Alcohol is the most commonly used and abused drug among youth in the United States.1. 1  Excessive drinking is responsible for more than 4,300 deaths among underage youth each year, and cost the U.S. $24 billion in economic costs in 2010.2,3.
Metro Denver has a population of more than three million people, and has a growth rate that has consistently outpaced the national rate every decade since the 1930s. The region grew steadily in the past 10 years, and by 2020, Metro Denver's population is anticipated to increase to more than 3.3 million.
DENVER BUSINESS JOURNAL - Metro Denver's population is among the fastest-growing in the nation, ranking seventh among the nation's largest metros. That's according to a new analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data by Headlight Data, an Austin-based data information sevice for workforce development.