Colorado saw an influx of 210,939 people from other states and abroad between 2009 and 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau reported today.

The Denver-Aurora-Broomfield metro area also picked up 89,883 people from other states and abroad during that time period, said the bureau.

The city of Denver saw a total of 21,436 new residents from other states and abroad from 2009 to 2010.

By region, people in the West were most likely to move – 14.7 percent. Individuals in the South were the second most likely to move – 13.6 percent.

The least likely to move were people in the Northeast (8.3 percent) followed by those in the Midwest (11.8 percent).

In the overall report, the agency said that among those who moved between 2009 and 2010, more than four out of 10 (16.4 million or 43.7 percent) did so for housing-related reasons.

This included the desire to live in a new or better home or apartment.

Among other reasons for moving, people cited family concerns (30.3 percent), employment needs (16.4 percent) and other factors (9.5 percent).

The Census Bureau examined how many people moved from the state, metro area and Denver to other states but did not calculate how many moved abroad.

The out-migration to other states from Colorado was 154,629. From the Denver-Aurora-Broomfield metro area it was 60,605. From Denver it was 18,793.

The report noted that principal cities within the metro areas experienced a net loss of 2.3 million movers, while the suburbs experienced a net gain of 2.5 million movers.

Howard Pankratz: 303-954-1939 or hpankratz@denverpost.com.