A map showing the location of the US state of Colorado.
The location of the State of Colorado in the United States of America.
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[a] $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[b] 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[b] 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[b] 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[b] 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: [1], "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. [2], "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

Notes

  1. ^ Crowley County hosts a large prison with nearly 3,000 prisoners which accounts for the exceptionally low per capita income.
  2. ^ a b c d 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.

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