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PantryPath Research · Senior Hunger Atlas

Senior Food Insecurity in
Colorado

Colorado's senior poverty rate is 8.0%, and 26.9% of seniors 65+ live alone — across 64 counties. Use the interactive map to see how senior food-insecurity risk varies within the state.

8.0%

Senior poverty (65+)

26.9%

Seniors living alone

36.9%

Senior SNAP take-up

$66,062

Senior median income

Colorado by county

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Colorado at a glance

Seniors in poverty

69K

Ages 65+

Senior poverty rate

8.0%

Ages 65+

Living alone

26.9%

1-person HH, 65+

Senior SNAP

36.9%

HH with 60+ member

Senior median income

$66,062

Householder 65+

Isolation index

0.31

Blended 0–1

County-level hotspots

Top five counties across 64 counties in Colorado.

Highest senior poverty

Ages 65+, rate

  1. 1 Baca 26.4%
  2. 2 Phillips 23.0%
  3. 3 Saguache 19.2%
  4. 4 Prowers 18.9%
  5. 5 Costilla 18.1%

Most seniors living alone

1-person HH, 65+

  1. 1 Clear Creek 43.2%
  2. 2 Lincoln 38.7%
  3. 3 Rio Blanco 37.9%
  4. 4 Denver 37.8%
  5. 5 Conejos 37.1%

Largest senior population

Absolute count, 65+

  1. 1 Jefferson 99K
  2. 2 El Paso 99K
  3. 3 Arapahoe 90K
  4. 4 Denver 85K
  5. 5 Larimer 60K

Every county in Colorado

All 64 counties across the five senior-hunger metrics plus senior population counts.

County Senior poverty Living alone Senior SNAP Senior income Seniors (count) Isolation idx
Adams 8.6% 24.9% 34.2% $61,672 56,667 0.28
Alamosa 14.6% 27.0% 26.1% $51,172 2,357 0.47
Arapahoe 6.9% 25.3% 35.3% $72,755 90,042 0.26
Archuleta 9.0% 20.8% 40.8% $59,114 3,748 0.20
Baca 26.4% 34.9% 29.5% $33,636 800 0.88
Bent 13.5% 33.0% 36.8% $44,792 940 0.58
Boulder 7.1% 30.6% 40.9% $76,827 50,644 0.38
Broomfield 4.9% 22.7% 54.1% $80,647 11,139 0.15
Chaffee 7.1% 25.1% 32.1% $59,971 5,056 0.25
Cheyenne 9.3% 23.0% 22.4% $59,313 322 0.26
Clear Creek 7.0% 43.2% 39.4% $63,990 2,068 0.59
Conejos 12.9% 37.1% 34.9% $38,956 1,523 0.66
Costilla 18.1% 23.2% 44.7% $36,293 981 0.46
Crowley 7.4% 27.7% 36.7% $38,810 662 0.32
Custer 5.9% 18.9% 59.7% $59,188 1,541 0.09
Delta 8.9% 24.9% 54.2% $50,143 8,563 0.29
Denver 11.5% 37.8% 42.7% $59,198 85,410 0.64
Dolores 8.7% 11.2% 83.2% $77,870 888 0.13
Douglas 3.8% 19.0% 37.5% $98,118 48,871 0.04
Eagle 4.1% 24.1% 21.6% $81,989 7,901 0.16
El Paso 6.9% 25.1% 28.8% $69,237 98,902 0.25
Elbert 4.4% 12.9% 51.1% $77,253 4,901 0.03
Fremont 10.9% 25.7% 47.4% $44,983 10,388 0.35
Garfield 8.7% 24.6% 24.8% $70,828 8,615 0.28
Gilpin 11.0% 29.9% 62.3% $70,655 1,180 0.45
Grand 6.4% 28.4% 69.6% $60,149 3,153 0.31
Gunnison 7.1% 27.6% 22.0% $71,094 2,441 0.31
Hinsdale 5.9% 20.1% 29.5% $78,750 323 0.11
Huerfano 14.4% 29.5% 64.4% $40,963 2,272 0.52
Jackson 8.2% 15.9% 18.6% $40,161 465 0.12
Jefferson 6.8% 26.2% 38.0% $73,087 98,994 0.27
Kiowa 7.1% 29.9% 19.3% $42,313 269 0.36
Kit Carson 10.1% 30.5% 39.6% $42,734 1,343 0.45
La Plata 6.0% 23.5% 29.7% $67,302 11,061 0.19
Lake 5.1% 26.5% 16.9% $85,917 962 0.24
Larimer 7.1% 24.9% 32.6% $71,628 60,186 0.25
Las Animas 11.7% 31.6% 29.8% $39,237 3,610 0.51
Lincoln 13.4% 38.7% 38.7% $33,299 860 0.71
Logan 11.2% 26.5% 33.8% $41,957 3,674 0.38
Mesa 9.8% 30.4% 36.4% $54,139 31,585 0.44
Mineral 5.5% 30.4% 19.0% $60,893 237 0.34
Moffat 9.8% 31.9% 19.1% $41,214 2,102 0.47
Montezuma 11.6% 25.1% 47.9% $53,090 6,124 0.36
Montrose 8.3% 24.4% 56.3% $49,340 10,780 0.27
Morgan 11.5% 30.1% 33.2% $44,288 4,370 0.47
Otero 15.8% 34.6% 42.5% $38,438 3,725 0.67
Ouray 1.9% 16.3% 27.9% $74,712 1,782 0.00
Park 4.7% 13.1% 50.7% $72,092 4,047 0.04
Phillips 23.0% 35.1% 51.4% $30,083 745 0.84
Pitkin 3.8% 25.7% 41.4% $100,833 3,704 0.19
Prowers 18.9% 33.3% 47.4% $39,258 2,169 0.71
Pueblo 12.3% 30.6% 40.8% $48,757 31,655 0.50
Rio Blanco 12.4% 37.9% 29.7% $62,375 1,030 0.67
Rio Grande 9.8% 28.9% 35.9% $47,963 2,408 0.40
Routt 8.4% 22.3% 26.1% $81,250 4,338 0.22
Saguache 19.2% 33.7% 48.7% $31,552 1,726 0.72
San Juan 5.6% 12.6% 48.4% $62,625 143 0.06
San Miguel 5.7% 32.2% 45.3% $66,314 1,391 0.38
Sedgwick 9.2% 31.9% 33.1% $46,319 546 0.46
Summit 5.5% 16.4% 27.8% $94,347 4,739 0.06
Teller 7.0% 22.4% 49.4% $59,658 5,946 0.19
Washington 9.2% 26.1% 42.3% $48,125 995 0.33
Weld 8.4% 24.1% 35.9% $59,119 42,324 0.26
Yuma 14.9% 31.9% 30.8% $47,200 1,670 0.59

Senior food help in Colorado

SNAP, CSFP senior boxes, Meals on Wheels, and senior-specific pantry programs.

Seniors Resource Guide

Colorado senior SNAP

Senior-specific SNAP rules, how to apply in Colorado, and benefit amounts.

Colorado SNAP guide

Find a food pantry

Search Colorado's verified pantries — many serve seniors with home delivery or box programs.

Colorado food pantries