Demographics
| Historical populations | |||
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1870 | 1,480 |
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| 1880 | 4,226 | 185.5% | |
| 1890 | 11,140 | 163.6% | |
| 1900 | 21,085 | 89.3% | |
| 1910 | 29,078 | 37.9% | |
| 1920 | 30,105 | 3.5% | |
| 1930 | 33,237 | 10.4% | |
| 1940 | 36,789 | 10.7% | |
| 1950 | 45,472 | 23.6% | |
| 1960 | 70,194 | 54.4% | |
| 1970 | 135,060 | 92.4% | |
| 1980 | 214,914 | 59.1% | |
| 1990 | 281,140 | 30.8% | |
| 2000 | 360,890 | 28.4% | |
| 2010 | 416,427 | 15.4% | |
| Est. 2011 | 426,388 | 2.4% | |
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As of the 2010 census, the population of Colorado Springs was 416,427 (47th most populous U.S. city), and the population of the Colorado Springs Metropolitan Statistical Area was 645,613 in 2010 (84th most populous MSA), and the population of the Front Range Urban Corridor in Colorado was an estimated 4,166,855.
As of the April 2010 census: 78.8% White, 6.3% Black or African American, 1.0% Native American, 3.0% Asian, 0.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, 5.5% Some other race, 5.1% Two or more races. 16.1% Hispanic or Latino (of any race). Mexican Americans made up 14.6% of the city's population.
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