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Adams County, CO

People
Population	530,225	B01003
Population, 2020 census	519,572	P1
Median age	34.8	B01002
Under 18	24.9%	B01001
65 and over	11.3%	B01001
Households	188,730	B11001
Foreign born	15.6%	B05002

Money
Median household income	$94,571	B19013
Median family income	$109,673	B19113
Per capita income	$42,206	B19301
Poverty rate	9.8%	B17001
Unemployment rate	4.6%	B23025
Civilian labor force	297,883	B23025
Mean commute (minutes)	29.8	B08013

Education
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.0%	B15003

Housing
Housing units	195,793	B25001
Owner-occupied	68.6%	B25003
Renters	31.4%	B25003
Median home value	$484,200	B25077
Median gross rent	$1,781	B25064

Race and ethnicity
White, not Hispanic	45.2%	B03002
Black	3.3%	B03002
Hispanic or Latino	42.8%	B03002
Asian	3.8%	B03002
American Indian and Alaska Native	0.3%	B03002

Figures from the 2020-2024 American Community Survey five-year estimates (table codes link to the same table for this area at data.census.gov) and the 2020 census (P1), via IPUMS NHGIS. Estimates for small areas carry wide margins of error; a tract's figures describe its residents, not any one organization.

Against the state: median household income here is 99% of Colorado's ($95,470); poverty 9.8% against 9.4%; 9.0% of the state's people live here.

Census tracts

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Places in the county

Thornton 144,187 · median household income $103,088
Commerce City 66,445 · median household income $111,972
Brighton 42,059 · median household income $107,679
Northglenn 38,014 · median household income $84,030
Sherrelwood 18,692 · median household income $75,327
Welby 16,197 · median household income $80,026
Federal Heights 14,125 · median household income $56,597
Berkley 10,789 · median household income $84,637
Derby 8,453 · median household income $82,138
Twin Lakes CDP (Adams County) 8,030 · median household income $95,583
Shaw Heights 5,565 · median household income $86,250
Todd Creek 5,379 · median household income $194,362
Bennett 3,663 · median household income $107,736
North Washington 294 · median household income $-666,666,666

FURP records in Adams County, CO

Records	How many	Total	Biggest
Nonprofits	2,856	$8,495,738,951 revenue (latest return)	KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN OF COLORADO ($4,484,971,120)
Nonprofit contractors	307	$3,067,801,517 paid by nonprofits	UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO MEDICINE ($1,059,326,263)
Colleges and schools	6	36,304 enrollment	Front Range Community College (21,096)
Form D issuers	135	$1,799,505,803 amount sold	MycoTechnology, Inc. ($296,813,691)
Political committees	63		DOHERTY FOR US HOUSE
Form 5500 plan sponsors	886	1,001 plans	GRAND AUTO, INC. (8)
Open Payments recipients	749	$5,877,476 industry payments	INTERNATIONAL SPINE STUDY GROUP FOU NDATION ($2,446,143)
Food recall firms	3	4 recalls	Secrets Of The Tribe (2)
Patent and trademark owners	1,064	2,281 patents and marks	Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. (49)
IPO registrants	8	118 filings	Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. (42)
Federal award recipients	20,359	$19,658,551,652 federal awards	RAYTHEON COMPANY ($7,209,766,884)
State business registrations	1,289		SPIRITED VENTURE USA LLC

Cross-reference: 2,856 nonprofits for 530,225 residents is 53.9 per 10,000 people; their latest-year revenue of $8,495,738,951 is $16,023 per resident, 47.6% of all household income here (households at the median income).

Highest-paid people on nonprofit returns here

#	Name	Title	Organization	Pay	Year	Times the median household income
1	Jena Hausmann	Chief Executive Officer	CHILDRENS HOSPITAL COLORADO HEALTH SYSTEM	$4,286,194	2024	45.3x
2	Michael Ramseier	Region President - CO	KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN OF COLORADO	$2,817,773	2024	29.8x
3	JEFF HARRINGTON	EX-OFFICIO, CFO CHCO	CHILDRENS HOSPITAL COLORADO	$1,453,670	2023	15.4x
4	Jeffrey Harrington	Corporate Treasurer	CHILDRENS HOSPITAL COLORADO HEALTH SYSTEM	$1,379,706	2024	14.6x
5	RICK LINDSEY	EXECUTIVE DIR.	NORTHGLENN AMBULANCE INC	$1,348,898	2024	14.3x
6	Roland Lyon	Regional President - Colorado	KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN OF COLORADO	$1,270,076	2023	13.4x
7	Dana Moore	SVP and CIO	CHILDRENS HOSPITAL COLORADO	$1,056,222	2023	11.2x
8	Mark Gabriel	President and Chief Execut	UNITED POWER INC	$994,200	2025	10.5x
9	Raphe Schwartz	SVP and Chief Strategy Officer	CHILDRENS HOSPITAL COLORADO	$993,830	2024	10.5x
10	Kelli Kane	VP, Ambulatory Operations	KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN OF COLORADO	$982,226	2024	10.4x

Each person's latest year on a 990 at a nonprofit placed here (reported pay including related organizations and other compensation); people paid under $50,000 are left out. The median household income here is $94,571.

Nonprofits: biggest by revenue (latest return)

KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN OF COLORADO Aurora, CO · $4,484,971,120
CHILDRENS HOSPITAL COLORADO Aurora, CO · $2,014,273,578
UNITED POWER INC Brighton, CO · $437,797,222
REGIS UNIVERSITY Denver, CO · $182,539,610
FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES Aurora, CO · $175,976,147
CHILDRENS HOSPITAL COLORADO HEALTH SYSTEM Aurora, CO · $121,793,900
AURORA COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER INC Aurora, CO · $101,947,044
CHILDRENS HOSPITAL COLORADO Aurora, CO · $76,431,633
AMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND Denver, CO · $66,504,283
NATIONAL TRUST FOR LOCAL NEWS Brighton, CO · $53,039,103

Nonprofit contractors: biggest by paid by nonprofits

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO MEDICINE Aurora, CO · $1,059,326,263
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL COLORADO Aurora, CO · $606,316,191
UNIVERSITY PHYSICIANS INC Aurora, CO · $333,011,800
TRI-STATE G&T Denver, CO · $112,741,495
COMMUNITY REACH CENTER Thornton, CO · $104,477,749
CHILDRENS HOSPITAL COLORADO Aurora, CO · $104,167,703
RR Donnelley & Sons Co Aurora, CO · $85,834,360
COMMUNITY REACH CENTER SYSTEMS Westminster, CO · $82,686,477
WESTERN UNITED ELECTRIC SUPPLY Brighton, CO · $58,778,682
THE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION Aurora, CO · $48,750,967

Colleges and schools: biggest by enrollment

Front Range Community College Westminster, CO · 21,096
Community College of Aurora Aurora, CO · 8,684
Regis University Denver, CO · 4,631
Pickens Technical College Aurora, CO · 1,025
Pima Medical Institute-Denver Denver, CO · 764
Empire Beauty School-Thornton Thornton, CO · 104

Form D issuers: biggest by amount sold

MycoTechnology, Inc. Aurora, CO · $296,813,691
TriSalus Life Sciences, Inc. Westminster, CO · $159,166,808
Outrider Technologies, Inc. Brighton, CO · $141,844,152
Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. Thornton, CO · $109,400,004
KryptonQ LTD. Aurora, CO · $100,000,000
FORGE NANO, INC. Thornton, CO · $91,450,855
Maybell Quantum Industries, Inc. Denver, CO · $71,799,934
LivWell Holdings, Inc. Thornton, CO · $59,168,383
Taiga Biotechnologies, Inc. Aurora, CO · $53,505,642
TriSalus Life Sciences, Inc. Westminster, CO · $40,855,004

Political committees

ALLCORN FOR COLORADO Westminster, CO
AMERICAN DREAM FOR ALL PAC Commerce City, CO
ANDREW BEEN Denver, CO
ANTHONY MALGIERI FOR CONGRESS Thornton, CO
BOB HAGEDORN FOR CONGRESS Aurora, CO
BRASHAD HASLEY FOR US SENATE Aurora, CO
CITIZENS AGAINST SKAGGS Denver, CO
COLORADANS FOR DAVID SKAGGS Westminster, CO
COMMITTEE TO ELECT CLINTON R. DALE TO US SENATE Commerce City, CO
COMMITTEE TO ELECT ENGEL FOR CONGRESS Westminster, CO

Open Payments recipients: biggest by industry payments

INTERNATIONAL SPINE STUDY GROUP FOU NDATION Brighton, CO · $2,446,143
GARETH R WEINER Thornton, CO · $381,862
JOSHUA STEINBERG Northglenn, CO · $265,672
DARRYL ALLEN AUSTON Thornton, CO · $191,744
JACOB CARL LEWIS RUMLEY Thornton, CO · $179,121
Michael Janssen Thornton, CO · $172,755
FARSHAD FARNEJAD Thornton, CO · $94,869
INTERNATIONAL SPINE STUDY GROUP Brighton, CO · $90,524
ERIC C KUHLMAN Thornton, CO · $86,818
TEAL J MEFFORD Thornton, CO · $62,745

Food recall firms: biggest by recalls

Secrets Of The Tribe Commerce City, CO · 2
Epicurean Butter Co. Thornton, CO · 1
Speedy Foods LLC Commerce City, CO · 1

Patent and trademark owners: biggest by patents and marks

Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. Thornton, CO · 49
Secrets of the Tribe Commerce City, CO · 45
Sashco, Inc. Brighton, CO · 40
Rangeview Library District Thornton, CO · 32
RECHAR INC Brighton, CO · 27
Outrider Technologies, Inc. Brighton, CO · 26
SAFETY PRODUCTS ENGINEERING GROUP, INC. Commerce City, CO · 20
HerbEra Commerce City, CO · 18
Forge Nano, Inc. Thornton, CO · 17
Lee Soap Company, Inc. Commerce City, CO · 17

IPO registrants: biggest by filings

Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. Thornton, CO · 42
TriSalus Life Sciences, Inc. Westminster, CO · 27
DIGITALGLOBE, INC. Westminster, CO · 13
Concrete Pumping Holdings, Inc. Thornton, CO · 12
MYR GROUP INC. Thornton, CO · 11
Monarch America, Inc. Westminster, CO · 6
Wattles Acquisition Corp Thornton, CO · 4
ARETE INDUSTRIES INC Westminster, CO · 3

Federal award recipients: biggest by federal awards

RAYTHEON COMPANY Aurora, CO · $7,209,766,884
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO Aurora, CO · $5,857,089,914
KIEWIT-TURNER A JOINT VENTURE Aurora, CO · $774,465,846
FRONT RANGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE Westminster, CO · $466,572,573
ADAMS, COUNTY OF Brighton, CO · $333,535,885
UNITED POWER, INC. Brighton, CO · $261,735,422
MAIKER HOUSING PARTNERS Westminster, CO · $242,888,377
NEXGEN TECHNOLOGIES INC. Westminster, CO · $188,955,861
MARATHON MEDICAL CORPORATION Aurora, CO · $181,526,367
STATE BOARD FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND OCCUPATIONAL EDUCATION Aurora, CO · $163,009,572

All 107 tracts

Every tract with its figures is in the CSV and GeoJSON downloads.

Tract	Population	Median household income	Poverty rate	Median age
Census Tract 85.38	15,073	$161,313	5.2%	33.8
Census Tract 85.40	10,799	$165,386	3.5%	38.2
Census Tract 85.59	9,257	$121,717	7.1%	33.3
Census Tract 85.24	8,976	$142,096	2.1%	36.6
Census Tract 85.50	8,191	$118,438	6.6%	36.2
Census Tract 85.33	8,063	$85,322	5.8%	31.6
Census Tract 83.54	7,963	$128,838	2.4%	30.7
Census Tract 601	7,702	$119,457	4.3%	40.0
Census Tract 85.26	7,537	$120,580	2.0%	36.8
Census Tract 85.65	7,285	$76,618	10.5%	35.5
Census Tract 93.18	7,233	$61,731	22.0%	25.3
Census Tract 93.16	7,145	$51,424	27.0%	35.6
Census Tract 91.04	7,108	$97,577	5.7%	31.0
Census Tract 85.05	7,106	$97,083	14.5%	37.1
Census Tract 87.09	6,869	$65,329	26.7%	40.6
Census Tract 79	6,735	$76,688	21.6%	30.0
Census Tract 85.55	6,634	$68,165	11.8%	30.0
Census Tract 92.04	6,591	$94,583	15.1%	36.9
Census Tract 82	6,582	$116,961	15.1%	33.3
Census Tract 85.62	6,565	$148,455	10.6%	34.2
Census Tract 83.08	6,518	$58,523	25.6%	27.9
Census Tract 96.03	6,437	$55,699	18.5%	36.1
Census Tract 86.06	6,384	$80,813	6.8%	35.5
Census Tract 85.45	6,373	$142,717	1.7%	41.3
Census Tract 85.07	6,320	$110,938	4.2%	37.8
Census Tract 85.06	6,154	$60,086	11.8%	30.8
Census Tract 85.56	6,068	$123,083	2.0%	37.7
Census Tract 93.25	6,010	$94,317	7.2%	34.9
Census Tract 84.01	6,005	$107,661	5.5%	37.1
Census Tract 85.44	5,998	$138,032	6.3%	31.5
Census Tract 85.53	5,832	$143,148	6.8%	38.2
Census Tract 85.08	5,787	$79,984	0.1%	36.6
Census Tract 94.09	5,728	$129,510	3.8%	40.9
Census Tract 88.01	5,651	$75,714	12.5%	26.8
Census Tract 84.02	5,636	$111,806	9.1%	33.4
Census Tract 80	5,597	$93,167	9.8%	36.4
Census Tract 87.05	5,590	$58,564	20.2%	30.3
Census Tract 90.04	5,578	$67,388	20.2%	31.8
Census Tract 93.04	5,524	$66,789	10.2%	37.3
Census Tract 85.52	5,493	$95,268	13.0%	31.5
Census Tract 93.10	5,474	$70,990	16.6%	29.9
Census Tract 94.07	5,370	$78,038	9.2%	33.4
Census Tract 90.01	5,341	$80,896	19.6%	35.4
Census Tract 95.02	5,276	$117,303	12.7%	33.4
Census Tract 93.22	5,133	$85,101	8.2%	32.0
Census Tract 600.02	5,127	$168,108	3.2%	37.5
Census Tract 85.61	5,113	$142,639	2.7%	57.3
Census Tract 85.36	5,093	$150,243	2.7%	40.0
Census Tract 85.49	5,032	$143,819	1.1%	33.8
Census Tract 93.27	4,962	$84,688	10.5%	36.6
Census Tract 83.55	4,830	$84,250	7.4%	33.8
Census Tract 85.58	4,811	$142,015	0.0%	31.5
Census Tract 85.35	4,774	$119,118	4.4%	32.4
Census Tract 602	4,770	$80,898	8.6%	36.7
Census Tract 92.07	4,764	$87,153	6.1%	32.3
Census Tract 94.08	4,742	$151,250	4.6%	44.3
Census Tract 87.06	4,731	$45,475	9.5%	38.5
Census Tract 85.63	4,537	$150,469	2.0%	32.1
Census Tract 94.01	4,529	$110,491	12.3%	36.9
Census Tract 86.04	4,519	$109,167	4.7%	32.3
Census Tract 91.03	4,484	$69,679	11.5%	29.3
Census Tract 90.03	4,460	$95,710	6.6%	37.0
Census Tract 94.06	4,414	$103,839	9.5%	36.0
Census Tract 93.21	4,351	$60,188	21.7%	30.4
Census Tract 92.02	4,340	$90,656	5.5%	31.4
Census Tract 92.03	4,328	$71,146	15.1%	28.3
Census Tract 78.02	4,323	$52,859	29.9%	26.7
Census Tract 612	4,271	$160,517	3.0%	38.4
Census Tract 91.01	4,258	$101,477	3.8%	34.0
Census Tract 85.34	4,213	$104,803	2.8%	40.3
Census Tract 93.08	4,198	$74,404	7.7%	35.4
Census Tract 96.07	4,185	$70,673	11.1%	37.7
Census Tract 93.06	4,131	$98,000	10.8%	40.1
Census Tract 78.01	4,108	$49,202	25.2%	33.6
Census Tract 86.05	4,099	$103,531	9.7%	38.9
Census Tract 88.02	4,046	$72,529	5.4%	38.1
Census Tract 93.09	3,946	$75,046	12.4%	33.5
Census Tract 97.51	3,884	$66,306	18.0%	30.8
Census Tract 83.09	3,865	$72,115	20.8%	28.9
Census Tract 96.04	3,849	$49,295	25.8%	42.3
Census Tract 93.07	3,628	$71,813	4.3%	31.8
Census Tract 95.53	3,587	$94,547	6.9%	35.8
Census Tract 85.46	3,468	$92,093	3.0%	33.7
Census Tract 85.47	3,451	$109,798	3.1%	32.0
Census Tract 93.23	3,434	$72,298	16.7%	36.8
Census Tract 95.01	3,184	$66,528	3.0%	34.0
Census Tract 97.52	3,179	$90,531	8.8%	35.2
Census Tract 94.10	3,140	$172,083	4.9%	44.9
Census Tract 94.11	3,133	$103,702	8.2%	38.4
Census Tract 96.06	3,092	$81,359	19.1%	36.0
Census Tract 600.01	2,974	$106,458	5.2%	32.0
Census Tract 93.20	2,965	$47,126	16.4%	38.7
Census Tract 85.54	2,912	$73,869	5.6%	43.5
Census Tract 96.08	2,829	$94,875	4.4%	38.4
Census Tract 93.26	2,487	$102,356	3.2%	49.3
Census Tract 89.01	2,485	$103,140	7.5%	41.5
Census Tract 85.60	2,470	$225,000	1.2%	43.9
Census Tract 93.19	2,409	$53,312	27.9%	35.6
Census Tract 150	2,323	$66,912	7.2%	44.4
Census Tract 92.06	2,251	$102,983	3.2%	39.7
Census Tract 85.51	1,916	$155,074	13.1%	41.2
Census Tract 86.03	1,881	$70,398	21.4%	32.0
Census Tract 81	1,676	$49,500	44.1%	31.5
Census Tract 85.48	1,604	$100,625	6.0%	35.2
Census Tract 85.64	1,598	$150,652	5.7%	35.7
Census Tract 85.57	1,371	$123,750	2.7%	35.9
Census Tract 9887	0	$-666,666,666	-	-666666666.0

Census figures are from IPUMS NHGIS: the American Community Survey 2020-2024 five-year estimates (ACS table codes shown with each figure) and the 2020 decennial census (Demographic and Housing Characteristics), by state, county, place and census tract. FURP records are placed by ZIP code (the Census Bureau's 2020 ZCTA-to-county and ZCTA-to-tract relationship files: the county or tract holding most of the ZIP's land) and by city name (Census place names, normalized), so a record's tract is its ZIP's main tract, not its street's. Cite: Jonathan Schroeder, David Van Riper, Steven Manson, Grace Cooper, Zachary Krause, Tracy Kugler, Tsu Zhu, and Steven Ruggles. IPUMS National Historical Geographic Information System: Version 21.0 [dataset]. Minneapolis, MN: IPUMS. 2026. http://doi.org/10.18128/D050.V21.0