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According to 2004 U.S. Census data provided by the Piton Foundation,

The total population of the City and County of Denver is 544,116, of which

50% is White

35% is Hispanic or Latino (78% of which is from Mexico)

11% is Black or African American

3% is Asian

Of this population:

82% is native born

18% are foreign born (68% are non-citizens, 13% are asylees)

72% speak English Only

28% speak a language other than English (85% speak Spanish)

Latino population in Denver County by ethnicity in 2000

Mexican:         120,664

Puerto Rican:  1,632

Cuban:             669

Other Latino country: 52,739

Total Latino population: 175,704

Asian population in Denver County by ethnicity in 2000

Vietnamese:              4,559

Chinese:                    2,279

Asian-Indian:            2,240

Japanese:                   1,941

Korean:                      1,416

Filipino:                     890

Other Asian country: 2,286

Total Asian population: 15,611

The State Demographer's Office estimates that there are about 133,079 Asian-American residents, and some 3,745 Pacific Islander residents, in Colorado as of 2006. In Colorado, about 74% of all Asian-American Pacific Islanders (AAPI) live in the Denver Metro area, with Arapahoe Co. being the largest county, followed by Denver, El Paso, Adams and Jefferson.  AAPIs are scattered widely in the Denver Metro area - strong pockets in Aurora (Korean, Cambodian), Adams Co (Laotian, Hmong), Denver (Vietnamese, Cambodian) (info from Asian Pacific Development Center)

Based on the 2000 Census, of those speaking a language other than English, Spanish is the more prominent followed by Vietnamese.  78% of those who speak a language other than English speak Spanish, and 3% speak Vietnamese.

The following table lists the number of people in the City and County of Denver who speak various languages.