List of Colorado counties by socioeconomic factors

The location of the State of Colorado in the United States of America.

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The 64 counties of the US State of Colorado.

This list of the 64 counties of the US State of Colorado by socioeconomic factors is taken from the "Quick Facts" web pages of the United States Census Bureau and the Population Health Institute of the University of Wisconsin. All data listed is for 2020, unless otherwise stated.

By comparison with the United States as a whole, the statistics in the following table show that Colorado has a higher per capita and household income than the national average. The state has a higher rate of population growth, a better educated population as measured by the percentage of people with bachelor's or higher degrees compared to the national average, and lower rates of people in poverty and people without health insurance than the U.S. as a whole. Colorado's population has a higher percentage of non-Hispanic whites in its population than the national average, although two Colorado counties have a majority of Hispanics. The state's vote in the 2020 presidential election was greater for the Democratic candidate than the Republican candidate.

Colorado has a longer life expectancy that the United States as a whole. In 2014, a study by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation concluded that the residents of Summit, Pitkin, and Eagle counties in the high-elevation Rocky Mountains enjoyed the longest life expectancy of any counties in the United States. The three counties are noted for their ski resorts, respectively Breckenridge, Aspen, and Vail. ^{[1] [2]} Factors contributing to their lengthy life expectancy were "high education, high income, high access to medical care, the people are physically active, obesity is lower than anywhere else" said Dr. Ali Mokdad, one of the study's co-authors. ^[3]

Along with some Colorado counties which exceed the U.S. average in positive socioeconomic factors, a sizeable number of Colorado counties are also below the U.S. average.

The 2020 census is a snapshot of Colorado's population. Depending upon the methodology used and the time of measurement, socioeconomic statistics cited may vary from year to year, especially in counties with small populations where, for example, the gain or loss of a major employer may result in a sizeable change in measurements of poverty, population growth, income, and others.

Socioeconomic statistics for Colorado counties

	Per capita income	Median household income	Population 2020	Population growth rate 2010–2020	Racial characteristics of population	Life expectancy in years 2022	% of people in poverty	% of 25+ year old people with bachelor or higher degrees	% of people without health insurance	% vote for Biden in 2020 election [4] [5] [6]
United States	$37,638	$69,201	331,449,520	7.4%	59.3% non-Hispanic white	78.5	11.6%	33.7%	9.8%	51.3%
Colorado	$42,807	$80,184	5,773,714	14.8%	67.0 non-Hispanic white	80.0	9.7%	42.8%	9.3%	55.4%
COUNTY
Adams	$33,571	$58,304	519,572	17.7%	47.8% non-Hispanic white	78.6	10.0%	26.4%	12.5%	56.7%
Alamosa	$25,249	$46,217	16,376	6.0%	46.4% non-Hispanic white	75.1	18.3%	25.6%	14.7%	48.1%
Arapahoe	$45,046	$84,947	655,070	14.5%	58.1% non-Hispanic white	80.6	8.6%	44.5%	10.0%	61.0%
Archuleta	$43,394	$62,907	13,359	7.0%	76.1% non-Hispanic white	82.6	11.4%	39.9%	15.6%	40.9%
Baca	$26,220	$39,891	3,506	−7.4%	82.0% non-Hispanic white	76.4	20.3%	23.8%	11.8%	14.3%
Bent	$16,557	$40,972	5,650	−13.1%	56.1% non-Hispanic white	74.0	30.0%	14.2%	6.6%	32.2%
Boulder	$52,401	$92,466	330,758	12.3%	77.3% non-Hispanic white	82.6	10.7%	62.9%	7.1%	77.2%
Broomfield	$55,176	$107,570	74,112	32.6%	75.1% non-Hispanic white	81.8	4.9%	57.8%	5.9%	62.4%
Chaffee	$34,290	$61,216	19,476	9.4%	84.7% non-Hispanic white	81.9	10.4%	39.4%	12.2%	52.2%
Cheyenne	$34,055	$69,063	1,748	−4.8%	81.5% non-Hispanic white	79.0	12.9%	22.8%	12.8%	11.5%
Clear Creek	$52,364	76,313	9,397	3.4%	87.5% non-Hispanic white	83.5	7.6%	53.6%	8.3%	55.0%
Conejos	$22,345	$38,536	7,461	−9.6%	50.9% Hispanic	75.4	16.7%	24.5%	11.7%	45.2%
Costilla	$23,442	$35,000	3,499	−0.7%	58.5% Hispanic	77.2	23.1%	24.4%	14.6%	62.6%
Crowley	$15,037 [lower-alpha 1]	$37,870	5,922	1.7%	52.5% non-Hispanic white	77.2	37.8%	9.2%	7.9%	25.0%
Custer	$35,255	$59,877	4,704	10.5%	88.7% non-Hispanic white	79.0	10.5%	38.7%	11.5%	30.6%
Delta	$30,551	$51,803	31,196	0.8%	80.7% non-Hispanic white	77.1	13.9%	22.9%	13.2%	30.4%
Denver	$50,642	$78,177	715,522	19.2%	55.0 non-Hispanic white	78.9	11.7%	52.5%	12.0%	79.6%
Dolores	$36,003	$62,500	2,326	12.7%	86.6% non-Hispanic white	75.7	13.9%	26.5%	10.7%	23.5%
Douglas	$57,481	$127,443	37,978	25.4%	80.0% non-Hispanic white	83.4	2.9%	59.2%	4.8%	45.2%
Eagle	$49,010	$91,338	55,371	6.1%	66.9% non-Hispanic white	91.4 [lower-alpha 2]	7.1%	50.9%	16.9%	63.8%
Elbert	$50,147	$114,904	26,062	12.9%	86.5% non-Hispanic white	82.4	5.4%	39.3%	5.4%	23.7%
El Paso	$37,619	$75,909	730,695	17.4%	67.7% non-Hispanic white	78.1	9.6%	39.5%	8.7%	42.8%
Fremont	$25,371	$53,411	48,939	4.5%	78.6% non-Hispanic white	76.9	9.6%	18.6%	9.5%	28.8%
Garfield	$35,608	$77,212	61,685	8.9%	66.5% non-Hispanic white	80.6	9.2%	32.9%	18.8%	49.9%
Gilpin	$66,627	$96,784	5,808	6.7%	85.8% non-Hispanic white	82.5	6.9%	48.8%	4.9%	53.1%
Grand	$39,337	$69,353	15,717	5.9%	86.5% non-Hispanic white	86.6	7.2%	37.7%	14.0%	47.7%
Gunnison	$37,642	$63,341	16,918	10.4%	86.3% non-Hispanic white	83.9	12.3	56.7%	11.8%	63.7%
Hinsdale	$39,213	$45,714	788	−6.5%	88.5% non-Hispanic white	n/a	7.6%	46.8%	16.7%	40.4%
Huerfano	$26,111	$45,724	6,820	1.6%	62.5% non-Hispanic white	75.7	18.6%	25.3%	7.7%	47.1%
Jackson	$28,619	$44,667	1,379	−1.1%	84.2% non-Hispanic white	n/a	14.8%	27.2%	19.3%	20.0%
Jefferson	$49,212	$93,933	582,910	9.0%	77.2% non-Hispanic white	80.3	7.3%	47.9%	6.8%	57.9%
Kiowa	$26,540	$45,476	1,446	3.4%	87.0% non-Hispanic white	n/a	12.5%	20.3%	8.3%	10.9%
Kit Carson	$33,007	$52,917	7,087	−14.3%	77.7% non-Hispanic white	78.1	12.1%	18.2%	16.0%	17.1%
Lake	$37,837	$73,099	7,436	1.7%	60.7% non-Hispanic white	86.5	11.3%	36.0%	20.8%	58.1%
La Plata	$40,529	$75,089	55,368	8.4%	78.2% non-Hispanic white	82.0	10.1%	47.0%	12.0%	57.6%
Larimer	$42,596	$80,664	359,066	19.8%	81.4% non-Hispanic white	81.7	11.2%	49.4%	7.8%	56.2%
Las Animas	$26,521	$45,118	14,555	−6.1%	53.2 non-Hispanic white	76.0	21.0%	18.7%	13.1%	43.9%
Lincoln	$19,758	$46,894	5,675	3.8%	74.8% non-Hispanic white	79.2	14.9%	16.7%	10.2%	17.7%
Logan	$27,849	$50,998	21,528	−5.2%	74.8% non-Hispanic white	77.7	16.4%	20.3%	12.2%	21.1%
Mesa	$33,073	$62,127	155,703	6.1%	80.4% non-Hispanic white	78.3	10.6%	29.3%	12.1%	34.8%
Mineral	$33,849	$55,536	865	13.1%	90.2% non-Hispanic white	n/a	9.6%	56.3%	12.8%	41.9%
Moffat	$29,451	$58,383	13,292	3.6%	78.9% non-Hispanic white	76.9	10.8%	18.8%	13.5%	17.1%
Montezuma	$28,520	$58,335	25,849	1.2%	71.1% non-Hispanic white	77.0	15.2%	30.0%	15.4%	37.7%
Montrose	$31,403	$57,225	42,679	3.4%	75.4% non-Hispanic white	80.6	12.5%	26.5%	14.4%	30.8%
Morgan	$26,919	$62,914	29,111	3.4%	56.6% non-Hispanic white	77.0	12.4%	17.5%	16.3%	28.2%
Otero	$23,869	$45,826	18,690	−0.7	52.8% non-Hispanic white	72.1	19.7%	19.0%	12.3%	37.7%
Ouray	$42,317	$67,228	4,874	9.9%	89.6% non-Hispanic white	85.7	6.4%	46.2%	10.7%	58.8%
Park	$39,975	$77,775	17,390	7.3%	88.1% non-Hispanic white	85.6	11.9%	33.1%	9.2%	39.9%
Phillips	$32,223	$50,951	4,530	2.0%	73.4% non-Hispanic white	77.5	11.9%	26.0%	16.8%	19.6%
Pitkin	$76,883	$92,708	17,358	1.2%	84.2% non-Hispanic white	92.5 [lower-alpha 2]	6.7%	62.3%	9.4%	75.2%
Prowers	$24,281	$44,984	11,999	4.4%	56.4% non-Hispanic white	76.2	19.2%	16.9%	15.5%	26.2%
Pueblo	$28,540	$53,430	168,162	5.7%	51.0% non-Hispanic white	75.1	16.2%	23.7%	9.4%	49.6%
Rio Blanco	$28,139	$58,229	6,529	−2.2%	83.6% non-Hispanic white	79.5	10.2%	23.9%	11.2%	15.2%
Rio Grande	$30,215	$50,287	11,539	−3.7%	51.8% non-Hispanic white	76.0	14.4%	28.9%	14.9%	39.6%
Routt	$50,571	$83,725	24,829	5.6%	89.5% non-Hispanic white	84.1	6.0%	50.8%	11.1%	62.7%
Saguache	$29,805	$48,413	6,368	4.4%	59.0% non-Hispanic white	78.8	21.6%	25.5%	15.6%	55.6%
San Juan	$40,019	$63,333	705	0.9%	81.6% non-Hispanic white	n/a	13.8%	42.2%	17.4%	60.9%
San Miguel	$51,725	$70,965	8,072	9.7%	84.4% non-Hispanic white	93.6 [lower-alpha 2]	9.0%	22.4%	13.6%	76.2%
Sedgwick	$28,922	$44,405	2,404	1.1%	78.7% non-Hispanic white	76.8	14.2%	22.4%	13.6%	20.8%
Summit	$48,488	$93,505	31,055	10.9%	80.7% non-Hispanic white	93.5 [lower-alpha 2]	6.7%	52.8%	15.2%	68.4%
Teller	$38,556	$68,677	24,710	5.8%	86.5% non-Hispanic white	81.5	7.9%	37.0%	8.4%	31.2%
Washington	$29,814	$54,141	4,817	0.1%	85.3% non-Hispanic white	76.7	11.6%	22.1%	9.9%	12.3%
Weld	$35,507	$80,843	328,981	30.1%	63.9% non-Hispanic white	80.3	9.3%	29.5%	11.8%	39.6%
Yuma	$29,600	$56,327	9,988	−0.5%	71.3% non-Hispanic white	79.7	13.5%	23.5%	17.7%	15.8%

Sources: , "Quick Facts", U.S. Census Bureau, accessed April 12, 2023. Search counties, each of which has a page with the above data, by name and state. , "County Health Rankings & Roadmaps," Population Health Institute, University of Wisconsin, accessed April 12, 2023. Life expectancy found under heading of "Additional Health Outcomes" for each county.

See also

• Geography portal
• History portal
• United States portal
• Colorado portal

• List of counties in Colorado
• List of Colorado counties by per capita income
• List of Colorado counties by population
• Bibliography of Colorado
• Geography of Colorado
• History of Colorado
• Index of Colorado-related articles
• List of Colorado-related lists
• Outline of Colorado

Notes

1. Crowley County hosts a large prison with nearly 3,000 prisoners which accounts for the exceptionally low per capita income.
2. Life expectancy seems improbably high. In 2014, Summit, Pitkin, and Eagle counties were identified as the U.S. counties with the longest life expectancy which was calculated at about 85 years.

References

1. Queen, Jack (May 8, 2017). "Summit County has the highest life expectancy in the nation, according to new study". Summit Daily. Retrieved September 4, 2017.
2. "Life Expectancy at birth, both sexes, 2014". Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. Retrieved August 16, 2017.
3. Achenbach, Joel, "U.S. life expectancy varies more than 20 years from county to county," Washington Post, May 8, 2017
4. "Federal Elections, 2020" (PDF). Federal Election Commission. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
5. Leip, David. "Presidential General Election Results Comparison – Colorado". US Election Atlas. Retrieved October 27, 2022.
6. "Colorado Election Results". Colorado Secretary of State. Retrieved November 30, 2020.

External links

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