Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety33#2,084/3,096
Economy93#227/3,143
Housing6#2,953/3,140
Health87#408/3,144
Healthcare95#172/3,143
Environment30#2,187/3,108
Education78#697/3,144
Infrastructure95#147/3,144
Community81#593/3,144
Leisure & amenities66#1,054/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Arapahoe County, Colorado ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Adult obesity · low25.9%
98/100Colorado 27.1%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Average weekly wage · high$1,708
98/100Colorado $1,618United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Dentists · high120 /100k
98/100Colorado 88 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Broadband subscriptions · high94.8%
98/100Colorado 93.5%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Physical inactivity · low17.7%
97/100Colorado 19.0%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
New business applications · high25.5 /1k
97/100Colorado 23.9 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census Bureau

Weaknesses

High ozone days · high15 days
1/100Colorado 10 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Rent-burdened households · high56.4%
4/100Colorado 52.9%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Property crime rate · high2,313 /100k
5/100Colorado 2,144 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation
Home price to income ratio · high5.6×
5/100Colorado 5.7×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Rent as share of income · high32.9%
6/100Colorado 31.4%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Violent crime rate · high533 /100k
7/100Colorado 422 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

High ozone daysWorsening
6 days (2017) → 15 days (2022)
+150%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
New homes permittedWorsening
8.4 /1k (2021) → 4.3 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−48%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Child care cost burdenWorsening
26.8% (2020 & 2021) → 35.4% (2023 & 2024)
+8.6 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Voter turnoutWorsening
79.4% (2020) → 71.6% (2024)
−7.8 pts4 yearsUS 68.5% → 65.2%
Homicide rateImproving
6.2 /100k (2021) → 4.0 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−35%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
New business applicationsImproving
18.9 /1k (2020) → 25.5 /1k (2025)
+35%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Arapahoe County, Colorado improved on 12 of 33 measures with a comparison and declined on 6. 12 moved within the margin of error and 3 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved12

Commute−1.0 min28.1 min → 27.1 min
Unemployment−3.5 points7.4% → 3.9%
Arts & recreation+18%4.2 /10k → 4.9 /10k
Bachelor's++3.7 points42.8% → 46.5%
Homicides−34%6.1 /100k → 4.0 /100k

Declined6

Transit use−1.7 points4.1% → 2.5%
Overdose deaths+38%19.1 /100k → 26.4 /100k
Price / income+0.9×4.6× → 5.6×
Traffic deaths+34%6.5 /100k → 8.8 /100k
Rent burden+3.6 points52.8% → 56.4%

All 33 measures

Change of every measure of Arapahoe County, Colorado between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	4.2 /10k2020	4.9 /10k2025	+18%	Improved	69%
Average commute time	28.1 min2015-2019	27.1 min2020-2024	−1.0 min	Improved	78%
Average weekly wage	$1,4392020	$1,7082025	+19%	Improved	17%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.8%2015-2019	46.5%2020-2024	+3.7 points	Improved	68%
Broadband subscriptions	89.8%2015-2019	94.7%2020-2024	+4.9 points	Improved	10%
Child poverty rate	9.0%2019	10.4%2024	+1.4 points	Within the margin of error	11%
Distance to an airport	18 mi2020	18 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	19.1 /100k2020	26.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+38%	Declined	8%
Effective property tax rate	0.62%2015-2019	0.55%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	37%
Firearm deaths	14.8 /100k2020	12.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−16%	Within the margin of error	72%
Grocery stores	1.2 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	−2.8%	Within the margin of error	42%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.6 /10k2020	1.7 /10k2025	+1.7%	Within the margin of error	53%
High school diploma or higher	92.6%2015-2019	91.9%2020-2024	−0.7 points	Within the margin of error	8%
Home price to income ratio	4.6×2015-2019	5.6×2020-2024	+0.9×	Declined	12%
Homicide rate	6.1 /100k2020	4.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−34%	Improved	58%
Income adjusted for local prices	$61,7812019	$79,5322024	+29%	Improved	31%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4522015-2019	0.4532020-2024	+0.001	Within the margin of error	53%
Median household income	$82,3642019	$103,4422024	+26%	Improved	54%
New business applications	18.9 /1k2020	25.5 /1k2025	+35%	Improved	38%
Pharmacies	0.9 /10k2020	1.1 /10k2025	+15%	Within the margin of error	91%
Poverty rate	7.2%2019	7.8%2024	+0.6 points	Within the margin of error	29%
Property crime rate	3,235 /100k2020	2,313 /100k2025	−28%	Improved	37%
Public libraries	0.3 /10k2019	0.3 /10k2024	+8.5%	Within the margin of error	88%
Public transit commuters	4.1%2015-2019	2.5%2020-2024	−1.7 points	Declined	11%
Rent as share of income	31.3%2015-2019	32.9%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Declined	32%
Rent-burdened households	52.8%2015-2019	56.4%2020-2024	+3.6 points	Declined	33%
Restaurants and bars	8.1 /10k2020	8.1 /10k2025	+0.7%	Within the margin of error	51%
Students per teacher	17.6×2019	17.0×2024	−0.7×	Little change	49%
Suicide rate	17.2 /100k2020	17.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−0.6%	Within the margin of error	59%
Traffic deaths	6.5 /100k2015-2019	8.8 /100k2020-2024	+34%	Declined	21%
Unemployment rate	7.4%2020	3.9%2025	−3.5 points	Improved	74%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	9.6%2019	10.4%2024	+0.8 points	Within the margin of error	11%
Violent crime rate	570 /100k2020	533 /100k2025	−6.6%	Improved	39%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Arapahoe County, Colorado five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Arapahoe County, Colorado in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Arapahoe County, Colorado itself moved −0.6 points in standing on average over the same 32 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

659,844 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

257,232 households (±1,096)

Arapahoe County, Colorado
Colorado share

Under $25k9.2%23,579
$25k–50k12%32,034
$50k–75k15%37,374

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

257,232 households (±1,096)

Arapahoe County, Colorado
Colorado share

Own65%166,534
Rent35%90,698

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+1.2 points).

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

353,633 workers (±2,212)

Arapahoe County, Colorado
Colorado share

Drive alone66%231,768
Carpool7.7%27,113
Public transit2.5%8,773

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Arapahoe County has 20,137 employer establishments, 302 for every 10,000 residents (1.22× the US rate of 248; 0.98× Colorado's), with 321,810 paid employees at an average annual pay of $76,250. The Census Bureau also counts 76,340 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 20,137; 76,340 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 302; US 248 · Colorado 309
Paid employees: 321,810
Average annual pay: $76,250; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Arapahoe County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	2,061	31	1.49×More than typical	30,269	$75,897	3,827
Lessors of real estate	1,443	21.7	1.76×More than typical	6,593	$72,682	7,069
Specialty trade contractors	1,368	20.5	1.33×More than typical	15,677	$76,358	5,081
Restaurants and other eating places	1,278	19.2	1.05×About typical	25,598	$27,889	327
Real estate agents and brokers	746	11.2	2.30×More than typical	1,068	$83,480	1,853
Management, scientific and technical consulting	711	10.7	1.59×More than typical	4,811	$103,072	3,060
Offices of other health practitioners	683	10.3	1.69×More than typical	4,250	$56,039	1,816
Limited-service restaurants	563	8.5	1.05×About typical	11,171	$24,471	157
Insurance agencies and brokerages	541	8.1	1.85×More than typical	5,014	$108,205	989
Computer systems design and related services	532	8	1.85×More than typical	7,516	$121,158	888
Construction of buildings	531	8	1.05×About typical	6,136	$108,175	2,120
Full-service restaurants	514	7.7	1.01×About typical	11,856	$32,336	111

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 665,778 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $866.3M on contracts performed in Arapahoe County, Colorado: $1,286 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $866.3M; −45% vs FY2025
Per resident: $1,286; US $1,995
Sole-source: 38%; US 30%
Single offer: 3.1%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Air Force$474.1M55%
U.S. Special Operations Command$115.6M13%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$71.7M8.3%
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement$67.7M7.8%
Department of Veterans Affairs$41.1M4.7%
Federal Acquisition Service$16.6M1.9%
Department of the Navy$16.1M1.9%
U.S. Geological Survey$10M1.2%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

2.9BFY2017
2.2BFY2018
2.5BFY2019
2.7BFY2020
1.8BFY2021
2BFY2022
1.8BFY2023
2.1B

Top industries (NAICS)

Other professional, scientific, and technical services · 5419$142M16%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$124.6M14%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$117.2M14%
Nonscheduled air transportation · 4812$114.9M13%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$73.4M8.5%

Largest awards

ENGINEERING SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENT LEADING TO THE DELIVERY OF THE JPSS COMMON GROUND SYSTEM INSTRUMENT AND SUPPORT. THIS CONTRACT ACTION ABSORBS NASA'S CONTRACT ACTION NNG10XA03C.$606.7M
RAYTHEON COMPANY· Arapahoe County, CO· IT & telecom· Aug 30, 2018 – Jul 1, 2026· 1332KP18CNEEJ0005
ENGINEERING&MANUFACTURING DEVELOPMENT$548.2M
SIERRA NEVADA COMPANY, LLC· Arapahoe County, CO· Research & development· Jul 15, 2020 – Jun 11, 2026· H9240820C0004
AFLCMC/WI$300.2M
SIERRA NEVADA COMPANY, LLC· Arapahoe County, CO· Professional services· Oct 30, 2024 – Apr 29, 2026· FA862025FB029
GPS ADVANCED CONTROL SEGMENT (OCX) PHASE B BLOCKS 1 AND 2

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $3.1B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Arapahoe County, Colorado: $4,593 per resident (US $12,957).

Assistance · FY2026: $3.1B; −1.8% vs FY2025
Per resident: $4,593; US $12,957
Loan face value: $858.7M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.1%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$2.1B68%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$329.7M11%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$151M4.9%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$150.6M4.9%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$63.2M2.0%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$50.4M1.6%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$49.8M1.6%
64.028 · Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance$27.8M0.9%

Top recipients (organizations)

AURORA HOUSING AUTHORITY$33.9M1.1%
AURORA, CO
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES COLORADO$29.8M1.0%
DENVER, CO
COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$20.7M0.7%
DENVER, CO
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY - GLOBAL CAMPUS$15.9M0.5%
AURORA, CO
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD$11M0.4%
ENGLEWOOD, CO
LITTLETON HOUSING AUTHORITY$9.9M0.3%
LITTLETON, CO
STATE BOARD FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND OCCUPATIONAL EDUCATION$9.8M0.3%
AURORA, CO
STATE BOARD FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES & OCCUPATIONAL EDUCATION ARAPAHOE COMMUNITY COLLEGE$9.6M0.3%
LITTLETON, CO

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$2.5B80%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$390.5M13%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of Education$51.7M1.7%
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$50.7M1.6%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration$30.8M1.0%
Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Highway Administration$20.7M0.7%
Department of Transportation
Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner$20.3M0.7%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Federal Communications Commission$15.8M0.5%

By type

Direct payments$3B97%
Grants$85.1M2.7%
Other assistance$3.4M0.1%
Insurance$819.4K0.0%
Loans$00.0%
$858.7M lent or guaranteed

Assistance by fiscal year

2.7BFY2021
2.5BFY2022
2.7BFY2023
2.9BFY2024
3.1BFY2025
3.1BFY2026

County aggregates

93%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Arapahoe County, Colorado compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Arapahoe County, Colorado
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Arapahoe County, Colorado and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Arapahoe County, Colorado	United States
FY2017	$4,444	$1,436
FY2018	$3,336	$1,552
FY2019	$3,807	$1,654
FY2020	$4,063	$1,880
FY2021	$2,785	$1,810
FY2022	$3,082	$1,917
FY2023	$2,749	$2,079
FY2024	$3,153	$2,047
FY2025	$2,333	$2,165
FY2026	$1,286 (partial year)	$1,912
FY2027	— (partial year)	—

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Arapahoe County, Colorado and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Arapahoe County, Colorado	United States
FY2017	$42.82	$93.28
FY2018	$83.59	$105
FY2019	$69.03	$128
FY2020	$118	$145
FY2021	$63.03	$117
FY2022	$96.98	$138
FY2023	$164	$159
FY2024	$156	$157
FY2025	$167	$149
FY2026	$72.63 (partial year)	$211
FY2027	$0 (partial year)	—

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Arapahoe County, Colorado and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Arapahoe County, Colorado	United States
FY2021	$3,007	$5,748
FY2022	$3,236	$5,221
FY2023	$2,899	$5,364
FY2024	$3,297	$5,501
FY2025	$2,484	$5,732
FY2026	$1,412 (partial year)	$5,447

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Arapahoe County, Colorado and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Arapahoe County, Colorado	United States
FY2021	$34.50	$298
FY2022	$47.56	$357
FY2023	$33.61	$301
FY2024	$23.08	$319
FY2025	$12.40	$360
FY2026	$31.91 (partial year)	$349

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Arapahoe County, Colorado and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Arapahoe County, Colorado	United States
FY2021	$101	$239
FY2022	$73.91	$185
FY2023	$132	$229
FY2024	$125	$229
FY2025	$128	$249
FY2026	$114 (partial year)	$201

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Arapahoe County, Colorado and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Arapahoe County, Colorado	United States
FY2021	$71.29	$2,304
FY2022	$93.27	$2,197
FY2023	$64.28	$2,274
FY2024	$75.58	$2,267
FY2025	$82.04	$2,397
FY2026	$67.78 (partial year)	$2,597

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Arapahoe County, Colorado and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Arapahoe County, Colorado	United States
FY2021	$1,428	$1,186
FY2022	$605	$465
FY2023	$123	$76.52
FY2024	$194	$120
FY2025	$231	$148
FY2026	$162 (partial year)	$108

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Arapahoe County, Colorado
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Arapahoe County, Colorado and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Arapahoe County, Colorado	United States
2014	3.2%	2.0%
2015	3.6%	2.1%
2016	1.7%	1.7%
2017	2.0%	1.4%
2018	1.1%	1.6%
2019	0.9%	1.4%
2020	−4.5%	−6.1%
2021	2.6%	3.4%
2022	2.3%	4.3%
2023	1.5%	2.1%
2024	−0.2%	1.2%
2025	0.3%	0.5%

Average weekly wageChange since 2016, %

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Average weekly wage, Arapahoe County, Colorado and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Arapahoe County, Colorado	United States
2014	−3.1%	−4.2%
2015	−1.9%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.3%	+3.3%
2018	+6.7%	+6.8%
2019

Unemployment ratepercent

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Unemployment rate, Arapahoe County, Colorado and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Arapahoe County, Colorado	United States
2014	4.9%	6.2%
2015	3.6%	5.3%
2016	2.9%	4.9%
2017	2.6%	4.4%
2018	3.0%	3.9%
2019	2.6%

Personal income per capitaChange since 2016, %

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Personal income per capita, Arapahoe County, Colorado and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Arapahoe County, Colorado	United States
2014	−5.2%	−5.5%
2015	−2.4%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+1.1%	+4.1%
2018	+10.6%	+8.9%
2019

New homes permittedper 1,000 people

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New homes permitted, Arapahoe County, Colorado and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Arapahoe County, Colorado	United States
2014	3.1/1k	3.3/1k
2015	4.5/1k	3.7/1k
2016	7.3/1k	3.7/1k
2017	4.3/1k	3.9/1k
2018	5.5/1k	4.1/1k
2019

Median household incomeChange since 2016, %

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Median household income, Arapahoe County, Colorado and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Arapahoe County, Colorado	United States
2014	−7.8%	−6.9%
2015	−5.4%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+6.1%	+4.7%
2018	+8.2%	+7.5%
2019

Poverty ratepercent

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Poverty rate, Arapahoe County, Colorado and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Arapahoe County, Colorado	United States
2014	11.2%	15.5%
2015	9.2%	14.7%
2016	9.0%	14.0%
2017	7.8%	13.4%
2018	8.1%	13.1%
2019	7.2%

Typical home valueChange since 2016, %

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Typical home value, Arapahoe County, Colorado and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Arapahoe County, Colorado	United States
2014	−21.4% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−9.2% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017

Typical asking rentChange since 2016, %

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Typical asking rent, Arapahoe County, Colorado and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Arapahoe County, Colorado	United States
2015	−2.8% (Dec 2015)	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+5.5% (Dec 2017)	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+9.0%

Uninsured residents (under 65)percent

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Uninsured residents (under 65), Arapahoe County, Colorado and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Arapahoe County, Colorado	United States
2014	12.2%	13.5%
2015	9.4%	10.9%
2016	8.5%	10.0%
2017	8.5%	10.2%
2018	8.9%	10.4%
2019

New business applicationsper 1,000 people

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New business applications, Arapahoe County, Colorado and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Arapahoe County, Colorado	United States
2014	15.1/1k	8.5/1k
2015	15.0/1k	8.7/1k
2016	14.7/1k	9.1/1k
2017	15.4/1k	9.8/1k
2018	17.1/1k	10.7/1k
2019

Calendar years

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

No jump in federal money met the criteria in the years loaded, so there is no comparison for this place.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/08005

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Arapahoe County, Colorado is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

John W. HickenlooperD-

Metro area

The metro or micro area Arapahoe County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO78Central county

Cities and towns in Arapahoe County

Places whose residents live mostly in Arapahoe County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-06
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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