County · Colorado

Larimer County, Colorado

Larimer County, Colorado has a quality-of-life score of 87 out of 100 (very high), ranking #421 of 3,143 US counties. Within Colorado it ranks #10 of 64 counties. It ranks best on physical inactivity (low), high school diploma or higher (high) and hot days (low). It ranks worst on high ozone days (high), home price to income ratio (high) and rent-burdened households (high).

87Very high

Quality-of-life score: #421 of 3,143 counties
Colorado: #10 of 64 in CO
Population: 377,292 (2025)
Land area: 2,596 mi²
Density: 145.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 08069

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 77 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

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

Safety65#1,081/3,096
Economy85#480/3,143
Housing6#2,965/3,140
Health92#255/3,144
Healthcare98#62/3,143
Environment48#1,611/3,108
Education97#81/3,144
Infrastructure93#206/3,144
Community84#508/3,144
Leisure & amenities72#881/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Physical inactivity · low13.9%
100/100Colorado 19.0%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
High school diploma or higher · high96.5%
100/100Colorado 92.9%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Hot days · low0 days
99/100Colorado 23 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Adult obesity · low24.4%
99/100Colorado 27.1%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Bachelor's degree or higher · high53.0%
98/100Colorado 45.7%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Some college · high81.7%
98/100Colorado 74.4%United States 67.8%2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Weaknesses

High ozone days · high7 days
3/100Colorado 10 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Home price to income ratio · high6.1×
4/100Colorado 5.7×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Rent-burdened households · high55.4%
5/100Colorado 52.9%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Child care cost burden · high41.3%
5/100Colorado 32.6%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Public libraries · low0.2 /10k
6/100Colorado 0.5 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library Services
Median Air Quality Index · high50
7/100Colorado 482025U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Trends

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

Drought exposureWorsening
45% (2021) → 86% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+41 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Hot daysImproving
0 days (2011-2020) → 0 days (2016-2025)
−100%5 yearsUS 41 days → 42 days
Child care cost burdenWorsening
27.2% (2020 & 2021) → 41.3% (2023 & 2024)
+14 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
34.0% (Dec 2021) → 42.9% (Aug 2026)
+9 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%
Mental health providersImproving
404 /100k (2021) → 573 /100k (2025)
+42%4 yearsUS 282 /100k → 348 /100k
Drug overdose deathsImproving
18.7 /100k (2021) → 11.6 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−38%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /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, Larimer County, Colorado improved on 10 of 33 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 19 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.

Improved10

Bachelor's++5.7 points47.3% → 53.0%
Weekly wage+30%$1,124 → $1,460
Students / teacher−1.6×17.2× → 15.6×
Real income+33%$55,011 → $73,070
Household income+24%$75,332 → $93,518

Declined2

Transit use−0.8 points1.6% → 0.7%
Price / income+1.0×5.1× → 6.1×

All 33 measures

Change of every measure of Larimer County, Colorado between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	6.8 /10k2020	7.7 /10k2025	+14%	Within the margin of error	64%
Average commute time	23.5 min2015-2019	23.4 min2020-2024	−0.1 min	Within the margin of error	60%
Average weekly wage	$1,1242020	$1,4602025	+30%	Improved	83%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.3%2015-2019	53.0%2020-2024	+5.7 points	Improved	89%
Broadband subscriptions	89.3%2015-2019	93.1%2020-2024	+3.9 points	Improved	5%
Child poverty rate	8.5%2019	8.0%2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	33%
Distance to an airport	50 mi2020	50 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	13.6 /100k2020	11.6 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−15%	Within the margin of error	38%
Effective property tax rate	0.56%2015-2019	0.52%2020-2024	−0 points	Little change	26%
Firearm deaths	12.2 /100k2020	12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−0.8%	Within the margin of error	50%
Grocery stores	0.8 /10k2020	0.7 /10k2025	−17%	Within the margin of error	20%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.6 /10k2020	1.9 /10k2025	+15%	Within the margin of error	69%
High school diploma or higher	95.9%2015-2019	96.5%2020-2024	+0.6 points	Within the margin of error	23%
Home price to income ratio	5.1×2015-2019	6.1×2020-2024	+1.0×	Declined	9%
Homicide rate	1.5 /100k2020	1.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+13%	Within the margin of error	13%
Income adjusted for local prices	$55,0112019	$73,0702024	+33%	Improved	57%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4462015-2019	0.4532020-2024	+0.007	Within the margin of error	42%
Median household income	$75,3322019	$93,5182024	+24%	Improved	46%
New business applications	14.0 /1k2020	18.5 /1k2025	+32%	Improved	35%
Pharmacies	0.9 /10k2020	1.0 /10k2025	+13%	Within the margin of error	90%
Poverty rate	10.3%2019	10.5%2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	40%
Property crime rate	1,862 /100k2020	1,440 /100k2025	−23%	Improved	30%
Public libraries	0.2 /10k2019	0.2 /10k2024	−4.5%	Within the margin of error	27%
Public transit commuters	1.6%2015-2019	0.7%2020-2024	−0.8 points	Declined	21%
Rent as share of income	33.4%2015-2019	32.6%2020-2024	−0.8 points	Within the margin of error	65%
Rent-burdened households	56.1%2015-2019	55.4%2020-2024	−0.7 points	Within the margin of error	59%
Restaurants and bars	9.5 /10k2020	8.9 /10k2025	−6.8%	Within the margin of error	31%
Students per teacher	17.2×2019	15.6×2024	−1.6×	Improved	80%
Suicide rate	22.8 /100k2020	19.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−16%	Within the margin of error	83%
Traffic deaths	10.2 /100k2015-2019	9.6 /100k2020-2024	−6%	Within the margin of error	63%
Unemployment rate	6.1%2020	3.9%2025	−2.2 points	Improved	40%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	7.7%2019	7.0%2024	−0.7 points	Within the margin of error	43%
Violent crime rate	259 /100k2020	228 /100k2025	−12%	Improved	45%

“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 Larimer County, Colorado five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Larimer 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, Larimer County, Colorado itself moved +0.9 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

367,368 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

154,232 households (±780)

Larimer County, Colorado
Colorado share

Under $25k12%18,304
$25k–50k14%21,742
$50k–75k15%22,444

Homes

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

Owners and renters

154,232 households (±780)

Larimer County, Colorado
Colorado share

Own64%98,737
Rent36%55,495

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

193,404 workers (±2,215)

Larimer County, Colorado
Colorado share

Drive alone66%128,322
Carpool5.6%10,910
Public transit0.7%†1,435

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 Fort Collins-Loveland, 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.

Larimer County has 11,764 employer establishments, 317 for every 10,000 residents (1.28× the US rate of 248; 1.03× Colorado's), with 139,517 paid employees at an average annual pay of $62,840. The Census Bureau also counts 38,966 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 11,764; 38,966 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 317; US 248 · Colorado 309
Paid employees: 139,517
Average annual pay: $62,840; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	1,020	27.5	1.32×More than typical	9,232	$71,889	2,280
Specialty trade contractors	941	25.4	1.64×More than typical	7,156	$63,895	2,368
Lessors of real estate	792	21.3	1.73×More than typical	2,269	$96,093	5,130
Restaurants and other eating places	749	20.2	1.10×About typical	16,036	$26,220	112
Real estate agents and brokers	474	12.8	2.62×More than typical	771	$66,859	1,126
Offices of other health practitioners	462	12.4	2.05×More than typical	1,939	$43,156	1,462
Management, scientific and technical consulting	444	12	1.78×More than typical	1,780	$78,662	2,124
Construction of buildings	378	10.2	1.35×More than typical	2,111	$79,687	1,044
Services to buildings and dwellings	358	9.6	1.43×More than typical	2,838	$42,996	1,466
Architectural, engineering and related services	341	9.2	2.63×More than typical	3,114	$95,424	503
Building equipment contractors	336	9.1	1.50×More than typical	3,368	$61,768	384
Limited-service restaurants	316	8.5	1.06×About typical	6,874	$23,072	51

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 371,192 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 $249.3M on contracts performed in Larimer County, Colorado: $661 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $249.3M; −43% vs FY2025
Per resident: $661; US $1,994
Sole-source: 16%; US 30%
Single offer: 4.8%; 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

Office of the Chief Financial Officer$133.8M54%
U.S. Customs and Border Protection$49M20%
Department of the Navy$12.6M5.0%
National Park Service$10.5M4.2%
Defense Logistics Agency$9.4M3.8%
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$6.7M2.7%
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$4.7M1.9%
Department of Energy$4.2M1.7%

Top recipients

LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS, INC.$63M25%
SYNERGY BUSINESS INNOVATION & SOLUTIONS INC.$50.6M20%
PERATON RISK DECISION INC.$38.9M16%
WOODWARD, INC.$12.5M5.0%
AT&T ENTERPRISES, LLC$11.4M4.6%

Spending by fiscal year

188.8MFY2017
518.4MFY2018
784.4MFY2019
410.2MFY2020
460.8MFY2021
621.9MFY2022
456.5MFY2023
498.3M

Top industries (NAICS)

Wired telecommunications carriers · 5171$74.4M30%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$61.2M25%
Investigation and security services · 5616$38.9M16%
Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing · 3344$10.7M4.3%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$10.2M4.1%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413

Largest awards

ENTERPRISE APPLICATION SERVICES$308.4M
SYNERGY BUSINESS INNOVATION & SOLUTIONS INC.· Larimer County, CO· IT & telecom· Apr 23, 2021 – Sep 24, 2026· 12314421F0279
USDANET ENTERPRISE INFRASTRUCTURE SOLUTIONS$200.7M
LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS, INC.· Larimer County, CO· IT & telecom· Dec 16, 2021 – Sep 25, 2026· 12314422F0069
USDA DATA AND VOICE SERVICES$168.2M
AT&T ENTERPRISES, LLC· Larimer County, CO· IT & telecom· Sep 8, 2023 – Sep 28, 2026· 12314423C0069
THE CONTRACTOR(S) SHALL PROVIDE FPAC CONSERVATION WITH TEAMS THAT DELIVER VIABLE DIGITAL SOLUTIONS IN SUPPORT OF FPACS STRATEGIC MISSION AND OBJECTIVES, AS WELL AS SUPPORTING THE INDIVIDUAL BUSINESS VISION FOR EACH OF THE CONSERVATION LINES OF BUSINE

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 $2.3B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Larimer County, Colorado: $5,973 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $2.3B; −15% vs FY2025
Per resident: $5,973; US $12,955
Loan face value: $193.1M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.2%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$1.5B69%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$164.7M7.3%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$102.4M4.5%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$90.2M4.0%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$39.3M1.7%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$30.3M1.3%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$22.8M1.0%
11.432 · National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Cooperative Institutes$22.3M1.0%

Top recipients (organizations)

COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY$137.9M6.1%
FORT COLLINS, CO
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY$38.5M1.7%
FORT COLLINS, CO
COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$30M1.3%
DENVER, CO
HOUSING CATALYST$21.3M0.9%
FORT COLLINS, CO
ROCKY MOUNTAIN INNOVATION INITIATIVE INC$15.5M

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$1.8B78%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$198.6M8.8%
Department of Veterans Affairs
National Institutes of Health$53.6M2.4%
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Education$45.3M2.0%
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$32.2M

Assistance by fiscal year

2BFY2021
1.7BFY2022
1.9BFY2023
2.1BFY2024
2.6BFY2025
2.3BFY2026

County aggregates

87%

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 Larimer 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.

Larimer County, Colorado
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Larimer County, Colorado and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Larimer County, Colorado	United States
FY2017	$548	$1,436
FY2018	$1,477	$1,552
FY2019	$2,196	$1,654
FY2020	$1,140	$1,880
FY2021	$1,270	$1,810
FY2022	$1,690	$1,917
FY2023	$1,230	$2,079
FY2024	$1,332	$2,047
FY2025	$1,161	$2,165
FY2026	$661 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Larimer County, Colorado and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Larimer County, Colorado	United States
FY2017	$38.38	$93.28
FY2018	$15.15	$105
FY2019	-$12.19	$128
FY2020	$96.56	$145
FY2021	$30.16	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Larimer County, Colorado and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Larimer County, Colorado	United States
FY2021	$2,185	$5,748
FY2022	$2,177	$5,221
FY2023	$1,833	$5,364
FY2024	$2,037	$5,501
FY2025	$2,704	$5,732
FY2026	$1,174

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Larimer County, Colorado and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Larimer County, Colorado	United States
FY2021	$192	$298
FY2022	$44.31	$357
FY2023	$82.49	$301
FY2024	$82.94	$319
FY2025	$167	$360
FY2026	$86.44

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Larimer County, Colorado and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Larimer County, Colorado	United States
FY2021	$94.37	$239
FY2022	$80.00	$185
FY2023	$95.84	$229
FY2024	$119	$229
FY2025	$96.44	$249
FY2026	$99.59

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Larimer County, Colorado and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Larimer County, Colorado	United States
FY2021	$171	$2,304
FY2022	$41.49	$2,197
FY2023	$63.78	$2,274
FY2024	$153	$2,267
FY2025	$122	$2,397
FY2026	$158

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Larimer County, Colorado and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Larimer County, Colorado	United States
FY2021	$1,289	$1,186
FY2022	$425	$465
FY2023	$149	$76.52
FY2024	$172	$120
FY2025	$247	$148
FY2026	$187

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.

Larimer County, Colorado
United States
Years with money loaded
Year its money jumped

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Larimer County, Colorado and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Larimer County, Colorado	United States
2014	3.4%

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.

Federal contracts · FY2018

$1,477 per resident in FY2018, against an earlier average of $548 (2.7× that).

Compared with 14 similar counties

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/08069

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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.

Larimer 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 Larimer County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Fort Collins-Loveland, CO88Central county

Cities and towns in Larimer County

Places whose residents live mostly in Larimer 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
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Larimer County, Colorado

Comparison counties (average)

Range of comparison counties

Year −3

+0.9 points

+1.0 points

+0.3 points to +1.6 points

Year −2

+0.7 points

+0.5 points

−0.2 points to +1.2 points

Year −1

0.0 points

0.0 points to 0.0 points

Year 0

−0.2 points

+0.2 points

−0.6 points to +0.8 points

Year +1

−0.9 points

+0.7 points

−0.4 points to +2.6 points

Year +2

−7.8 points

−6.4 points

−9.4 points to −3.8 points

Year

Larimer County, Colorado

Comparison counties (average)

Range of comparison counties

Year −3

Year

Larimer County, Colorado

Comparison counties (average)

Range of comparison counties

Year −3

Year

Larimer County, Colorado

Comparison counties (average)

Range of comparison counties

Year −3

Calendar years	Larimer County, Colorado	United States
2014	−4.8%	−4.2%
2015	−1.5%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.8%	+3.3%
2018	+8.0%	+6.8%
2019	+12.5%	+10.5%
2020	+21.9%	+19.4%
2021	+27.3%	+26.1%
2022	+34.1%	+30.6%
2023	+40.8%	+35.0%
2024	+45.8%	+41.0%
2025	+58.4%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Larimer County, Colorado	United States
2014	−7.1%	−5.5%
2015	−3.4%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+7.0%	+4.1%
2018	+11.7%	+8.9%
2019	+17.0%	+13.5%
2020	+23.8%	+20.8%
2021	+35.5%	+32.1%
2022	+41.1%	+35.4%
2023	+48.2%	+42.9%
2024	+53.7%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Larimer County, Colorado	United States
2014	7.7/1k	3.3/1k
2015	7.3/1k	3.7/1k
2016	10.4/1k	3.7/1k
2017	8.5/1k	3.9/1k
2018	8.4/1k	4.1/1k
2019	7.0/1k	4.2/1k
2020	7.1/1k	4.4/1k
2021	8.9/1k	5.2/1k
2022	7.0/1k	5.0/1k
2023	7.2/1k	4.5/1k
2024	4.8/1k	4.3/1k
2025	6.5/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Larimer County, Colorado	United States
2014	−13.4%	−6.9%
2015	−2.4%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.3%	+4.7%
2018	+7.1%	+7.5%
2019	+13.2%	+14.0%
2020	+20.7%	+16.9%
2021	+18.2%	+21.0%
2022	+32.7%	+29.7%
2023	+33.0%	+34.9%
2024	+40.5%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Larimer County, Colorado	United States
2014	12.8%	15.5%
2015	12.2%	14.7%
2016	11.2%	14.0%
2017	11.0%	13.4%
2018	10.5%	13.1%
2019	10.3%	12.3%
2020	9.9%	11.9%
2021	11.2%	12.8%
2022	11.0%	12.6%
2023	10.2%	12.5%
2024	10.5%	12.1%

Calendar years	Larimer County, Colorado	United States
2014	4.2%	6.2%
2015	3.2%	5.3%
2016	2.8%	4.9%
2017	2.4%	4.4%
2018	2.7%	3.9%
2019	2.4%	3.7%
2020	6.1%	8.1%
2021	5.0%	5.4%
2022	2.9%	3.7%
2023	3.1%	3.6%
2024	3.9%	4.0%
2025	3.9%	4.3%

Calendar years	Larimer County, Colorado	United States
2014	−19.7% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−9.0% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+7.1% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+12.8% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+17.4% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+24.6% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+44.4% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+56.3% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+55.2% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+57.6% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+55.1% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Larimer County, Colorado	United States
2015	−0.9% (Dec 2015)	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+3.6% (Dec 2017)	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+10.4% (Dec 2018)	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	+12.8% (Dec 2019)	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+16.3% (Dec 2020)	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	+29.9% (Dec 2021)	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+38.5% (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	+45.9% (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	+46.3% (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+48.1% (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Larimer County, Colorado	United States
2014	10.3%	13.5%
2015	7.0%	10.9%
2016	7.3%	10.0%
2017	7.4%	10.2%
2018	7.1%	10.4%
2019	7.7%	10.8%
2020	7.8%	10.4%
2021	7.8%	10.2%
2022	7.2%	9.5%
2023	6.5%	9.5%
2024	7.0%	9.8%

Calendar years	Larimer County, Colorado	United States
2014	12.2/1k	8.5/1k
2015	12.3/1k	8.7/1k
2016	12.9/1k	9.1/1k
2017	12.9/1k	9.8/1k
2018	14.0/1k	10.7/1k
2019	13.8/1k	10.6/1k
2020	14.0/1k	13.1/1k
2021	16.5/1k	16.2/1k
2022	16.0/1k	15.1/1k
2023	19.3/1k	16.2/1k
2024	16.8/1k	15.4/1k
2025	18.5/1k	16.6/1k

Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

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Trends

What changed in five years

Improved10

Declined2

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Income

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Owners and renters

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Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

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How outcomes moved

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Compared with 14 similar counties

Representation in Congress

House

Senate

Metro area

Cities and towns in Larimer County

Neighboring counties

Similar counties

Data and sources

Improved10

Declined2

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

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Money per resident

How outcomes moved

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Compared with 14 similar counties

Jumps not compared

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What was bought