List of Colorado counties by socioeconomic factors information

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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.