Research Homework #2

1.) a) Total Population of Colorado based on 2009 census = 5,024,748.
b) 2.6% of this total population was made up of asian or pacific islanders, so there are 130,643 asian or pacific islanders in Colorado.
url= http://www.census.gov/popest/estimates.html

2.) a) http://www.familywatchdog.us/
b) David Dakota Baldeagle is a convicted rape offender who lives about 10 blocks away from me near flagstaff, and works around campus.
c) url= http://www.dpscs.state.md.us/sorSearch/search.do?searchType=byHighEd&anchor=offlist

3.) Here is the crime statistics for University of Colorado at Boulder.
url= http://ope.ed.gov/security/InstDetails.aspx?706172656e7469643d31323636313426756e697469643d313236363134303126796561723d32303038267264743d322f322f323031302031323a31313a323320504d

b) There were 7 forcible sex offenses reported in 2008 (The latest year available), and 59 burglaries.

4.) Senator Mark Udall received $12,015,829. Senator Michael Bennet received $3,661,380. This is according to opensecrets.org

5.) a) In 2008, Bill Ritter received $984,026 in contributions.
b) Bill Ritter received 2,167 different contributions to achieve the sum total above.
c)

6.) a) The latest government figure for tuition cost is $16,245
b) What was the average tuition, fees, room and board at four-year public institutions for the latest year available? It was $13,424
c) Same question but with private schools yielded an average of $30,393.

7.) Homepage for the state of Colorado: www.colorado.gov/

8.) Homepage for Boulder: http://ci.boulder.co.us/