10 Produced by the Downtown Denver Partnership | downtowndenver.com Talent The Denver region offers a unique hub, filled with talented network engineers, network security engineers, and software engineers. Steve Politis, Denver Office Lead, Facebook “ As the economic hub of the region, connected by freeways and transit alike, Downtown Denver provides the optimal location to reach the 1.83 million metro Denver talent pool, which grew by 54,217 people last year. Since 2010, the region has added over 230,000 people to the workforce, over 100,000 of which were in the past two years alone. The talent pool is growing in terms of education as well, with nearly 45% of metro Denver’s population having a bachelor’s degree or higher, a figure that is up by one percentage point in the last year. Denver is attracting talent, and growing our own, with several nearby colleges and universities. Denver is also now ranked as a top 10 tech talent market according to CBRE. University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, Colorado 33,864 Colorado State University Fort Collins, Colorado 29,211 Metropolitan State University Denver, Colorado 19,667 University of Colorado Denver Denver, Colorado 19,448 University of Colorado Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, Colorado 12,433 University of Denver Denver, Colorado 11,434 University of Northern Colorado Greeley, Colorado 10,095 Regis University Denver, Colorado 8,341 Colorado Christian University Lakewood, Colorado 7,398 Colorado School of Mines Golden, Colorado 6,115 Colorado College Colorado Springs, Colorado 2,026 Number of Students Enrolled 54K people added to the metro region’s talent pool A Growing Labor Force University Enrollment of Four-Year Colleges in the Metro Region 1,850,000 1,800,000 1,750,000 1,700,000 1,650,000 1,600,000 1,550,000 1,500,000 1,450,000 Total Metro Area Labor Force 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 60,000 50,000 40,000 30,000 20,000 10,000 Annual Labor Force Growth 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 DENVER COLORADO SPRINGS GOLDEN BOULDER FORT COLLINS GREELEY 1 2 3,4 5 7 6 8 9 10 11 Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics Source: Metro Denver EDC 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11