- 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

Southwest Region: In Focus

By THE NUMBERS

The Southwest Region has a population of 91,716. *
13.3% of people in the Southwest Region are under the poverty line. *
19.1% of children in the Southwest Region are under the poverty line. ***
5.7% of the population in the Southwest Region is under the age of five. *
21.3% of the population in the Southwest Region is under the age of 18. *
14.0% of the population in the Southwest Region is over the age of 65. *
The unemployment rate in the Southwest Region is 7.1%. ****
The average median household income in the Southwest Region is $44,996.60. *
There are 208 nonprofit public charity organizations in the Southwest Region that file annually. **
In 2009, $55,600,115.00 worth of private and government grants was given to the Southwest Region. **
35.4% of the population, 25 years of age or older, in the Southwest Region have earned a bachelor’s degree or higher. *
91.0% of the population, 25 years of age or older, in the Southwest Region have graduated from high school. *

2009 TOP FUNDERS IN THE Southwest REGION

1	The Colorado Health Foundation	$1,038,438
2	El Pomar Foundation	$493,131
3	Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation	$410,800
4	The Colorado Trust	$386,906
5	Gates Family Foundation	$294,000
6	Caring for Colorado Foundation	$224,273
7	Ballantine Family Fund	$137,650
8	Charles J. Hughes Foundation	$80,013
9	Daniels Fund	$70,000
10	The Helen K and Arthur E. Johnson Foundation	$67,500

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