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Highest poverty rate, Colorado counties · 2000

Colorado counties with the highest share of residents below the federal poverty line (2000 ACS). This list covers the 63 counties in Colorado that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOVERTY RATEVS 1990

01Costilla County, COCO3,67926.8%−22%

02Conejos County, COCO7,52923.0%−32%

03Saguache County, COCO6,73222.6%−26%

04Alamosa County, COCO16,68821.3%−14%

05San Juan County, COCO81320.9%+62%

06Bent County, COCO5,71619.5%−4%

07Prowers County, COCO11,88419.5%−7%

08Otero County, COCO17,68318.8%−21%

09Crowley County, COCO5,67718.5%−22%

10Huerfano County, COCO7,01118.0%−30%

11Las Animas County, COCO14,39117.3%−34%

12Baca County, COCO3,34716.9%−11%

13Montezuma County, COCO26,67816.4%−19%

14Gunnison County, COCO17,43915.0%−7%

15Pueblo County, COCO169,27714.9%−27%

16Rio Grande County, COCO11,08714.5%−39%

17Denver County, COCO740,61314.3%−17%

18Jackson County, COCO1,21114.0%+40%

19Custer County, COCO5,59013.3%−28%

20Dolores County, COCO2,46613.1%−9%

21Lake County, COCO7,55212.9%+5%

22Yuma County, COCO9,89612.9%−3%

23Montrose County, COCO44,59112.6%−11%

24Weld County, COCO378,42612.5%−19%

25Morgan County, COCO30,30612.4%−23%

26Kiowa County, COCO1,41212.2%−11%

27Logan County, COCO20,65412.2%−18%

28Kit Carson County, COCO7,06912.1%−21%

29Delta County, COCO32,17812.1%−32%

30Lincoln County, COCO5,64511.7%−34%

31La Plata County, COCO56,89811.7%−25%

32Chaffee County, COCO20,83111.7%−18%

33Archuleta County, COCO14,30611.7%−31%

34Fremont County, COCO50,03911.7%−27%

35Phillips County, COCO4,42011.6%−17%

36Washington County, COCO4,73211.4%−28%

37Cheyenne County, COCO1,71311.1%−5%

38San Miguel County, COCO7,75310.4%−9%

39Mesa County, COCO162,84510.2%−32%

40Mineral County, COCO91010.2%−22%

41Sedgwick County, COCO2,24710.0%−13%

42Rio Blanco County, COCO6,6839.6%−29%

43Boulder County, COCO328,5609.5%−13%

44Larimer County, COCO377,2929.2%−23%

45Summit County, COCO31,5179.0%+15%

46Adams County, COCO554,6688.9%−15%

47Moffat County, COCO13,1228.3%−25%

48El Paso County, COCO757,0408.0%−22%

49Eagle County, COCO54,2917.8%+4%

50Garfield County, COCO63,4747.5%−20%

51Grand County, COCO16,4967.3%−21%

52Ouray County, COCO5,2657.2%−25%

53Hinsdale County, COCO7537.2%−48%

54Pitkin County, COCO16,6256.2%−2%

55Routt County, COCO25,3296.1%−38%

56Arapahoe County, COCO673,8205.8%−2%

57Park County, COCO18,3145.6%−40%

58Clear Creek County, COCO8,9945.4%−43%

59Teller County, COCO24,7565.4%−47%

60Jefferson County, COCO580,4515.2%−11%

61Gilpin County, COCO6,0734.0%−62%

62Elbert County, COCO30,5344.0%−42%

63Douglas County, COCO399,3962.1%−33%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS