A NATIONAL DATA SYSTEM PUBLICATION2024 ACS · FIVE-YEAR EDITION
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How do two states really compare?

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31 MEASURES. TWO PERSPECTIVES.

Colorado & Delaware

MEASURECOLORADODELAWAREDIFFERENCE · FIRST MINUS SECOND
Population ↗Reported count5,957,494#21 of 50 states1,051,917#45 of 50 states+4,905,577
Housing units ↗Reported count2,491,404#21 of 50 states448,735#45 of 50 states+2,042,669
Vacant housing units ↗Reported count182,219#28 of 50 states64,111#43 of 50 states+118,108
Reported monthly rent ↗Dollars$1,822#46 of 50 states$1,530#34 of 50 states+$292
Employed residents ↗Reported count3,182,088#19 of 50 states508,349#45 of 50 states+2,673,739
Unemployed residents ↗Reported count142,180#19 of 50 states27,357#41 of 50 states+114,823
Armed Forces personnel ↗Reported count43,781#9 of 50 states4,829#37 of 50 states+38,952
Residents outside the labor force ↗Reported count1,533,908#23 of 50 states322,868#44 of 50 states+1,211,040
Public transportation commuters ↗Reported count54,630#15 of 50 states11,740#32 of 50 states+42,890
Residents working from home ↗Reported count629,420#13 of 50 states64,492#44 of 50 states+564,928
Mean commute time ↗Minutes25.7 min#24 of 50 states26.8 min#36 of 50 states−1.1 min
Median household income ↗Dollars$97,113#8 of 50 states$87,534#13 of 50 states+$9,579
Per capita income ↗Dollars$54,531#4 of 50 states$45,438#18 of 50 states+$9,093
Mean household income ↗Dollars$131,072#8 of 50 states$114,291#17 of 50 states+$16,781
Reported SNAP receipt ↗Reported count221,900#26 of 50 states41,214#43 of 50 states+180,686
Reported Social Security income ↗Reported count643,920#24 of 50 states157,858#44 of 50 states+486,062
Reported retirement income ↗Reported count557,730#23 of 50 states141,559#43 of 50 states+416,171
Reported SSI receipt ↗Reported count77,952#30 of 50 states20,017#45 of 50 states+57,935
Reported cash public assistance ↗Reported count54,436#19 of 50 states8,714#47 of 50 states+45,722
Residents with health insurance ↗Reported count5,395,201#22 of 50 states965,746#45 of 50 states+4,429,455
Residents without health insurance ↗Reported count463,722#19 of 50 states71,608#44 of 50 states+392,114
Private health insurance ↗Reported count4,146,783#22 of 50 states723,573#45 of 50 states+3,423,210
Public health insurance ↗Reported count1,886,074#26 of 50 states413,752#45 of 50 states+1,472,322
Private wage workers ↗Reported count2,485,684#21 of 50 states402,254#45 of 50 states+2,083,430
Government workers ↗Reported count494,397#16 of 50 states81,333#45 of 50 states+413,064
Self-employed workers ↗Reported count194,884#17 of 50 states24,376#48 of 50 states+170,508
White non-Hispanic population ↗Reported count3,789,553#21 of 50 states595,235#46 of 50 states+3,194,318
Black or African American population ↗Reported count235,585#31 of 50 states225,206#32 of 50 states+10,379
American Indian & Alaska Native population ↗Reported count22,506#18 of 50 states830#50 of 50 states+21,676
Asian population ↗Reported count203,023#21 of 50 states50,610#37 of 50 states+152,413
Hispanic or Latino population ↗Reported count1,382,948#8 of 50 states122,813#40 of 50 states+1,260,135

Ranks follow each measure’s default order. Counts reflect state size as well as the underlying condition; higher is not automatically better. State comparisons describe separate populations, not the same household across measures.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 ACS 5-Year Estimates. Supplied extract; descriptive ranks across 50 states.

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