Scores by category

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

Safety39#1,897/3,096
Economy94#205/3,143
Housing7#2,915/3,140
Health87#394/3,144
Healthcare96#118/3,143
Environment29#2,202/3,108
Education94#179/3,144
Infrastructure96#119/3,144
Community87#397/3,144
Leisure & amenities70#944/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Physical inactivity · low12.8%
100/100Colorado 19.0%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Adult obesity · low22.9%
99/100Colorado 27.1%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
High school diploma or higher · high95.8%
99/100Colorado 92.9%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Poor or fair health · low12.7%
99/100Colorado 16.8%United States 19.9%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Broadband subscriptions · high95.1%
99/100Colorado 93.5%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Access to exercise opportunities · high99.1%
98/100Colorado 89.9%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Weaknesses

High ozone days · high21 days
0/100Colorado 10 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Property crime rate · high2,591 /100k
3/100Colorado 2,144 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation
Days with unhealthy air · high3.6%
4/100Colorado 1.2%2025U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Home price to income ratio · high5.8×
5/100Colorado 5.7×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Public libraries · low0.2 /10k
6/100Colorado 0.5 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library Services
Suicide rate · high20.1 /100k
9/100Colorado 22.4 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data

Trends

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

Drought exposureWorsening
55% (2021) → 85% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+30 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
High ozone daysWorsening
13 days (2017) → 21 days (2022)
+62%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
Hot daysWorsening
2 days (2011-2020) → 4 days (2016-2025)
+61%5 yearsUS 41 days → 42 days
Child care cost burdenWorsening
26.3% (2020 & 2021) → 38.3% (2023 & 2024)
+12 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
New homes permittedWorsening
4.3 /1k (2021) → 1.8 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−58%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Homicide rateImproving
4.5 /100k (2021) → 2.0 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−56%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k

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, Jefferson County, Colorado improved on 12 of 33 measures with a comparison and declined on 3. 16 moved within the margin of error and 2 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

Bachelor's++6.8 points45.2% → 52.0%
Commute−2.0 min28.0 min → 26.0 min
Homicides−64%5.5 /100k → 2.0 /100k
Arts & recreation+21%5.7 /10k → 6.8 /10k
Students / teacher−1.1×17.8× → 16.7×

Declined3

Transit use−2.1 points3.4% → 1.3%
Price / income+1.0×4.8× → 5.8×
Violent crime+13%327 /100k → 370 /100k

All 33 measures

Change of every measure of Jefferson County, Colorado between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	5.7 /10k2020	6.8 /10k2025	+21%	Improved	73%
Average commute time	28.0 min2015-2019	26.0 min2020-2024	−2.0 min	Improved	89%
Average weekly wage	$1,2812020	$1,6022025	+25%	Improved	58%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.2%2015-2019	52.0%2020-2024	+6.8 points	Improved	94%
Broadband subscriptions	90.2%2015-2019	95.1%2020-2024	+4.9 points	Improved	10%
Child poverty rate	9.0%2019	8.2%2024	−0.8 points	Within the margin of error	38%
Distance to an airport	27 mi2020	27 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	22.3 /100k2020	22.7 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+1.8%	Within the margin of error	24%
Effective property tax rate	0.59%2015-2019	0.53%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	30%
Firearm deaths	13.7 /100k2020	14.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+7.3%	Within the margin of error	37%
Grocery stores	0.8 /10k2020	0.8 /10k2025	+0.5%	Within the margin of error	56%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.6 /10k2020	1.8 /10k2025	+15%	Within the margin of error	68%
High school diploma or higher	94.5%2015-2019	95.8%2020-2024	+1.3 points	Within the margin of error	37%
Home price to income ratio	4.8×2015-2019	5.8×2020-2024	+1.0×	Declined	10%
Homicide rate	5.5 /100k2020	2.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−64%	Improved	80%
Income adjusted for local prices	$63,1922019	$83,8502024	+33%	Improved	56%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4332015-2019	0.4352020-2024	+0.002	Within the margin of error	52%
Median household income	$89,6962019	$109,9692024	+23%	Improved	37%
New business applications	14.8 /1k2020	21.6 /1k2025	+46%	Improved	52%
Pharmacies	0.8 /10k2020	1.1 /10k2025	+27%	Within the margin of error	94%
Poverty rate	7.2%2019	7.2%2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	44%
Property crime rate	3,395 /100k2020	2,591 /100k2025	−24%	Improved	31%
Public libraries	0.2 /10k2019	0.2 /10k2024	+9.5%	Within the margin of error	90%
Public transit commuters	3.4%2015-2019	1.3%2020-2024	−2.1 points	Declined	8%
Rent as share of income	30.7%2015-2019	31.4%2020-2024	+0.7 points	Within the margin of error	44%
Rent-burdened households	51.3%2015-2019	52.9%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Within the margin of error	45%
Restaurants and bars	8.4 /10k2020	8.6 /10k2025	+1.7%	Within the margin of error	54%
Students per teacher	17.8×2019	16.7×2024	−1.1×	Improved	67%
Suicide rate	19.6 /100k2020	20.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+2.6%	Within the margin of error	52%
Traffic deaths	8.1 /100k2015-2019	8.5 /100k2020-2024	+4.3%	Within the margin of error	50%
Unemployment rate	6.7%2020	3.8%2025	−2.9 points	Improved	60%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	7.5%2019	7.3%2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	32%
Violent crime rate	327 /100k2020	370 /100k2025	+13%	Declined	22%

“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 Jefferson County, Colorado five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Jefferson 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, Jefferson County, Colorado itself moved +1.4 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

579,377 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

241,735 households (±959)

Jefferson County, Colorado
Colorado share

Under $25k8.3%20,020
$25k–50k11%26,883
$50k–75k13%31,635

Homes

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

Owners and renters

241,735 households (±959)

Jefferson County, Colorado
Colorado share

Own71%170,969
Rent29%70,766

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

318,324 workers (±2,018)

Jefferson County, Colorado
Colorado share

Drive alone64%205,111
Carpool5.7%18,163
Public transit1.3%4,212

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.

Jefferson County has 17,999 employer establishments, 311 for every 10,000 residents (1.25× the US rate of 248; 1.01× Colorado's), with 210,701 paid employees at an average annual pay of $61,901. The Census Bureau also counts 61,773 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 17,999; 61,773 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 311; US 248 · Colorado 309
Paid employees: 210,701
Average annual pay: $61,901; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	1,587	27.5	1.32×More than typical	14,081	$71,762	3,612
Specialty trade contractors	1,490	25.8	1.66×More than typical	10,879	$70,867	3,853
Lessors of real estate	1,191	20.6	1.67×More than typical	2,864	$65,732	7,061
Restaurants and other eating places	1,107	19.1	1.04×About typical	21,783	$27,331	161
Management, scientific and technical consulting	880	15.2	2.27×More than typical	3,699	$79,715	3,736
Real estate agents and brokers	733	12.7	2.61×More than typical	909	$64,829	2,009
Offices of other health practitioners	668	11.6	1.90×More than typical	2,820	$47,576	2,287
Building equipment contractors	605	10.5	1.74×More than typical	5,508	$71,554	689
Architectural, engineering and related services	599	10.4	2.97×More than typical	7,895	$111,812	937
Construction of buildings	547	9.5	1.25×More than typical	3,303	$86,554	1,676
Computer systems design and related services	502	8.7	2.01×More than typical	4,745	$128,676	1,119
Limited-service restaurants	473	8.2	1.02×About typical	9,484	$22,952	56

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 578,084 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 $2.2B on contracts performed in Jefferson County, Colorado: $3,730 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $2.2B; −21% vs FY2025
Per resident: $3,730; US $1,994
Sole-source: 6.4%; US 30%
Single offer: 7.9%; 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 Energy$825.8M38%
Department of Veterans Affairs$653M30%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$124.6M5.8%
Departmental Offices$75.4M3.5%
Department of the Air Force$56.5M2.6%
Defense Information Systems Agency$54.3M2.5%
Federal Bureau of Investigation$47.8M2.2%
Public Buildings Service$47M2.2%

Top recipients

ALLIANCE FOR ENERGY INNOVATION, LLC$762.8M35%
OPTUMRX ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, LLC$508.7M23%
COUNTERTRADE PRODUCTS, INC.$165.1M7.6%
LUNAR OUTPOST INC$121M5.6%
SOLDIERPOINT DIGITAL HEALTH, LLC$45.9M2.1%

Spending by fiscal year

2.8BFY2017
2.3BFY2018
2.5BFY2019
2.9BFY2020
2.3BFY2021
2.7BFY2022
3BFY2023
2.7B

Top industries (NAICS)

Scientific research and development services · 5417$819.6M38%
Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related activities · 5242$508.7M23%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$279.2M13%
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$172.1M7.9%
Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing · 3341$66.5M3.1%

Largest awards

AWARD OF CONTRACT TO MANAGE AND OPERATE THE NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY$11.1B
ALLIANCE FOR ENERGY INNOVATION, LLC· Jefferson County, CO· Facilities & utilities· Oct 27, 2016 – Sep 28, 2026· DEAC3608GO28308
EXPRESS REPORT: PBM APR, MAY, JUN, JULY FY26$159.2M
OPTUMRX ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, LLC· Jefferson County, CO· Professional services· Aug 26, 2026 – Aug 26, 2026· 36C79126K0132
CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AS CONSTRUCTOR (CMC) SERVICES, NEW FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, LABORATORY, BUILDING 22 1 DENVER FEDERAL CENTER, LAKEWOOD, CO 80225$151.5M
J.E. DUNN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY· Jefferson County, CO· Construction & real property· Mar 16, 2023 – Aug 6, 2026· 47PJ0023C0009

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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 $3.3B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Jefferson County, Colorado: $5,716 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $3.3B; −5.8% vs FY2025
Per resident: $5,716; US $12,955
Loan face value: $237.5M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.1%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$2.4B73%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$238M7.2%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$162.8M4.9%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$137.4M4.1%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$60.3M1.8%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$43.6M1.3%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$39.2M1.2%
20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$31.5M0.9%

Top recipients (organizations)

COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$74.2M2.2%
DENVER, CO
TRUSTEES OF THE COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES$33.4M1.0%
GOLDEN, CO
JEFFERSON COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY$28.9M0.9%
WHEAT RIDGE, CO
CARBON CAPTURE AMERICA, INC.$25M0.8%
ARVADA, CO
LAKEWOOD HOUSING AUTHORITY

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$2.8B84%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$284.3M8.6%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$96.7M2.9%
Department of Transportation
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$62M1.9%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of Education

Assistance by fiscal year

2.8BFY2021
2.7BFY2022
3.1BFY2023
3.2BFY2024
3.5BFY2025
3.3BFY2026

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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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 Jefferson 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.

Jefferson County, Colorado
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Jefferson County, Colorado and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Jefferson County, Colorado	United States
FY2017	$4,813	$1,436
FY2018	$3,936	$1,552
FY2019	$4,233	$1,654
FY2020	$5,052	$1,880
FY2021	$4,036	$1,810
FY2022	$4,676	$1,917
FY2023	$5,266	$2,079
FY2024	$4,630	$2,047
FY2025	$4,718	$2,165
FY2026	$3,730 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Jefferson County, Colorado and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Jefferson County, Colorado	United States
FY2017	$106	$93.28
FY2018	$115	$105
FY2019	$60.52	$128
FY2020	$131	$145
FY2021	$157	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Jefferson County, Colorado and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Jefferson County, Colorado	United States
FY2021	$4,313	$5,748
FY2022	$4,947	$5,221
FY2023	$5,883	$5,364
FY2024	$5,052	$5,501
FY2025	$5,199	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Jefferson County, Colorado and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Jefferson County, Colorado	United States
FY2021	$59.61	$298
FY2022	$111	$357
FY2023	$122	$301
FY2024	$66.38	$319
FY2025	$126	$360
FY2026	$167

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Jefferson County, Colorado and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Jefferson County, Colorado	United States
FY2021	$115	$239
FY2022	$107	$185
FY2023	$132	$229
FY2024	$136	$229
FY2025	$145	$249
FY2026	$131

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Jefferson County, Colorado and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Jefferson County, Colorado	United States
FY2021	$25.48	$2,304
FY2022	$15.47	$2,197
FY2023	$20.69	$2,274
FY2024	$23.12	$2,267
FY2025	$22.63	$2,397
FY2026	$24.30

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

Table view

Money per resident, Jefferson County, Colorado and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Jefferson County, Colorado	United States
FY2021	$1,219	$1,186
FY2022	$504	$465
FY2023	$176	$76.52
FY2024	$210	$120
FY2025	$248	$148
FY2026	$209

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.

Jefferson County, Colorado
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Jefferson County, Colorado and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Jefferson County, Colorado	United States
2014	2.8%	2.0%
2015

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/08059

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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.

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

House

Metro area

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

Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO78Central county

Cities and towns in Jefferson County

Places whose residents live mostly in Jefferson 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 2026-10-03
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
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Calendar years	Jefferson County, Colorado	United States
2014	−4.8%	−4.2%
2015	−1.6%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.7%	+3.3%
2018	+9.7%	+6.8%
2019	+14.1%	+10.5%
2020	+23.6%	+19.4%
2021	+29.3%	+26.1%
2022	+35.5%	+30.6%
2023	+41.3%	+35.0%
2024	+45.9%	+41.0%
2025	+54.6%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Jefferson County, Colorado	United States
2014	−6.1%	−5.5%
2015	−2.0%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.1%	+4.1%
2018	+9.2%	+8.9%
2019	+15.6%	+13.5%
2020	+20.1%	+20.8%
2021	+32.3%	+32.1%
2022	+43.2%	+35.4%
2023	+49.5%	+42.9%
2024	+55.4%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Jefferson County, Colorado	United States
2014	4.5/1k	3.3/1k
2015	3.3/1k	3.7/1k
2016	4.6/1k	3.7/1k
2017	4.1/1k	3.9/1k
2018	3.7/1k	4.1/1k
2019	3.1/1k	4.2/1k
2020	3.7/1k	4.4/1k
2021	4.3/1k	5.2/1k
2022	3.8/1k	5.0/1k
2023	2.1/1k	4.5/1k
2024	2.0/1k	4.3/1k
2025	1.9/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Jefferson County, Colorado	United States
2014	−4.9%	−6.9%
2015	−4.2%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+8.4%	+4.7%
2018	+15.1%	+7.5%
2019	+20.7%	+14.0%
2020	+21.2%	+16.9%
2021	+27.0%	+21.0%
2022	+37.8%	+29.7%
2023	+37.4%	+34.9%
2024	+47.9%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Jefferson County, Colorado	United States
2014	−20.9% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−9.4% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+7.5% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+14.1% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+20.3% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+32.3% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+53.0% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+63.7% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+64.6% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+67.5% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+63.4% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Jefferson County, Colorado	United States
2014	4.5%	6.2%
2015	3.4%	5.3%
2016	2.8%	4.9%
2017	2.4%	4.4%
2018	2.8%	3.9%
2019	2.5%	3.7%
2020	6.7%	8.1%
2021	5.2%	5.4%
2022	2.9%	3.7%
2023	3.1%	3.6%
2024	4.0%	4.0%
2025	3.8%	4.3%

Calendar years	Jefferson County, Colorado	United States
2014	8.3%	15.5%
2015	7.9%	14.7%
2016	7.0%	14.0%
2017	7.6%	13.4%
2018	7.0%	13.1%
2019	7.2%	12.3%
2020	6.1%	11.9%
2021	7.3%	12.8%
2022	6.6%	12.6%
2023	7.4%	12.5%
2024	7.2%	12.1%

Calendar years	Jefferson County, Colorado	United States
2015	−3.6% (Dec 2015)	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+6.2% (Dec 2017)	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+10.6% (Dec 2018)	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	+15.2% (Dec 2019)	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+17.2% (Dec 2020)	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	+31.1% (Dec 2021)	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+39.9% (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	+44.0% (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	+44.6% (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+42.9% (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Jefferson County, Colorado	United States
2014	9.2%	13.5%
2015	7.0%	10.9%
2016	6.6%	10.0%
2017	6.8%	10.2%
2018	6.6%	10.4%
2019	7.5%	10.8%
2020	6.8%	10.4%
2021	7.0%	10.2%
2022	6.3%	9.5%
2023	6.0%	9.5%
2024	7.3%	9.8%

Calendar years	Jefferson County, Colorado	United States
2014	12.0/1k	8.5/1k
2015	12.4/1k	8.7/1k
2016	12.6/1k	9.1/1k
2017	13.5/1k	9.8/1k
2018	14.7/1k	10.7/1k
2019	14.0/1k	10.6/1k
2020	14.8/1k	13.1/1k
2021	16.9/1k	16.2/1k
2022	17.2/1k	15.1/1k
2023	20.6/1k	16.2/1k
2024	19.7/1k	15.4/1k
2025	21.6/1k	16.6/1k

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