Percent of Coloradans who speak more than one language at home. Source: U.S. Census.

Colorado’s food stamp participation ranking among states, with 8.8. percent of the population utilizing the federal food stamp program. Wyoming is last, with 6.3 percent, while Mississippi ranked first, with 20.8 percent. Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service.

Percent of U.S. adults who can’t read. Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Institute of Literacy.

Colorado’s ranking among states by percentage of Spanish-only speakers, with 5.06 percent of Coloradans speaking Spanish as their only language. California ranks No. 1 with 13.7 percent of its population speaking only Spanish, while Maine ranks last, with 0.22 percent of the population listed as Spanish language only. Source: U.S. Census. 

The number of Americans in 2013 who filed estate tax returns, thereby generating $21.6 billion in tax collections. Source: Internal Revenue Service. 

Number of states with flat income tax rates like Colorado’s. Meanwhile, 34 states have graduated taxation systems, as Colorado did for 50 years before 1987. Source: Federation of Tax Administrators. 

Colorado’s ranking in combined state and local tax levels. Only five states have lower levels of taxation. Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Percent of mortgaged owners in Colorado spending 30 percent or more of household income on housing costs. For renters, the figure is 48.5. Source: U.S. Census.

The percent of people in Colorado who are foreign born. Source: U.S. Census

The amount of income and sales tax revenue lost each year in Colorado as a result of nonpayment of wages. The figure could be as high as $47 million.  Source:  CFI wage nonpayment report.