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.
Overall, depending on whether its Denver MSA or CSA or how its defined its anywhere between 2.5 and 2.9 million people in the Denver area. Even Colorado Springs has a metro population of 600,000 people although the city of Colorado with a population of 375,000 people makes up a far greater share of the metro population then Denver. Also, Colorado Springs El Paso is huge in land area compared to most of the Denver metro area counties.