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Economic and Market Assessment City of Louisville, CO <br /> Demographic Assessment <br /> DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE <br /> Overview <br /> In order to more fully understand the economic and market conditions in which the City of Louisville <br /> operates, a baseline demographic and economic profile was performed to identify factors which will <br /> influence future economic development. <br /> The evaluation takes a regional approach to ensure that the characteristics of households and <br /> employment within commuting distance of the City of Louisville are evaluated, since economic <br /> development will most likely derive from the surrounding area. For comparison purposes and to place <br /> the City in its broader geographic context, the Boulder County(which comprises Louisville) and the State <br /> of Colorado are profiled as primary peer geographies, with the cities of Lafayette, Superior, Broomfield <br /> and Denver profiled as secondary geographies, where appropriate. <br /> Primary Peer Geographies <br /> City of Louisville: The City of Louisville is located in the southeast corner of Boulder County, which is <br /> coextensive with the Boulder, CO MSA. It is approximately 11 miles east southeast of Boulder and the <br /> University of Colorado, and approximately 22 miles north northwest of Denver. The cities of Boulder and <br /> Denver are accessed by US Highway 36, the Boulder-Denver Turnpike. The nearest north/south <br /> interstate is 1-25, approximately 10 miles west of Louisville. The nearest east/west interstate is 1-70, <br /> which is accessed in Denver. Louisville's geographical area covers approximately 7.9 square miles. <br /> Boulder County(Boulder MSA): With a total area of approximately 751.4 square miles, Boulder County is <br /> bounded by Larimer County to the north, Weld County to the east, the City and County of Broomfield to <br /> the southeast, Jefferson and Gilpin Counties to the south, and Grand County to the west. Boulder <br /> County's largest municipality is the City of Boulder, with a 2010 estimated population of 97,385, <br /> according to the U.S. Census. <br /> State of Colorado: Colorado has a land area of 104,094 square miles, and is bounded by the northwest <br /> state of Wyoming to the north, the Midwest states of Nebraska and Kansas to the northeast and east, <br /> on the south by New Mexico and a small portion of Oklahoma, and on the west by Utah. Denver is <br /> Colorado's largest city, with an estimated 2010 population of 600,158. <br /> 2 <br />