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PantryPath Research · WIC Coverage Atlas

WIC in Colorado

52.7% coverage

Colorado's WIC program reaches 52.7% of eligible residents — an estimated 77,000 participants out of 146,000 who qualify. That leaves 69,000 pregnant women, infants, and young children eligible but not receiving WIC's food package or nutrition counseling.

146K

WIC eligibles

77K

Participants (FY2024 avg)

69K

Unserved eligibles

64

Counties

Colorado by county

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Note: USDA does not publish sub-state WIC participation, so every county in Colorado inherits the state's 52.7% coverage rate. County-level eligibles are allocated from state totals in proportion to the county's share of low-income children under 6 (ACS B17024). See methodology.

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Colorado at a glance

Coverage rate

52.7%

Participants ÷ eligibles

Participation gap

47.3%

1 − coverage

Eligibles

146K

USDA FNS FY2022

Participants

77K

Monthly avg FY2024

Unserved

69K

Eligibles − participants

Kids < 6 low-income

98K

26.1% of universe

County-level hotspots

Top five counties across 64 counties in Colorado.

Most WIC eligibles

Estimated eligible population

  1. 1 El Paso 23K
  2. 2 Denver 19K
  3. 3 Adams 19K
  4. 4 Arapahoe 18K
  5. 5 Weld 10K

Largest unserved gap

Eligibles not receiving WIC

  1. 1 El Paso 11K
  2. 2 Denver 9K
  3. 3 Adams 9K
  4. 4 Arapahoe 9K
  5. 5 Weld 5K

Highest child-poverty share

Children < 6 at ≤185% FPL

  1. 1 Bent 80.3%
  2. 2 Conejos 67.9%
  3. 3 Alamosa 66.0%
  4. 4 Dolores 64.8%
  5. 5 Costilla 64.5%

Every county in Colorado

All 64 counties with WIC eligibility estimates, unserved gap, and ACS child-poverty context.

County Eligibles est. Participants est. Unserved est. Kids < 6 low-income Poverty share
Adams 18,550 9,783 8,767 12,499 31.1%
Alamosa 1,095 578 517 738 66.0%
Arapahoe 18,190 9,594 8,596 12,257 27.0%
Archuleta 276 146 130 186 27.2%
Baca 200 106 94 135 61.6%
Bent 297 157 140 200 80.3%
Boulder 4,532 2,390 2,142 3,054 19.0%
Broomfield 761 402 359 513 11.8%
Chaffee 258 136 122 174 19.0%
Cheyenne 43 23 20 29 27.6%
Clear Creek 128 67 61 86 28.2%
Conejos 554 292 262 373 67.9%
Costilla 178 94 84 120 64.5%
Crowley 104 55 49 70 40.9%
Custer 46 24 22 31 33.3%
Delta 907 478 429 611 37.5%
Denver 18,686 9,855 8,831 12,591 27.4%
Dolores 120 63 57 81 64.8%
Douglas 2,033 1,072 961 1,370 5.7%
Eagle 1,699 896 803 1,145 36.6%
El Paso 23,251 12,263 10,988 15,667 29.1%
Elbert 300 158 142 202 13.3%
Fremont 1,631 860 771 1,099 49.7%
Garfield 2,268 1,196 1,072 1,528 31.0%
Gilpin 119 63 56 80 28.7%
Grand 141 74 67 95 13.4%
Gunnison 110 58 52 74 12.8%
Hinsdale 0 0 0 0 0.0%
Huerfano 151 80 71 102 27.5%
Jackson 24 13 11 16 34.0%
Jefferson 7,475 3,942 3,533 5,037 14.9%
Kiowa 36 19 17 24 34.3%
Kit Carson 260 137 123 175 32.6%
La Plata 1,420 749 671 957 30.2%
Lake 24 13 11 16 4.0%
Larimer 6,500 3,428 3,072 4,380 22.0%
Las Animas 579 305 274 390 52.7%
Lincoln 221 117 104 149 54.2%
Logan 818 431 387 551 42.0%
Mesa 5,028 2,652 2,376 3,388 35.8%
Mineral 10 5 5 7 21.9%
Moffat 714 376 338 481 48.9%
Montezuma 1,196 631 565 806 50.8%
Montrose 1,492 787 705 1,005 40.5%
Morgan 1,195 630 565 805 34.7%
Otero 1,134 598 536 764 58.3%
Ouray 10 5 5 7 5.5%
Park 154 81 73 104 18.3%
Phillips 270 142 128 182 42.2%
Pitkin 16 9 7 11 1.6%
Prowers 812 428 384 547 52.2%
Pueblo 7,186 3,790 3,396 4,842 43.5%
Rio Blanco 252 133 119 170 32.1%
Rio Grande 239 126 113 161 25.2%
Routt 249 131 118 168 13.5%
Saguache 386 204 182 260 59.2%
San Juan 0 0 0 0 0.0%
San Miguel 171 90 81 115 29.2%
Sedgwick 85 45 40 57 27.3%
Summit 444 234 210 299 20.2%
Teller 267 141 126 180 16.8%
Washington 128 67 61 86 29.9%
Weld 10,154 5,355 4,799 6,842 25.3%
Yuma 423 223 200 285 36.4%

Apply for WIC in Colorado

Income limits, food-package rules, clinic locator, and application instructions specific to Colorado's WIC agency.

Colorado WIC guide

Families with children

Our population-specific guide: WIC, SNAP, school meals, Summer EBT, and pantry programs for families with kids in Colorado.

Families guide

Colorado SNAP

SNAP recipients are automatically income-eligible for WIC through adjunctive eligibility — often the fastest path to enrollment.

Colorado SNAP guide

Find a food pantry

Search Colorado's verified pantries — many partner with WIC clinics and distribute infant formula, baby food, and diapers.

Colorado food pantries

WIC methodology

How we estimated county-level eligibles, why state coverage rates can't be disaggregated, and which data sources we used.

Full methodology