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Health and Seniors

Black residents without health insurance in Colorado

Colorado ranks 23rd of 38 states measured the same way. Below, every county in Colorado, starting with where Black residents are doing best.

Black residents without health insurance
Colorado9.1%
plus or minus 0.8 points
United States9.3%
plus or minus 0.1 points
All residents in Colorado: 7.7% (plus or minus 0.1 points). Black seniors 65 and older living below poverty in Colorado: 12.2% (plus or minus 1.9 points). Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey, survey years 2020 to 2024.
Doing best Larimer County 6.6%, plus or minus 3.2 points. Ranked 1st of 10 counties. What is Larimer County doing that works? Furthest to go: Weld County, 13.1%. See Larimer County ›

Where you live

Enter your ZIP code or street address to find your county below and the people who decide this for you, by name. SourceLine does not keep the address.

Ranked from doing best

Every county in Colorado

10 ranked of 64
Margin of error
1 Larimer County 6.6% plus or minus 3.2 points 5.6%
2 El Paso County 7.1% plus or minus 1.6 points 7.2%
3 Adams County 7.8% plus or minus 1.8 points 11.6%
4 Denver County 8.1% plus or minus 1.4 points 9%
5 Douglas County 8.7% plus or minus 4.4 points 3.9%
6 Boulder County 9.7% plus or minus 5.1 points 4.4%
7 Jefferson County 10.7% plus or minus 7.7 points 5.3%
8 Pueblo County 10.9% plus or minus 5.1 points 5.2%
9 Arapahoe County 11.3% plus or minus 1.6 points 9.3%
10 Weld County 13.1% plus or minus 4.9 points 8%
Not ranked Alamosa County Too small to report: fewer than 2,500 Black residents 5.8%
Not ranked Archuleta County Too small to report: fewer than 2,500 Black residents 10.5%
Not ranked Baca County Too small to report: fewer than 2,500 Black residents 7.4%
Not ranked Bent County Not published: too few people in the survey 7.4%
Not ranked Broomfield County Too small to report: fewer than 2,500 Black residents 4.4%
Not ranked Chaffee County Not published: too few people in the survey 6.5%
Not ranked Cheyenne County Too small to report: fewer than 2,500 Black residents 5.3%
Not ranked Clear Creek County Too small to report: fewer than 2,500 Black residents 5.7%
Not ranked Conejos County Too small to report: fewer than 2,500 Black residents 13.6%
Not ranked Costilla County Too small to report: fewer than 2,500 Black residents 8.5%
Not ranked Crowley County Too small to report: fewer than 2,500 Black residents 8.1%
Not ranked Custer County Not published: too few people in the survey 5%
Not ranked Delta County Too small to report: fewer than 2,500 Black residents 12%
Not ranked Dolores County Not published: too few people in the survey 7.9%
Not ranked Eagle County Too small to report: fewer than 2,500 Black residents 10.9%
Not ranked Elbert County Too small to report: fewer than 2,500 Black residents 5.1%
Not ranked Fremont County Too small to report: fewer than 2,500 Black residents 6.5%
Not ranked Garfield County Too small to report: fewer than 2,500 Black residents 15.6%
Not ranked Gilpin County Too small to report: fewer than 2,500 Black residents 3.9%
Not ranked Grand County Too small to report: fewer than 2,500 Black residents 11.5%
Not ranked Gunnison County Too small to report: fewer than 2,500 Black residents 5%
Not ranked Hinsdale County Too small to report: fewer than 2,500 Black residents 9.3%
Not ranked Huerfano County Not published: too few people in the survey 3.6%
Not ranked Jackson County Too small to report: fewer than 2,500 Black residents 7.7%
Not ranked Kiowa County Not published: too few people in the survey 8.8%
Not ranked Kit Carson County Not published: too few people in the survey 12%
Not ranked La Plata County Too small to report: fewer than 2,500 Black residents 8.2%
Not ranked Lake County Too small to report: fewer than 2,500 Black residents 13.7%
Not ranked Las Animas County Too small to report: fewer than 2,500 Black residents 8.4%
Not ranked Lincoln County Not published: too few people in the survey 7.6%
Not ranked Logan County Too small to report: fewer than 2,500 Black residents 7.2%
Not ranked Mesa County Too small to report: fewer than 2,500 Black residents 9.9%
Not ranked Mineral County Not published: too few people in the survey 12.9%
Not ranked Moffat County Not published: too few people in the survey 9.7%
Not ranked Montezuma County Too small to report: fewer than 2,500 Black residents 11.1%
Not ranked Montrose County Too small to report: fewer than 2,500 Black residents 13.3%
Not ranked Morgan County Too small to report: fewer than 2,500 Black residents 12.2%
Not ranked Otero County Too small to report: fewer than 2,500 Black residents 6.6%
Not ranked Ouray County Too small to report: fewer than 2,500 Black residents 12.7%
Not ranked Park County Too small to report: fewer than 2,500 Black residents 6%
Not ranked Phillips County Not published: too few people in the survey 6.8%
Not ranked Pitkin County Too small to report: fewer than 2,500 Black residents 5%
Not ranked Prowers County Too small to report: fewer than 2,500 Black residents 9.6%
Not ranked Rio Blanco County Not published: too few people in the survey 9.5%
Not ranked Rio Grande County Too small to report: fewer than 2,500 Black residents 10.7%
Not ranked Routt County Too small to report: fewer than 2,500 Black residents 7.6%
Not ranked Saguache County Too small to report: fewer than 2,500 Black residents 12.6%
Not ranked San Juan County Not published: too few people in the survey 10.1%
Not ranked San Miguel County Too small to report: fewer than 2,500 Black residents 15.2%
Not ranked Sedgwick County Too small to report: fewer than 2,500 Black residents 10%
Not ranked Summit County Too small to report: fewer than 2,500 Black residents 10.2%
Not ranked Teller County Too small to report: fewer than 2,500 Black residents 6.9%
Not ranked Washington County Too small to report: fewer than 2,500 Black residents 6%
Not ranked Yuma County Too small to report: fewer than 2,500 Black residents 15.7%

Ranked: the 10 counties measured in survey years 2020 to 2024 with at least 2,500 Black residents and with a margin of error of 10 points or less. Places below that line are still listed, with the reason.

Who decides

From you up to Congress. Look up your address above and each step fills in with the people who hold that seat for you.

  1. You and your neighbors Check your coverage, help an elder apply for the benefits they have earned, and know where the nearest clinic is.

    Ask: Who in my family is without coverage right now?

  2. Your county commission Funds the health department, clinics and ambulance service.

    Ask: How far is the nearest clinic that takes Medicaid, and is it open in the evening?

  3. Your state legislators and governor Decide who qualifies for Medicaid and fund public health.

    Ask: How many people here would gain coverage if our state changed who qualifies for Medicaid?

  4. Your members of Congress Fund Medicare, Medicaid and community health centers.

    Ask: How did you vote on Medicaid and Medicare funding?

What you can do

  1. This weekCheck that everyone in your home has coverage, and that the elders in your family have applied for every benefit they have earned.
  2. The next date that mattersThe next open enrollment period for health coverage.
  3. Where your voice is countedRaise what matters where you live on SourceLine issues. Only confirmed residents are counted, and SourceLine shares the totals, never names, with the body that decides.
Method and sources

Black residents without health insurance. Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey, survey years 2020 to 2024.

The margin of error is how far the true figure could be from the one shown. Surveys ask some people, not everyone, so smaller places have wider margins. A place with too few people to measure well is listed but not ranked.

Population, voting age population, citizens of voting age, registered voters and people who voted are different counts. Each page says which one it uses.

Who decides: the people named come from SourceLine’s record of officeholders for the address you enter. Where SourceLine hasn’t updated a level for your area yet, that step says so.

About these figures

Every figure on this page shows the year it describes. Public agencies release their numbers on their own schedules, often a year or more after the work of counting is done. The Census Bureau, for example, publishes its five year community survey each December, and the national reading test is given every two years. That is why some figures are not from this year. SourceLine updates each one as soon as the agency publishes it.

For some counties and small towns, SourceLine has not found meeting records online. Where it has not, we add them as they become available. A page that says SourceLine hasn’t updated a record yet means exactly that.