C.R.S. § 24-32-204: Population statistics, estimates, and projections.

(1) The division of planning is hereby designated as the primary state agency of demographic information. Said office shall prepare, maintain, and interpret such population statistics, estimates, and projections as the director of the division of planning shall direct, including distributions of the state's population by significant groupings, such as school- and college-age populations, political subdivision populations, and racial and ethnic populations.

(2) Other agencies of the state government may prepare and maintain any such information but only as authorized by the director of the division of planning.

(3) The division of planning shall cooperate with and give assistance to other agencies and organizations, both public and private, in the preparation, maintenance, and interpretation of demographic information.

(4) The director of the division of planning shall annually invite other agencies and organizations, both public and private, that engage in demographic studies to review the basic demographic assumptions and premises of the division of planning to the end that its statistics, estimates, and projections will be as accurate as possible.