Colorado Opportunity Zones

Demographics for Colorado’s Opportunity Zones Major urban areas with largest number of zones Colorado Colorado Denver Opportunity Zones Minority 32% 42% Population 10 Tracts

Poverty 10% 18% Rate

Average $88,931 $59,200 MFI*

Bachelor’s 41% 25% Degree+ Pueblo Adults Not 18% 25% Working

Housing 5% 8% Vacancy 126 Opportunity Zones 7 Tracts Rent 51% 52% 508k Zone Residents Burdened 415k Zone Jobs Congressional districts with largest number of zones

37k Zone Businesses Colorado Springs Representative District Party Zones

Lauren Boebert CO-03 R 44

Non-Metro Ken Buck CO-04 R 28 6 Tracts 44% Diana DeGette CO-01 D 16 Metro Doug Lamborn CO-05 R 13 56% To learn more vist https://eig.org/opportunityzones 56+44+B Contact: [email protected] U.S. Opportunity Zones

Over 8,700 35 million 1.6 million 24 million Zones residents businesses* jobs* Data Notes

Minority Population reflects the share of the population that does not identify as white, non- Hispanic.

Bachelor’s Degree + reflects the share of the population age 25 and older who hold a bachelor’s degree or higher.

Adults Not Working reflects the share of the population age 25 to 64 not working (i.e. either unemployed or not in the labor force).

Housing Vacancy reflects the share of housing units that are vacant, adjusted for recreational, seasonal, or occasional use vacancies.

Rent Burdened reflects the share of renter- occupied households that spend 30%+ of their household income on housing

Businesses and jobs data sourced from ESRI, 2017 data. All other data sourced from the American Community Survey, 2015-2019 data.

Average Minority Bachelor’s Adults Not Housing Poverty Rate Median Family Rent Burdened Population Degree+ Working Vacancy Income

United States* 39% 15% $70,900 31% 27% 8% 51%

Average U.S. 56% 29% $44,700 18% 36% 13% 55% Opportunity Zones*

*Figure does not include Puerto Rico and the other U.S. territories To learn more vist https://eig.org/opportunityzones | Contact: [email protected]