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

Custer County had the highest high cholesterol in screened adults, local model estimate of 64 counties in 2021, at 38.7%. Adams County had the lowest, at 26.4%. The median was 33.3%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest38.7Custer County
Lowest26.4Adams County
Median33.364 counties

Map of counties, 2021

Adams County: 26.4 %Alamosa County: 31.1 %Arapahoe County: 31.1 %Archuleta County: 37.6 %Baca County: 36.7 %Bent County: 34.1 %Boulder County: 29.2 %Broomfield County: 28.3 %Chaffee County: 35.6 %Cheyenne County: 34.7 %Clear Creek County: 33.1 %Conejos County: 35.3 %Costilla County: 37.9 %Crowley County: 31 %Custer County: 38.7 %Delta County: 38.6 %Denver County: 28.9 %Dolores County: 34.5 %Douglas County: 30.8 %Eagle County: 29.7 %Elbert County: 32.7 %El Paso County: 30.9 %Fremont County: 32.4 %Garfield County: 31.1 %Gilpin County: 33.2 %Grand County: 32.6 %Gunnison County: 27.7 %Hinsdale County: 37.4 %Huerfano County: 38.6 %Jackson County: 36.3 %Jefferson County: 32 %Kiowa County: 36.4 %Kit Carson County: 33.7 %Lake County: 29.4 %La Plata County: 31.7 %Larimer County: 28.7 %Las Animas County: 37.2 %Lincoln County: 32.1 %Logan County: 31.5 %Mesa County: 32 %Mineral County: 36.2 %Moffat County: 33.4 %Montezuma County: 35.6 %Montrose County: 34.8 %Morgan County: 31.3 %Otero County: 34.5 %Ouray County: 37 %Park County: 35.5 %Phillips County: 36.6 %Pitkin County: 30.9 %Prowers County: 33.7 %Pueblo County: 34 %Rio Blanco County: 33 %Rio Grande County: 34.7 %Routt County: 33.2 %Saguache County: 37 %San Juan County: 34.5 %San Miguel County: 31.6 %Sedgwick County: 37.5 %Summit County: 29 %Teller County: 35.2 %Washington County: 33.1 %Weld County: 30.1 %Yuma County: 33.6 %
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%, 2021. 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, 2021

Custer County: 38.7 %Custer County38.7Delta County: 38.6 %Delta County38.6Huerfano County: 38.6 %Huerfano County38.6Costilla County: 37.9 %Costilla County37.9Archuleta County: 37.6 %Archuleta County37.6Sedgwick County: 37.5 %Sedgwick County37.5Hinsdale County: 37.4 %Hinsdale County37.4Las Animas County: 37.2 %Las Animas County37.2Ouray County: 37 %Ouray County37Saguache County: 37 %Saguache County37Baca County: 36.7 %Baca County36.7Phillips County: 36.6 %Phillips County36.6Kiowa County: 36.4 %Kiowa County36.4Jackson County: 36.3 %Jackson County36.3Mineral County: 36.2 %Mineral County36.2Chaffee County: 35.6 %Chaffee County35.6Montezuma County: 35.6 %Montezuma County35.6Park County: 35.5 %Park County35.5Conejos County: 35.3 %Conejos County35.3Teller County: 35.2 %Teller County35.2Montrose County: 34.8 %Montrose County34.8Cheyenne County: 34.7 %Cheyenne County34.7Rio Grande County: 34.7 %Rio Grande County34.7Dolores County: 34.5 %Dolores County34.5Otero County: 34.5 %Otero County34.5San Juan County: 34.5 %San Juan County34.5Bent County: 34.1 %Bent County34.1Pueblo County: 34 %Pueblo County34Kit Carson County: 33.7 %Kit Carson County33.7Prowers County: 33.7 %Prowers County33.7Yuma County: 33.6 %Yuma County33.6Moffat County: 33.4 %Moffat County33.4Gilpin County: 33.2 %Gilpin County33.2Routt County: 33.2 %Routt County33.2Clear Creek County: 33.1 %Clear Creek County33.1Washington County: 33.1 %Washington County33.1Rio Blanco County: 33 %Rio Blanco County33Elbert County: 32.7 %Elbert County32.7Grand County: 32.6 %Grand County32.6Fremont County: 32.4 %Fremont County32.4Custer County: 38.7 %Custer County38.7Delta County: 38.6 %Delta County38.6Huerfano County: 38.6 %Huerfano County38.6Costilla County: 37.9 %Costilla County37.9Archuleta County: 37.6 %Archuleta County37.6Sedgwick County: 37.5 %Sedgwick County37.5Hinsdale County: 37.4 %Hinsdale County37.4Las Animas County: 37.2 %Las Animas County37.2Ouray County: 37 %Ouray County37Saguache County: 37 %Saguache County37Baca County: 36.7 %Baca County36.7Phillips County: 36.6 %Phillips County36.6Kiowa County: 36.4 %Kiowa County36.4Jackson County: 36.3 %Jackson County36.3Mineral County: 36.2 %Mineral County36.2Chaffee County: 35.6 %Chaffee County35.6Montezuma County: 35.6 %Montezuma County35.6Park County: 35.5 %Park County35.5Conejos County: 35.3 %Conejos County35.3Teller County: 35.2 %Teller County35.2Montrose County: 34.8 %Montrose County34.8Cheyenne County: 34.7 %Cheyenne County34.7Rio Grande County: 34.7 %Rio Grande County34.7Dolores County: 34.5 %Dolores County34.5Otero County: 34.5 %Otero County34.5San Juan County: 34.5 %San Juan County34.5Bent County: 34.1 %Bent County34.1Pueblo County: 34 %Pueblo County34Kit Carson County: 33.7 %Kit Carson County33.7Prowers County: 33.7 %Prowers County33.7Yuma County: 33.6 %Yuma County33.6Moffat County: 33.4 %Moffat County33.4Gilpin County: 33.2 %Gilpin County33.2Routt County: 33.2 %Routt County33.2Clear Creek County: 33.1 %Clear Creek County33.1Washington County: 33.1 %Washington County33.1Rio Blanco County: 33 %Rio Blanco County33Elbert County: 32.7 %Elbert County32.7Grand County: 32.6 %Grand County32.6Fremont County: 32.4 %Fremont County32.4
%. 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

RankCounties2021 (%)
1Custer County38.7
2Delta County38.6
2Huerfano County38.6
4Costilla County37.9
5Archuleta County37.6
6Sedgwick County37.5
7Hinsdale County37.4
8Las Animas County37.2
9Ouray County37
9Saguache County37
11Baca County36.7
12Phillips County36.6
13Kiowa County36.4
14Jackson County36.3
15Mineral County36.2
16Chaffee County35.6
16Montezuma County35.6
18Park County35.5
19Conejos County35.3
20Teller County35.2
21Montrose County34.8
22Cheyenne County34.7
22Rio Grande County34.7
24Dolores County34.5
24Otero County34.5
24San Juan County34.5
27Bent County34.1
28Pueblo County34
29Kit Carson County33.7
29Prowers County33.7
31Yuma County33.6
32Moffat County33.4
33Gilpin County33.2
33Routt County33.2
35Clear Creek County33.1
35Washington County33.1
37Rio Blanco County33
38Elbert County32.7
39Grand County32.6
40Fremont County32.4
41Lincoln County32.1
42Jefferson County32
42Mesa County32
44La Plata County31.7
45San Miguel County31.6
46Logan County31.5
47Morgan County31.3
48Alamosa County31.1
48Arapahoe County31.1
48Garfield County31.1
51Crowley County31
52El Paso County30.9
52Pitkin County30.9
54Douglas County30.8
55Weld County30.1
56Eagle County29.7
57Lake County29.4
58Boulder County29.2
59Summit County29
60Denver County28.9
61Larimer County28.7
62Broomfield County28.3
63Gunnison County27.7
64Adams County26.4

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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, 2021) [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, 2021. 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?period=2021. 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, 2021. 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?period=2021.

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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, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/places/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-high-cholesterol-rate-county-estimate/colorado-counties?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Custer County, with 38.7% in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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

Adams County, with 26.4% in 2021.

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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