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PantryPath Research · Child Poverty Atlas

Child Poverty in
Colorado

Colorado's child poverty rate is 10.9% across 64 counties, meaning 130K children under 18 live in households below the federal poverty line. Use the interactive map below to see how poverty varies within the state.

10.9%

Child poverty rate (0–17)

130K

Children in poverty

9.4%

All-ages poverty

$92,790

Median income

Colorado by county

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Toggle between five SAIPE metrics to see how poverty varies within Colorado. Hover a county for its exact rate.

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Colorado at a glance

Children in poverty

130K

Ages 0–17

Child poverty rate

10.9%

Ages 0–17

5–17 poverty rate

10.4%

Title I allocator

All-ages poverty

9.4%

Entire population

Concentration

1.16×

Child ÷ all-ages

Median income

$92,790

Inflation-adjusted

County-level hotspots

Five-county rankings across 64 counties in Colorado.

Highest child poverty

Ages 0–17, rate

  1. 1 Costilla County 37.2%
  2. 2 Crowley County 31.8%
  3. 3 Huerfano County 30.6%
  4. 4 Saguache County 30.3%
  5. 5 Baca County 29.1%

Lowest child poverty

Ages 0–17, rate

  1. 1 Douglas County 3.1%
  2. 2 Broomfield County 5.1%
  3. 3 Pitkin County 5.3%
  4. 4 Routt County 5.9%
  5. 5 Elbert County 7.0%

Most children in poverty

Absolute count, ages 0–17

  1. 1 Arapahoe County 19K
  2. 2 Denver County 18K
  3. 3 Adams County 16K
  4. 4 El Paso County 15K
  5. 5 Weld County 9K

Every county in Colorado

All 64 counties across the five SAIPE metrics plus median income.

County Children 0–17 Ages 5–17 All ages Concentration Child count Median income
Adams County 12.8% 12.1% 9.7% 1.32× 16,342 $95,278
Alamosa County 26.0% 25.3% 21.7% 1.20× 1,022 $50,056
Arapahoe County 13.2% 11.5% 10.1% 1.31× 18,933 $97,560
Archuleta County 18.0% 17.5% 11.2% 1.61× 416 $74,432
Baca County 29.1% 28.1% 20.2% 1.44× 218 $47,421
Bent County 27.4% 25.9% 28.6% 0.96× 244 $44,960
Boulder County 7.8% 7.2% 11.0% 0.71× 4,271 $97,170
Broomfield County 5.1% 4.7% 5.1% 1.00× 768 $113,162
Chaffee County 11.5% 11.4% 9.4% 1.22× 340 $75,298
Cheyenne County 19.6% 18.5% 13.3% 1.47× 82 $63,177
Clear Creek County 11.3% 10.7% 7.7% 1.47× 135 $94,093
Conejos County 22.7% 23.3% 18.1% 1.25× 427 $53,174
Costilla County 37.2% 38.8% 22.6% 1.65× 246 $38,731
Crowley County 31.8% 29.9% 37.5% 0.85× 194 $46,979
Custer County 22.3% 23.2% 11.8% 1.89× 185 $77,137
Delta County 17.9% 17.2% 12.9% 1.39× 1,051 $57,075
Denver County 14.1% 14.4% 10.5% 1.34× 17,526 $93,572
Dolores County 16.1% 15.0% 13.5% 1.19× 66 $57,701
Douglas County 3.1% 2.8% 3.7% 0.84× 2,694 $144,807
Eagle County 7.3% 6.7% 6.6% 1.11× 775 $110,598
El Paso County 8.8% 8.8% 7.3% 1.21× 14,770 $88,794
Elbert County 7.0% 6.4% 5.8% 1.21× 420 $123,083
Fremont County 20.3% 20.5% 18.4% 1.10× 1,552 $61,015
Garfield County 10.5% 9.8% 9.1% 1.15× 1,559 $94,696
Gilpin County 9.7% 7.3% 7.2% 1.35× 73 $88,589
Grand County 9.3% 8.8% 8.2% 1.13× 222 $93,257
Gunnison County 9.1% 8.4% 10.7% 0.85× 242 $79,658
Hinsdale County 17.3% 17.3% 5.3% 3.26× 17 $71,541
Huerfano County 30.6% 26.8% 18.3% 1.67× 319 $47,855
Jackson County 15.7% 15.3% 13.3% 1.18× 37 $96,811
Jefferson County 7.5% 7.6% 7.4% 1.01× 7,633 $102,146
Kiowa County 18.2% 17.7% 13.6% 1.34× 59 $55,523
Kit Carson County 16.3% 16.1% 12.3% 1.33× 288 $55,304
La Plata County 13.0% 12.3% 11.5% 1.13× 1,229 $83,542
Lake County 16.3% 15.7% 11.4% 1.43× 239 $86,215
Larimer County 7.7% 7.5% 10.2% 0.75× 5,078 $88,519
Las Animas County 23.9% 23.4% 17.1% 1.40× 594 $52,067
Lincoln County 17.2% 16.3% 14.8% 1.16× 186 $58,034
Logan County 15.7% 15.3% 14.0% 1.12× 576 $55,415
Mesa County 13.4% 12.1% 11.9% 1.13× 4,195 $66,339
Mineral County 17.1% 18.0% 9.7% 1.76× 21 $37,108
Moffat County 13.9% 12.0% 10.8% 1.29× 446 $73,875
Montezuma County 21.5% 19.9% 14.0% 1.54× 1,163 $60,809
Montrose County 14.3% 13.4% 10.7% 1.34× 1,241 $67,113
Morgan County 14.9% 13.5% 12.5% 1.19× 1,136 $68,541
Otero County 27.0% 24.6% 20.1% 1.34× 1,108 $52,169
Ouray County 9.3% 9.2% 7.4% 1.26× 63 $92,760
Park County 11.0% 10.3% 8.1% 1.36× 282 $103,720
Phillips County 16.2% 15.8% 12.1% 1.34× 179 $59,367
Pitkin County 5.3% 5.1% 6.4% 0.83× 126 $109,268
Prowers County 24.8% 23.1% 20.1% 1.23× 736 $50,365
Pueblo County 17.3% 16.6% 13.5% 1.28× 6,167 $63,801
Rio Blanco County 11.4% 10.2% 10.8% 1.06× 171 $72,088
Rio Grande County 24.5% 26.5% 17.8% 1.38× 548 $55,574
Routt County 5.9% 5.6% 5.6% 1.05× 250 $112,377
Saguache County 30.3% 27.0% 20.6% 1.47× 381 $47,829
San Juan County 20.0% 21.9% 12.3% 1.63× 18 $102,689
San Miguel County 8.3% 8.0% 7.9% 1.05× 101 $94,927
Sedgwick County 22.7% 20.3% 14.7% 1.54× 100 $45,999
Summit County 7.2% 6.4% 7.3% 0.99× 338 $105,135
Teller County 12.0% 11.7% 8.3% 1.45× 465 $88,089
Washington County 17.9% 16.6% 14.2% 1.26× 198 $54,255
Weld County 9.9% 9.9% 9.1% 1.09× 8,850 $90,675
Yuma County 16.2% 15.0% 12.7% 1.28× 446 $61,870

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