Boulder

Boulder is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous city of Boulder County, Colorado in the United States of America. Boulder is supposedly the 11th most populous city in the state of Colorado. The United States Census Bureau estimated that in 2005 the population of the city of Boulder was 91,685, the population of the Boulder Metropolitan Statistical Area was 280,440. Boulder is the home of the University of Colorado, the largest university in Colorado. Boulder is situated northwest of Denver, Colorado at an elevation of . As of the census of 2000, there are 94,673 people, 39,596 households, and 16,788 families residing in the city. The population density is 1,500/km² (3,885/sq mi), making Boulder's population density higher than that of Denver and among the highest in the state. There were 40,725 housing units at an average density of 1,670/sq mi (645.2/km²). The racial makeup of the city is 88.3% White, 1.2% Black or African American, 0.5% Native... full article at wikipedia