Denver is a singles hotspot
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Denver's dating scene can get a bad rap, but data shows there are plenty of fish in the Mile High sea.
By the numbers: 61% of people ages 20 and older are unmarried in Denver, significantly higher than the 49% national rate, per the latest census data.
- Locally, the figure is just slightly higher for women (61.2%) than men (60.5%).
The intrigue: The rates drop when measured by the metro area — Denver, Aurora and Lakewood — with the unmarried rate reaching 49% regionally, a much closer figure to Colorado's overall rate of 48%.
How it works: These figures include people who have never been married, plus those who were married at one point but have since gotten divorced, separated or have been widowed.
Zoom out: Denver isn't close to having the highest rate of singles in the country, however.
- Baltimore (74%), the Bronx (72%) and Washington, D.C., (69%) have the highest rates of unmarried 20-and-older residents across U.S. counties with at least 25,000 such residents overall.