Socio-Economic Profile

1. Population Estimates (2024)

• Chaffee County: Estimated population is 20,780 as of 2024 Wikipedia+1.

• Fremont County: Estimated population is 50,093 (2024) Wikipedia+1.

• Lake County: Estimated population is 7,369 (2024) Wikipedia+1.

• Custer County: Estimated population is 5,553 (2024) Wikipedia.

(If you’d like population trends or comparisons to 2020, those can be added too.)

2. Socio-Economic Indicators

• Median Household Income:

  • Chaffee County: ~$70,909 in 2023 Data USA.

  • For other counties, broader Colorado data or Wikipedia tables may be helpful. For example, Chaffee’s per-capita income is $38,167 and median household income $65,703 (2020 data) Wikipedia.

• Per-Capita Income:

  • Chaffee County: $38,167 Wikipedia.

  • Custer County: $37,232 Wikipedia.

• Poverty & Educational Attainment:

  • Colorado statewide data shows ~12.5% poverty rate and 43.7% population (25+) with a bachelor’s degree or higher Wikipedia. If local-level figures are needed, we’ll need additional sources.

3. Economic Base & Jobs

You may want to link to the State Demography Office or BEA for:

• Estimated jobs by sector

• Personal income by source

• Employment forecasts

The profile currently shows content from around 2010; those figures are likely outdated. More recent data can be accessed via the Colorado State Demography Office’s lookup tools demography.dola.colorado.gov.