Colorado by the Numbers: Poverty and Income Estimates by County, 1993

 


Table P93-08. Estimated Number and Percent Poor for Total Persons and Related Children Age 5 to 17 and Estimated Median Household Income by County: Colorado 1993 (Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates Program. Bureau of the Census) (Population as of March 1994) Total Number of Percent Number of Total Poor of Related Median State and County Poor Percent Related Children Household Persons Poor Children 5 to 17 Income 5 to 17 Poor (Dollars) Colorado ....................... 428,256 11.8 97,886 13.9 33,118 Adams County ................ 38,769 13.2 9,490 15.2 33,600 Alamosa County .............. 3,237 23.0 865 28.3 24,972 Arapahoe County ............. 29,434 6.6 6,053 6.8 43,885 Archuleta County ............ 1,056 16.0 244 17.1 26,145 Baca County ................. 766 17.8 166 19.9 23,594 Bent County ................. 992 21.5 238 23.3 22,509 Boulder County .............. 20,652 8.2 3,882 9.3 41,326 Chaffee County .............. 1,851 14.5 375 15.1 25,252 Cheyenne County ............. 243 10.4 64 11.7 31,888 Clear Creek County .......... 725 8.5 122 7.4 36,717 Conejos County .............. 2,283 29.6 716 34.6 17,716 Costilla County ............. 1,104 33.3 308 43.0 15,172 Crowley County .............. 968 30.5 189 27.6 19,385 Custer County ............... 380 15.1 80 15.1 24,148 Delta County ................ 4,245 17.9 951 20.8 21,621 Denver County ............... 86,955 17.7 21,560 28.5 29,293 Dolores County .............. 213 13.9 43 13.3 22,759 Douglas County .............. 2,646 3.0 511 2.6 63,570 Eagle County ................ 1,743 6.3 347 7.2 40,038 Elbert County ............... 828 6.3 153 4.9 44,611 El Paso County .............. 52,853 11.9 12,400 13.7 34,084 Fremont County .............. 5,444 18.1 1,057 17.1 24,350 Garfield County ............. 3,564 10.5 718 10.4 33,398 Gilpin County ............... 264 7.8 47 8.0 39,887 Grand County ................ 475 5.4 81 4.8 32,343 Gunnison County ............. 1,374 11.8 204 11.8 27,271 Hinsdale County ............. 71 11.9 12 14.6 25,060 Huerfano County ............. 1,519 25.1 371 30.4 17,794 Jackson County .............. 192 11.5 36 11.3 27,347 Jefferson County ............ 30,755 6.5 6,284 6.7 45,361 Kiowa County ................ 198 12.0 39 10.5 29,039 Kit Carson County ........... 968 13.4 248 15.5 29,336 Lake County ................. 617 9.9 158 12.3 27,970 La Plata County ............. 4,649 12.5 969 13.5 30,006 Larimer County .............. 23,709 11.1 4,264 10.6 35,316 Las Animas County ........... 3,459 24.8 786 28.8 19,429 Table P93-08. Estimated Number and Percent Poor for Total Persons and Related Children Age 5 to 17 and Estimated Median Household Income by County: Colorado 1993 (Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates Program. Bureau of the Census) (Population as of March 1994) Total Number of Percent Number of Total Poor of Related Median State and County Poor Percent Related Children Household Persons Poor Children 5 to 17 Income 5 to 17 Poor (Dollars) Lincoln County .............. 669 18.5 169 19.5 26,468 Logan County ................ 2,593 14.9 638 18.0 27,366 Mesa County ................. 14,429 13.9 3,151 15.0 28,089 Mineral County .............. 95 15.5 13 16.6 24,147 Moffat County ............... 1,399 11.7 335 11.6 36,885 Montezuma County ............ 3,690 17.6 978 19.6 26,216 Montrose County ............. 3,579 13.0 892 15.0 26,782 Morgan County ............... 3,672 15.8 973 19.0 28,532 Otero County ................ 4,933 24.4 1,383 30.8 21,368 Ouray County ................ 253 8.8 52 9.4 30,543 Park County ................. 722 7.6 160 8.0 39,041 Phillips County ............. 484 11.5 109 12.7 28,554 Pitkin County ............... 490 3.6 46 3.0 41,847 Prowers County .............. 2,895 21.3 815 25.3 24,924 Pueblo County ............... 26,253 20.7 6,052 23.6 24,297 Rio Blanco County ........... 622 9.7 152 10.2 36,136 Rio Grande County ........... 2,502 22.9 709 27.8 24,145 Routt County ................ 1,137 7.0 203 6.7 35,458 Saguache County ............. 1,528 29.7 473 38.0 19,715 San Juan County ............. 88 15.7 23 16.9 24,806 San Miguel County ........... 433 8.9 70 9.2 31,349 Sedgwick County ............. 322 12.2 73 13.9 25,127 Summit County ............... 704 4.3 92 4.1 37,599 Teller County ............... 1,534 9.4 342 9.9 37,517 Washington County ........... 635 13.6 163 16.7 27,192 Weld County ................. 22,261 15.4 5,511 18.3 30,166 Yuma County ................. 1,135 12.5 281 13.8 29,044


Note: These estimates were released in March 1997.

Source: State and County Income and Poverty Estimates, 1993 Census Bureau.

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