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Do adults in Colorado expect to be better off in five years?

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Adults in Colorado, 4,751,000 people · 1,000 profiles askedFirst 100 free · Need more?
58%chose “Better”
0%95% interval 55% to 61%100%

Summary

58% of adults in Colorado expect their situation to be Better in five years, compared with 28% who expect it to be About the same.

  1. 1Widest gap · employment: 62 pts — employed adults are higher than adults not in the labor force, and the gap is clear.
  2. 2Widest gap · age: 97 pts — adults aged 25-29 are higher than those aged 70-74, and the gap is clear despite the thinner 70-74 group of 53 profiles.
  3. 3The rest of the answers: 12% and 2% — worse expectations are less common, and few adults are not sure.
  4. 4How it settled: 1 pt — over the last 500 profiles, the Better estimate moved less than its own margin of 3 pts, so the sample had settled.

These are synthetic profiles rather than real people; on 46 multiple-choice questions checked against the 2024 General Social Survey, simulated answers from this population sat a median 24 points from real people's within demographic groups and 16 points nationally.

What people answered

The share choosing each option. The dot is the estimate; the band is the 95% interval.

0%25%50%75%100%
Better
58% 55%–61%
About the same
28% 25%–30%
Worse
12% 10%–14%
Not sure
2% 1%–3%
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How the estimate settled

Each answer's share after every ten profiles; the band is the 95% interval of the leading answer, and it narrows as more people are asked.

10 profiles: 50% (24% to 76%)20 profiles: 65% (43% to 82%)30 profiles: 67% (49% to 81%)40 profiles: 63% (47% to 76%)50 profiles: 64% (50% to 76%)60 profiles: 62% (49% to 73%)70 profiles: 61% (50% to 72%)80 profiles: 63% (52% to 72%)90 profiles: 62% (52% to 72%)100 profiles: 63% (53% to 72%)110 profiles: 61% (52% to 70%)120 profiles: 61% (52% to 69%)130 profiles: 60% (51% to 68%)140 profiles: 60% (52% to 68%)150 profiles: 59% (51% to 66%)160 profiles: 59% (51% to 66%)170 profiles: 59% (52% to 67%)180 profiles: 60% (53% to 67%)190 profiles: 58% (51% to 65%)200 profiles: 59% (52% to 66%)210 profiles: 59% (52% to 65%)220 profiles: 59% (52% to 65%)230 profiles: 59% (53% to 65%)240 profiles: 60% (54% to 66%)250 profiles: 60% (54% to 66%)260 profiles: 61% (55% to 67%)270 profiles: 61% (55% to 66%)280 profiles: 60% (55% to 66%)290 profiles: 61% (55% to 66%)300 profiles: 60% (55% to 66%)310 profiles: 60% (55% to 66%)320 profiles: 60% (55% to 66%)330 profiles: 61% (55% to 66%)340 profiles: 61% (55% to 66%)350 profiles: 61% (56% to 66%)360 profiles: 61% (55% to 65%)370 profiles: 61% (55% to 65%)380 profiles: 60% (55% to 65%)390 profiles: 60% (55% to 65%)400 profiles: 60% (55% to 65%)410 profiles: 60% (55% to 64%)420 profiles: 60% (55% to 64%)430 profiles: 60% (55% to 65%)440 profiles: 59% (55% to 64%)450 profiles: 59% (55% to 64%)460 profiles: 59% (55% to 64%)470 profiles: 60% (55% to 64%)480 profiles: 59% (55% to 64%)490 profiles: 59% (55% to 63%)500 profiles: 59% (55% to 63%)510 profiles: 59% (55% to 63%)520 profiles: 59% (55% to 63%)530 profiles: 59% (55% to 63%)540 profiles: 59% (55% to 64%)550 profiles: 59% (55% to 63%)560 profiles: 59% (55% to 63%)570 profiles: 59% (55% to 63%)580 profiles: 59% (55% to 63%)590 profiles: 59% (55% to 63%)600 profiles: 59% (55% to 63%)610 profiles: 59% (55% to 63%)620 profiles: 59% (55% to 63%)630 profiles: 58% (55% to 62%)640 profiles: 58% (54% to 62%)650 profiles: 58% (54% to 62%)660 profiles: 58% (54% to 62%)670 profiles: 58% (54% to 62%)680 profiles: 58% (54% to 62%)690 profiles: 58% (55% to 62%)700 profiles: 58% (55% to 62%)710 profiles: 58% (54% to 62%)720 profiles: 58% (54% to 61%)730 profiles: 58% (54% to 61%)740 profiles: 58% (54% to 61%)750 profiles: 58% (54% to 61%)760 profiles: 58% (54% to 61%)770 profiles: 58% (54% to 61%)780 profiles: 58% (54% to 61%)790 profiles: 58% (54% to 61%)800 profiles: 58% (54% to 61%)810 profiles: 57% (54% to 61%)820 profiles: 57% (54% to 61%)830 profiles: 57% (54% to 61%)840 profiles: 57% (54% to 61%)850 profiles: 58% (54% to 61%)860 profiles: 58% (54% to 61%)870 profiles: 58% (54% to 61%)880 profiles: 58% (54% to 61%)890 profiles: 57% (54% to 61%)900 profiles: 57% (54% to 61%)910 profiles: 58% (54% to 61%)920 profiles: 58% (55% to 61%)930 profiles: 58% (55% to 61%)940 profiles: 58% (55% to 61%)950 profiles: 58% (55% to 61%)960 profiles: 58% (55% to 61%)970 profiles: 58% (55% to 61%)980 profiles: 58% (55% to 61%)990 profiles: 58% (55% to 61%)1000 profiles: 58% (55% to 61%)
0%50%100%250500750100058%
Better58%
About the same28%
Worse12%
95% interval of “Better”

Who was asked

The make-up of the sample, drawn to match the population asked.

Sex1000 profiles
men 53%women 48%
Employment1000 profiles
employed 66%not in the labor force 31%unemployed 2%armed forces 1%
Education1000 profiles
bachelor's degree 27%high school diploma 21%some college 20%graduate degree 17%associate degree 7%other 7%
Age899 profiles
25-29 12%30-34 11%35-39 10%40-44 10%20-24 9%other 47%

Why they answered this way

Collecting a few of the people's reasons…

Who answered what

Share answering “Better”, by the attributes of the people asked, against everyone (the vertical line). Groups with few profiles have wide intervals.

Biggest gaps

On each attribute, the group that answered lowest and the one that answered highest, and the gap between them. Groups of at least ten profiles.

  1. Age97 pts
    70-74 0%25-29 97%
  2. Employment62 pts
    not in the labor force 16%employed 77%
  3. Education36 pts
    less than 9th grade 32%bachelor's degree 69%
  4. Sex7 pts · within the margin
    women 54%men 61%

Sex

0%25%50%75%100%
men
61% 57%–65%
women
54% 50%–59%
estimate 95% interval everyone

Employment

0%25%50%75%100%
employed
77% 74%–80%
not in the labor force
16% 12%–20%
unemployed
59% 39%–77%
armed forces
100% 68%–100%
estimate 95% interval everyone

Education

0%25%50%75%100%
bachelor's degree
69% 63%–74%
high school diploma
53% 46%–59%
some college
54% 47%–61%
graduate degree
60% 52%–67%
associate degree
55% 43%–66%
less than 9th grade
32% 20%–49%
some high school
54% 38%–70%
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Age

0%25%50%75%100%
15-19
93% 81%–97%
20-24
94% 87%–97%
25-29
97% 92%–99%
30-34
89% 82%–94%
35-39
91% 84%–96%
40-44
74% 64%–82%
45-49
75% 63%–83%
50-54
59% 47%–70%
55-59
28% 18%–40%
60-64
16% 9%–26%
65-69
1% 0%–8%
70-74
0% 0%–7%
estimate 95% interval everyone

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How this was computed

Populationadults in Colorado, 4,751,000 peopleQuestion as asked“Five years from now, do you expect your overall situation to be better or worse than it is today?”
Options: Better · About the same · Worse · Not sureSample1,000 profiles drawn in a fixed representative order from the population; asking more extends the same sample rather than starting overMethodEach profile answers in character from its own attributes. Answers outside the format are discarded before counting.AccuracyThe interval reflects sampling variation in the simulated sample. On 46 multiple-choice questions checked against the 2024 General Social Survey, simulated answers from this population sat a median 24 points from real people's within demographic groups and 16 points nationally. Every checkAssumptionsThe phrase “better off” is interpreted as the respondent’s overall situation because no specific domain was named.

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