Baca County, Colorado

County Distress Index: Elevated · 52.2 | 3,344 people · 18th most distressed in Colorado

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Baca County, CO registers elevated household financial distress with a score of 52.2 — 1444th nationally out of 3144 counties. The primary driver is Income & Poverty, where poverty rates are high and household incomes lag well behind state and national medians. Within Colorado, it ranks 18th of 64 counties. Among its 7 neighboring counties, 5 show more distress.

The Numbers Behind the Score

The CDI measures five domains of financial distress. Baca County's primary driver is Income & Poverty at 90.2 — worse than roughly 90% of U.S. counties.

Income & Poverty Primary driver 90.2
Poverty Rate 87
Income vs. State Median 95
Child Poverty Rate 89
Community Vulnerability 53.0
Uninsured Rate 46
Disability Rate 60
Housing Cost Burden 47.8
Rent-Burdened (30%+) 23
Severely Rent-Burdened (50%+) 46
Mortgage-Burdened (30%+) 30
Homeownership Rate 62
Rent-to-Income Ratio 78
Debt & Delinquency 37.4
Debt in Collections 26
Medical Debt 7
Student Loan Delinquency 39
Auto Loan Delinquency 22
Credit Card Delinquency 88
Bankruptcy Filing Rate 42
Employment & Wages 32.5
Unemployment Rate 8
Wage-to-Rent Ratio 75
Business Formation Rate 14

Scores are percentile-based: 50 = national median, higher = more distressed. The median line is shown on each bar.

Neighbors and Peers

How Baca County compares to its 7 neighboring counties and population peers.

Neighboring Counties

County Score Zone vs. Baca County
Baca County, CO 52.2 Elevated
Las Animas County, CO 67.8 Serious +15.6
Bent County, CO 63.1 Elevated +11.0
Union County, NM 63.1 Elevated +10.9
Prowers County, CO 60.2 Elevated +8.0
Cimarron County, OK 56.3 Elevated +4.1
Morton County, KS 43.9 Normal -8.2
Stanton County, KS 33.5 Healthy -18.7

Population Peers

County Score Zone vs. Baca County
Pondera County, MT 52.1 Elevated -0.1
Chattahoochee County, GA 52.3 Elevated +0.1
Roger Mills County, OK 52.3 Elevated +0.2
Mellette County, SD 52.4 Elevated +0.2
Boyd County, NE 51.9 Elevated -0.3

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