- Central Peaks
  Chaffee, Custer, Fremont & Park counties
- High Country
  Eagle, Lake, Pitkin & Summit counties
- North
  Larimer & Weld counties
- Northeast
  Cheyenne, Elbert, Kit Carson, Lincoln, Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington & Yuma counties
- Northwest
  Garfield, Grand, Jackson, Mesa, Moffat, Routt & Rio Blanco counties
- San Juan
  Delta, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Montrose, San Miguel & Ouray counties
- San Luis Valley
  Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Mineral, Rio Grande & Saguache counties
- Southeast
  Baca, Bent, Crowley, Huerfano, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero, Prowers & Pueblo counties
- Southwest
  Archuleta, Dolores, La Plata, Montezuma & San Juan counties

San Luis Valley Region: In Focus

By the Numbers

The San Luis Valley Region has a population of 46,027. *
22.5% of people in the San Luis Valley Region are under the poverty line. *
32.7% of children in the San Luis Valley Region are under the poverty line. ***
7.1% of the population in the San Luis Valley Region is under the age of five. *
24.9% of the population in the San Luis Valley Region is under the age of 18. *
14.8% of the population in the San Luis Valley Region is over the age of 65. *
The unemployment rate in the San Luis Valley Region is 8.7%. ****
The average median household income in the San Luis Valley Region is $33,390.50. *
There are 109 nonprofit public charity organizations in the San Luis Valley Region that file annually. **
In 2009, $31,964,091.00 worth of private and government grants were given to the San Luis Valley Region. **
21.7% of the population, 25 years of age or older, in the San Luis Valley Region have earned a bachelor’s degree or higher. *
80.2% of the population, 25 years of age or older, in the San Luis Valley Region have graduated from high school. *

2009 TOP FUNDERS IN THE San luis valley

1	The Colorado Health Foundation	$1,402,783
2	Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation	$430,900
3	Gates Family Foundation	$371,000
4	El Pomar Foundation	$335,600
5	Energy Outreach Colorado	$252,420
6	The Colorado Trust	$188,971
7	Daniels Fund	$131,000
8	Caring for Colorado Foundation	$126,158
9	Boettcher Foundation	$105,500
10	A.V. Hunter Trust	$77,500

*2010 U.S. Census
** National Center for Charitable Statistics, 2009
*** 2011 Kids Count in Colorado!, Colorado Children’s Campaign
****Bureau Labor of Statistics, 2009