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Counties in Colorado by high cholesterol in screened adults, local model estimate, 2023

Custer County had the highest high cholesterol in screened adults, local model estimate of 64 counties in 2023, at 40.3%. Denver County had the lowest, at 28.2%. The median was 34.7%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest40.3Custer County
Lowest28.2Denver County
Median34.764 counties

Map of counties, 2023

Adams County: 31 %Alamosa County: 31.9 %Arapahoe County: 30.3 %Archuleta County: 38.2 %Baca County: 37.7 %Bent County: 35.2 %Boulder County: 29.9 %Broomfield County: 31.6 %Chaffee County: 35.6 %Cheyenne County: 36.4 %Clear Creek County: 34.6 %Conejos County: 35.7 %Costilla County: 38.9 %Crowley County: 31.4 %Custer County: 40.3 %Delta County: 38.2 %Denver County: 28.2 %Dolores County: 36.2 %Douglas County: 31.4 %Eagle County: 31.4 %Elbert County: 34.4 %El Paso County: 33.1 %Fremont County: 34.7 %Garfield County: 32 %Gilpin County: 34.7 %Grand County: 34.5 %Gunnison County: 29.5 %Hinsdale County: 38.3 %Huerfano County: 40.2 %Jackson County: 38.8 %Jefferson County: 33.3 %Kiowa County: 37.5 %Kit Carson County: 35.3 %Lake County: 31.3 %La Plata County: 33.2 %Larimer County: 30.3 %Las Animas County: 36.4 %Lincoln County: 33.7 %Logan County: 33.9 %Mesa County: 31.8 %Mineral County: 37.5 %Moffat County: 34.8 %Montezuma County: 35.1 %Montrose County: 36.4 %Morgan County: 33.5 %Otero County: 36.7 %Ouray County: 38.5 %Park County: 37 %Phillips County: 35.5 %Pitkin County: 34.4 %Prowers County: 34.4 %Pueblo County: 32.1 %Rio Blanco County: 33.5 %Rio Grande County: 35.8 %Routt County: 33.7 %Saguache County: 39.4 %San Juan County: 35.3 %San Miguel County: 33.7 %Sedgwick County: 38.2 %Summit County: 29.9 %Teller County: 37.3 %Washington County: 35.7 %Weld County: 31.1 %Yuma County: 34.2 %
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%, 2023. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh and later releases), high cholesterol in screened adults, crude prevalence. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2023

Custer County: 40.3 %Custer County40.3Huerfano County: 40.2 %Huerfano County40.2Saguache County: 39.4 %Saguache County39.4Costilla County: 38.9 %Costilla County38.9Jackson County: 38.8 %Jackson County38.8Ouray County: 38.5 %Ouray County38.5Hinsdale County: 38.3 %Hinsdale County38.3Archuleta County: 38.2 %Archuleta County38.2Delta County: 38.2 %Delta County38.2Sedgwick County: 38.2 %Sedgwick County38.2Baca County: 37.7 %Baca County37.7Kiowa County: 37.5 %Kiowa County37.5Mineral County: 37.5 %Mineral County37.5Teller County: 37.3 %Teller County37.3Park County: 37 %Park County37Otero County: 36.7 %Otero County36.7Cheyenne County: 36.4 %Cheyenne County36.4Las Animas County: 36.4 %Las Animas County36.4Montrose County: 36.4 %Montrose County36.4Dolores County: 36.2 %Dolores County36.2Rio Grande County: 35.8 %Rio Grande County35.8Conejos County: 35.7 %Conejos County35.7Washington County: 35.7 %Washington County35.7Chaffee County: 35.6 %Chaffee County35.6Phillips County: 35.5 %Phillips County35.5Kit Carson County: 35.3 %Kit Carson County35.3San Juan County: 35.3 %San Juan County35.3Bent County: 35.2 %Bent County35.2Montezuma County: 35.1 %Montezuma County35.1Moffat County: 34.8 %Moffat County34.8Fremont County: 34.7 %Fremont County34.7Gilpin County: 34.7 %Gilpin County34.7Clear Creek County: 34.6 %Clear Creek County34.6Grand County: 34.5 %Grand County34.5Elbert County: 34.4 %Elbert County34.4Pitkin County: 34.4 %Pitkin County34.4Prowers County: 34.4 %Prowers County34.4Yuma County: 34.2 %Yuma County34.2Logan County: 33.9 %Logan County33.9Lincoln County: 33.7 %Lincoln County33.7Custer County: 40.3 %Custer County40.3Huerfano County: 40.2 %Huerfano County40.2Saguache County: 39.4 %Saguache County39.4Costilla County: 38.9 %Costilla County38.9Jackson County: 38.8 %Jackson County38.8Ouray County: 38.5 %Ouray County38.5Hinsdale County: 38.3 %Hinsdale County38.3Archuleta County: 38.2 %Archuleta County38.2Delta County: 38.2 %Delta County38.2Sedgwick County: 38.2 %Sedgwick County38.2Baca County: 37.7 %Baca County37.7Kiowa County: 37.5 %Kiowa County37.5Mineral County: 37.5 %Mineral County37.5Teller County: 37.3 %Teller County37.3Park County: 37 %Park County37Otero County: 36.7 %Otero County36.7Cheyenne County: 36.4 %Cheyenne County36.4Las Animas County: 36.4 %Las Animas County36.4Montrose County: 36.4 %Montrose County36.4Dolores County: 36.2 %Dolores County36.2Rio Grande County: 35.8 %Rio Grande County35.8Conejos County: 35.7 %Conejos County35.7Washington County: 35.7 %Washington County35.7Chaffee County: 35.6 %Chaffee County35.6Phillips County: 35.5 %Phillips County35.5Kit Carson County: 35.3 %Kit Carson County35.3San Juan County: 35.3 %San Juan County35.3Bent County: 35.2 %Bent County35.2Montezuma County: 35.1 %Montezuma County35.1Moffat County: 34.8 %Moffat County34.8Fremont County: 34.7 %Fremont County34.7Gilpin County: 34.7 %Gilpin County34.7Clear Creek County: 34.6 %Clear Creek County34.6Grand County: 34.5 %Grand County34.5Elbert County: 34.4 %Elbert County34.4Pitkin County: 34.4 %Pitkin County34.4Prowers County: 34.4 %Prowers County34.4Yuma County: 34.2 %Yuma County34.2Logan County: 33.9 %Logan County33.9Lincoln County: 33.7 %Lincoln County33.7
%. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh and later releases), high cholesterol in screened adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2023 (%)
1Custer County40.3
2Huerfano County40.2
3Saguache County39.4
4Costilla County38.9
5Jackson County38.8
6Ouray County38.5
7Hinsdale County38.3
8Archuleta County38.2
8Delta County38.2
8Sedgwick County38.2
11Baca County37.7
12Kiowa County37.5
12Mineral County37.5
14Teller County37.3
15Park County37
16Otero County36.7
17Cheyenne County36.4
17Las Animas County36.4
17Montrose County36.4
20Dolores County36.2
21Rio Grande County35.8
22Conejos County35.7
22Washington County35.7
24Chaffee County35.6
25Phillips County35.5
26Kit Carson County35.3
26San Juan County35.3
28Bent County35.2
29Montezuma County35.1
30Moffat County34.8
31Fremont County34.7
31Gilpin County34.7
33Clear Creek County34.6
34Grand County34.5
35Elbert County34.4
35Pitkin County34.4
35Prowers County34.4
38Yuma County34.2
39Logan County33.9
40Lincoln County33.7
40Routt County33.7
40San Miguel County33.7
43Morgan County33.5
43Rio Blanco County33.5
45Jefferson County33.3
46La Plata County33.2
47El Paso County33.1
48Pueblo County32.1
49Garfield County32
50Alamosa County31.9
51Mesa County31.8
52Broomfield County31.6
53Crowley County31.4
53Douglas County31.4
53Eagle County31.4
56Lake County31.3
57Weld County31.1
58Adams County31
59Arapahoe County30.3
59Larimer County30.3
61Boulder County29.9
61Summit County29.9
63Gunnison County29.5
64Denver County28.2

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About this ranking

Percentage of adults who have ever had their cholesterol checked and were told by a doctor, nurse or other health professional that it was high. Model-based estimate for adults aged 18 and over from CDC PLACES. Crude prevalence, not age-adjusted.

US counties and cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). CDC PLACES combines Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) answers with local population data through multilevel regression and poststratification, so a county or city value is a model estimate, not a survey count. The year is the BRFSS survey year, not the release year. CDC says the method does not support tracking change in a place over time, and each annual release can change the model, so values for different years are not strictly comparable. A state is missing in a year when its BRFSS data did not meet standards (Kentucky and Pennsylvania in 2023, Florida in 2021). Connecticut counties appear as its nine planning regions from 2021; its eight former counties are not served. The question is asked in odd years only.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh and later releases), high cholesterol in screened adults, crude prevalence. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Retrieved 2026-10-12. These data are available free from CDC. Use does not imply endorsement by CDC, ATSDR, HHS or the United States Government.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2025). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh and later releases), high cholesterol in screened adults, crude prevalence (Counties in Colorado by high cholesterol in screened adults, local model estimate, 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.cdc.gov/places/

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PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh and later releases), high cholesterol in screened adults, crude prevalence, Counties in Colorado by high cholesterol in screened adults, local model estimate, 2023. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4 Dec. 2025, https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-high-cholesterol-rate-county-estimate/colorado-counties. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2025. PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh and later releases), high cholesterol in screened adults, crude prevalence. Counties in Colorado by high cholesterol in screened adults, local model estimate, 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-high-cholesterol-rate-county-estimate/colorado-counties.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2025) PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh and later releases), high cholesterol in screened adults, crude prevalence, Counties in Colorado by high cholesterol in screened adults, local model estimate, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/places/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-high-cholesterol-rate-county-estimate/colorado-counties (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest high cholesterol in screened adults, local model estimate?

Custer County, with 40.3% in 2023, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Which county has the lowest high cholesterol in screened adults, local model estimate?

Denver County, with 28.2% in 2023.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh and later releases), high cholesterol in screened adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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