Prowers County, CO

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2023 Population

11,931

0.309% 1-year decline

US Senator

Michael Bennet

Democratic Party

US Senator

John Hickenlooper

Democratic Party

2023 Median Age

38.5

1.85% 1-year increase

2023 Poverty Rate

17.2%

2.33% 1-year decrease

2023 Median Household Income

$57,601

16.5% 1-year growth

2023 Median Property Value

$150,900

25.5% 1-year growth

2023 Employed Population

5,432

0.985% 1-year growth

About

The 5 largest ethnic groups in Prowers County, CO are White (Non-Hispanic) (56%), White (Hispanic) (14.4%), Other (Hispanic) (14.2%), Two+ (Hispanic) (10.3%), and Two+ (Non-Hispanic) (2.76%).

None of the households in Prowers County, CO reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

95.2% of the residents in Prowers County, CO are U.S. citizens.

In 2023, the median property value in Prowers County, CO was $150,900, and the homeownership rate was N/A%.

Most people in Prowers County, CO drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 14.2 minutes. The average car ownership in Prowers County, CO was 2 cars per household.

Prowers County, CO borders Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Greeley County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, and Stanton County, KS.

United States Colorado

Population & Diversity

Prowers County, CO is home to a population of 11.9k people, from which 95.2% are citizens. As of N/A, N/A% of Prowers County, CO residents were born outside of the country (N/A people).

In 2023, there were 3.89 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (6.68k people) in Prowers County, CO than any other race or ethnicity. There were 1.72k White (Hispanic) and 1.69k Other (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

95.2%

2023 Citizenship

96.9%

2022 Citizenship

The following chart shows US citizenship percentages in Prowers County, CO compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Prowers County, CO

White (Non-Hispanic)
6.68k ± 50
White (Hispanic)
1.72k ± 391
Other (Hispanic)
1.69k ± 370

39.8%

Hispanic Population

4.75k people

39.8% of the people in Prowers County, CO are hispanic (4.75k people).

The following chart shows the 7 races represented in Prowers County, CO as a share of the total population.

Global Diversity

The PUMS dataset is not available at the County level, so we are showing data for Prowers County, CO.

Most Common Origin

Mexico
206,571 ± 10,957 people
India
22,427 ± 3,670 people
China
17,909 ± 3,280 people

In 2022, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of Prowers County, CO was Mexico, the natal country of 206,571 Prowers County, CO residents, followed by India with 22,427 and China with 17,909.

Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period

Vietnam
332 ± 96
Gulf War (1990s)
236 ± 128
Gulf War (2001-)
82 ± 66

Prowers County, CO has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 1.41 times greater than any other conflict.

Economy

The economy of Prowers County, CO employs 5.43k people. The largest industries in Prowers County, CO are Health Care & Social Assistance (923 people), Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting (695 people), and Educational Services (519 people), and the highest paying industries are Finance & Insurance ($74,191), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($73,676), and Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction ($53,750).

Males in Colorado have an average income that is 1.31 times higher than the average income of females, which is $67,859. The income inequality in Colorado (measured using the Gini index) is N/A, which is N/A than the national average.

Employment

Occupations

5.43k

2023 Value

± 477

0.985%

1 Year growth

± 12.3%

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Prowers County, CO, are Office & Administrative Support Occupations (664 people), Management Occupations (599 people), and Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Occupations (396 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Prowers County, CO.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

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This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Colorado (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

5.43k

2023 Value

± 477

0.985%

1 Year growth

± 12.3%

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Prowers County, CO, are Health Care & Social Assistance (923 people), Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting (695 people), and Educational Services (519 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Prowers County, CO, though some of these residents may live in Prowers County, CO and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

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Median earning men ± N/A

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Median earning women ± N/A

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2023 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($89,167), Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($69,455), and Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($45,307).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2023 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($48,125), Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($44,316), and Other Services Except Public Administration ($43,818).

Employment by Industry Sector

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Y-Axis

1.73%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 2.87M people employed in Colorado. This represents a 1.73% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 11.9%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Colorado.

Establishments by Size

The industries with the most establishments

25
Retail Trade
21
Other Services (except Public Administration)
20
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

The visualization shows the distribution of establishments by industry and by size according to the number of employees.

Depending on the option selected, the visualization shows the number of employees or number of establishments and its share across establishment sizes.

Payroll by Industry Sector

The industries with the highest total annual payroll

$28.4k
Health Care and Social Assistance
$19.3k
Retail Trade
$11.6k
Finance and Insurance

The chart shows the total annual payroll and the average annual payroll by industry.

Civics

In the 2020 presidential election, the popular vote in Prowers County, CO went to Donald J. Trump with 72.1% of the vote. The runner-up was Joseph R Biden Jr. (26.2%), followed by Other (1.01%).

Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper are the senators currently representing the state of Colorado. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Colorado is currently represented by 8 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

Presidential Popular Vote Over Time

2020 Election Results

Donald J. Trump (72.1%)
Republican Party
Joseph R Biden Jr. (26.2%)
Democratic Party
Other (1.01%)
Green and Other Party

In the 2020 presidential election, the popular vote in Prowers County, CO went to Donald J. Trump with 72.1% of the vote. The runner-up was Joseph R Biden Jr. (26.2%), followed by Other (1.01%).

The following chart shows the popular vote results in Prowers County, CO for each registered party from 1976 to 2020.

Senator Elections

US Senators from Colorado

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Michael Bennet

Senator from Colorado

Assumed office on January 21, 2009
Appointed to the seat following the resignation of Ken Salazar, who had become Secretary of the Interior.

John Hickenlooper

Senator from Colorado

Assumed office on January 3, 2021

Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper are the senators currently representing Colorado.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in Colorado over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

US Representative Elections

US Representatives from Colorado

Colorado is currently represented by 8 members in the U.S. house.

Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the members for Colorado have changed over time starting in 2008.

Education

In 2022, universities in Prowers County, CO awarded 215 degrees. The student population of Prowers County, CO in 2022 is skewed towards women, with 295 male students and 373 female students.

Most students graduating from Universities in Prowers County, CO are White (127 and 60.2%), followed by Hispanic or Latino (66 and 31.3%), Two or More Races (5 and 2.37%), and American Indian or Alaska Native (5 and 2.37%).

Completions

Concentrations

In 2022, the most common concentation for Associates Degree recipients in Prowers County, CO was N/A with N/A degrees awarded.

This visualization illustrates the percentage of students graduating with a Associates Degree from schools in Prowers County, CO according to their major.

Student Diversity

In N/A, N/A men were awarded degrees from institutions in Prowers County, CO, which is N/A times N/A than the N/A female students who received degrees in the same year.

In 2022 the most common race/ethnicity group awarded degrees at institutions was White students. These 127 degrees mean that there were 1.92 times more degrees awarded to White students then the next closest race/ethnicity group, Hispanic or Latino, with 66 degrees awarded.

Awarded Degrees over Time

The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.

Working Population

Educational Pyramid

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Measure

In N/A, N/A% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while N/A% of women were in the same situation.

This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.

Educational Attainment

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Race

The most common educational levels obtained by the working population in false were N/A.

This visualization illustrates the percentage distribution of the population according to the highest educational level reached. You can filter the data by race by using the selector above.

Housing & Living

The median property value in Prowers County, CO was $150,900 in 2023, which is 0.497 times smaller than the national average of $303,400. Between 2022 and 2023 the median property value increased from $120,200 to $150,900, a 25.5% increase. The homeownership rate in Prowers County, CO is N/A%, which is approximately the same as the national average of 65%.

People in Prowers County, CO have an average commute time of 14.2 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Prowers County, CO is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$150,900

Median Property Value 2023

±$19,397

N/A

Median Property Taxes

±N/A

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Prowers County, CO the largest share of households pay taxes in the N/A range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Prowers County, CO compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

Equity

Income by Location

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The following map shows all of the tracts in Prowers County, CO colored by their Median Household Income (N/A).

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Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$57,601

Median Household Income

± $9,254

4.56k

Number of Households

± 435

The following chart displays the households in Prowers County, CO distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75k - $100k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Prowers County, CO is from Prowers County, CO.

N/A Wage GINI in N/A

In N/A, the income inequality in N/A was N/A according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a N/A N/A from N/A to N/A, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat N/A even. The GINI for N/A was N/A than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed N/A evenly in N/A in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Prowers County, CO across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2023

Drove Alone (83.3%)
Carpooled (6.2%)
Worked At Home (6.19%)

In 2023, 83.3% of workers in Prowers County, CO drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (6.2%) and those who worked at home (6.19%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

14.2 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Prowers County, CO have a shorter commute time (14.2 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.6 minutes). Additionally, 1.75% of the workforce in Prowers County, CO have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Prowers County, CO compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Prowers County, CO distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Prowers County, CO have 2 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

17.2% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Prowers County, CO (1.99k out of 11.6k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.4%. The largest demographic living in poverty are N/A N/A, followed by N/A N/A and then N/A N/A.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Prowers County, CO is Hispanic, followed by White and Two Or More.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Children in Poverty

In 2023, 25.2% of the children was living in poverty in Prowers County, CO. From 2014 to 2023, the indicator declined 6.6%.

The graph shows the trend of the percentage of the children living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals
Florida
4,915 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798. New York has the second highest (5,087), followed by Florida (4,915).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

Uninsured People

10.1%

Uninsured

32.7%

Employer Coverage

31.2%

Medicaid

11.4%

Medicare

11.4%

Non-Group

3.15%

Military or VA

The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Prowers County, CO changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.

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