Our Community

Pediatrics training at the University of Colorado provides the opportunity to care for an incredibly large number of patients and families from many different backgrounds, cultures, and socioeconomic groups. As the regional referral center for the Mountain West, Children’s Hospital Colorado regularly serves children from urban and rural areas in multiple states including Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma. At Denver Health, the public safety net hospital for the city and county of Denver, residents primarily care for patients who are insured by Medicaid or uninsured. A variety of clinical sites provide residents with opportunities to work with unique and disadvantaged patient populations.

The Denver Metro Area is home to a vibrant array of people. Denver is one of the fastest-growing cities in the United States with a population of over 700,000 in the city and over 3 million in the metropolitan area. Approximately 1 in 6 Denver residents was born in a country other than the United States and over 40% of children in Denver speak a language other than English at home. The population of Denver is approximately 1% Native American, 5% Asian, 12% Black, 30% non-Hispanic White, and 53% Hispanic/Latinx. In the three-zip-code region surrounding the Children’s Hospital Colorado, 77% of residents belong to racial and ethnic minorities. In addition, Denver ranks among the top 10 cities in the United States for the highest proportion of residents who identify as LGBT.