Facts and figures about Denver, host city for the 2008 Democratic National Convention, and Colorado:

_City founded: Nov. 17, 1858. Named after James Denver, governor of Kansas Territory.

_Statehood: Colorado, the Centennial State, became the nation’s 38th state in 1876.

_City population: 554,636.

_State population: 4.5 million; 3.2 million white, 736,000 Hispanic, 158,000 black, 97,000 Asian, 29,000 Native American.

_Foreign-born: 10.1 percent.

_Median age: 34.7.

_Median household income: $50,652.

_Percent below poverty line: 11.1.

_Registered voters: 1,018,000 Republican; 1,014,000 independent; 901,000 Democratic.

_Major industries: Communications, utilities, transportation, energy, aerospace, agriculture, tourism.

_Governor: Bill Ritter (D), elected 2006.

_Congress: Sens. Ken Salazar (D), Wayne Allard (R); Allard is retiring. House: Four Democrats, three Republicans.

_ Independent Ross Perot got 23 percent of the presidential vote in 1996.

_This year’s convention is expected to generate $160 million and draw as many as 50,000 visitors.