows violent crime increasing in 2023 relative to the same months in previous years.

There have been 36 instances in which an NBA team faced a 3-1 deficit in the finals. Only one of those teams managed to come back from behind.

Denver Nuggets fans rank third in the nation for educational attainment among team followers. The Toronto Raptors have the highest, while the Dallas Mavericks have the second-highest.

Michael Malone is one of the league’s least-liked coaches, with only 12.7% of online conversations about him positive – the sixth lowest.

Overall, Denver ranked 21st in the nation for overall risk. While it does not have relatively high traffic fatality rates compared to the other cities, it does have some of the nation’s worst rates for auto thefts and DUIs.

The late 2022 spike in RSV is still going strong, but the number of hospitalizations has drastically decreased since a high in November.

In the Denver metro, prices slid from a high last April consistently through December, according to the January report from the Denver Metro Association of Realtors.