Chapter 4: Populaiton Geographies since 1950

After 1950 the population began to greatly increase. Now that investors created Aspen into a ski resort, the new jobs attracted people. In 1960 the population was 1,101 and continued to rise to 5,843 in 2000. The population in 2007 was 5,785 while 90.8% were white, 6.1% Hispanic, 0.6% American Indian, 0.5% Chinese, and 1.6% was other race. Now that Aspen has high real estate values it is flourishing economically. The high prices, however, have led to a high concentration of wealthy people living in the city. Many people with a low to medium income cannot afford to live in the city and are forced to live outside it and commute to work.


http://www.city-data.com/city/Aspen-Colorado.html

Sources:
http://www.city-data.com/city/Aspen-Colorado.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspen,_Colorado