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Older residents and healthcare jobs in Colorado
Registered Nurses in Colorado: 52.94 jobs per 1,000 residents age 65 and over, from 54,490 jobs.
An older-resident brief in Colorado starts with Registered Nurses: 52.94 jobs per 1,000 residents age 65 and over, against 1,029,188 people in that age group.
Put 54,490 on the Colorado note as the Registered Nurses job count. The per-1,000 figure is 52.94.
The Colorado table also carries Nursing Assistants at 21.61 per 1,000 residents age 65 and over.
All-age civilian population is 5,978,053.
None of these figures is a shortage rate.
Each occupation
1Registered Nurses
- State jobs
- 54,490
- Residents age 65 and over
- 1,029,188
- Jobs per 1,000 residents age 65 and over
- 52.94
2Home Health and Personal Care Aides
- State jobs
- 44,650
- Residents age 65 and over
- 1,029,188
- Jobs per 1,000 residents age 65 and over
- 43.38
3Nursing Assistants
- State jobs
- 22,240
- Residents age 65 and over
- 1,029,188
- Jobs per 1,000 residents age 65 and over
- 21.61
Ranked table
Swipe the table sideways. The same figures are in the blocks above.
| Rank | Occupation | State jobs | Residents age 65 and over | Jobs per 1,000 residents age 65 and over |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Registered Nurses | 54,490 | 1,029,188 | 52.94 |
| 2 | Home Health and Personal Care Aides | 44,650 | 1,029,188 | 43.38 |
| 3 | Nursing Assistants | 22,240 | 1,029,188 | 21.61 |
Takeaways
- Use 52.94 when Colorado asks how Registered Nurses compares with residents age 65 and over.
- That Colorado job count is 54,490.
- Older civilian residents in Colorado total 1,029,188.
- Keep Nursing Assistants on the Colorado note at 21.61 per 1,000.
For recruiters
- Pair Registered Nurses headcount with the age-65 count.
- Leave posting counts out of this brief.
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.
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Methodology
Jobs are OEWS May 2025 state employment for registered nurses, nursing assistants, and home health and personal care aides. Residents are the Census Population Estimates Program civilian population age 65 and over on July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025. This is not the ACS tabulation; the ACS API was not used. Jobs per 1,000 residents equals jobs times 1,000 divided by that resident count. It is not a shortage rate and it is not a count of job listings. Areas are ordered by registered-nurse jobs per 1,000 residents age 65 and over. Colorado is 26 of 51. Total civilian population in the same file is 5,978,053.
Sources
- BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics · May 2025
- Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, civilian population by age and sex · July 1, 2025
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