Moving to Pueblo, Colorado

About Pueblo, Colorado
Pueblo

Pueblo ( PWEB-loh) is a home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Pueblo County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 111,876 at the 2020 United States Census, making Pueblo the ninth most populous city in Colorado. Pueblo is the principal city of the Pueblo, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and a major city of the Front Range Urban Corridor.

Pueblo is situated at the confluence of the Arkansas River and Fountain Creek, 112 miles (180 km) south of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver. The area is considered semi-arid desert land, with approximately 12 inches (304.80 mm) of precipitation annually. With its location in the "Banana Belt", Pueblo tends to get less snow than the other major cities in Colorado.

Pueblo is one of the largest steel-producing cities in the United States, for which reason Pueblo is referred to as the "Steel City". The Historic Arkansas River Project (HARP) is a riverwalk in the Union Avenue Historic Commercial District, and shows the history of the devastating Pueblo Flood of 1921.

Gender
Gender Pueblo Colorado Country
Female 50.3% 49.7% 50.8%
Male 49.7% 50.3% 49.2%
Gender

Household Income


Income Pueblo Colorado Country
Less than $10,000 9.6% 4.5% 5.8%
$10,000 to $14,999 7.7% 3.1% 4.1%
$15,000 to $24,999 13.1% 6.6% 8.5%
$25,000 to $34,999 11.7% 7.2% 8.6%
$35,000 to $49,999 15% 11% 12.0%
$50,000 to $74,999 17.7% 17.4% 17.2%
$75,000 to $99,999 10.9% 13.6% 12.8%
$100,000 to $149,999 9% 18.2% 15.6%
$150,000 to $199,999 3.3% 8.7% 7.1%
$200,000 or more 2% 9.6% 8.3%
Education


Education Pueblo Colorado Country
< 9th Grade 3% 3% 5.0%
9-12th Grade 8% 5% 7.0%
High School or GED 31% 21% 27.0%
Other College 26% 21% 20.0%
Associate's Degree 11% 9% 9%
Bachelor's Degree 14% 26% 20.0%
Master's Degree 5% 11% 9.0%
Professional Degree 1% 2% 2.0%
Doctorate Degree 1% 2% 1.0%
Household Income
Education
Race / Ethnicity


Ethnicity Pueblo Colorado Country
White 44.2% 67.5% 60.1%
African American 2% 3.9% 12.2%
American Indian 0.8% 0.5% 0.6%
Asian 0.7% 3.1% 5.6%
Hawaiian 0% 0.1% 0.2%
Other 0.3% 0.2% 0.3%
Multiracial 2.2% 2.9% 2.8%
Hispanic 49.9% 21.7% 18.2%
Race / Ethnicity