Pandemic derailed Colorado’s population growth. Can the state get back on track?

Colorado’s population gains slowed sharply during the pandemic, but state demographers expect growth should get back on track soon, taking the population from 5.9 to 7.5 million by 2050. (R. Scott Rappold, Special to The Denver Post)


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