Do adults in Colorado feel their financial situation is better than a year ago?

Adults in Colorado, 4,751,000 people · 1,000 profiles askedFirst 100 free · Need more?

36%chose “Somewhat worse”

0%95% interval 33% to 39%100%

Summary

36% of adults in Colorado said “Somewhat worse,” compared with 32% who said “About the same.” Their intervals overlap, so the sample cannot put those two answers in order.

1Widest gap · sex: 13 pts — women were higher than men on “Somewhat worse,” and the gap is clear.
2The interval: 33% to 39% — the interval around “Somewhat worse” overlaps the interval for “About the same,” leaving the leading answer inside the margin.
3The spread: 24% to 36% — the three most common answers run from “Somewhat better” to “Somewhat worse,” rather than concentrating at either extreme.
4How it settled: 1 pt — over the last 500 profiles, the 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 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%

Somewhat worse

36% 33%–39%

About the same

32% 29%–35%

Somewhat better

25% 22%–27%

Much worse

6% 5%–8%

Much better

1% 1%–2%

Not sure

1% 0%–1%

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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.

0%37%74%250500750100036%

Somewhat worse36%

About the same32%

Somewhat better25%

Much worse6%

95% interval of “Somewhat worse”

Who was asked

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

Sex1000 profiles

men 50%women 50%

Employment1000 profiles

employed 69%not in the labor force 28%unemployed 2%armed forces 1%

Education1000 profiles

bachelor's degree 28%some college 22%high school diploma 20%graduate degree 17%associate degree 7%other 6%

Age931 profiles

25-29 13%30-34 12%20-24 11%35-39 10%40-44 10%other 45%

Why they answered this way

Collecting a few of the people's reasons…

Who answered what

Share answering “Somewhat worse”, 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.

Education26 pts
graduate degree 20%high school diploma 46%
Sex13 pts
men 30%women 42%
Age26 pts · within the margin
15-19 23%65-69 49%
Employment8 pts · within the margin
employed 34%unemployed 42%

Sex

0%25%50%75%100%

men

30% 26%–34%

women

42% 38%–47%

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Employment

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employed

34% 31%–38%

not in the labor force

41% 35%–47%

unemployed

42% 24%–61%

armed forces

0% 0%–35%

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Education

0%25%50%75%100%

bachelor's degree

31% 26%–37%

some college

44% 37%–50%

high school diploma

46% 39%–53%

graduate degree

20% 14%–26%

associate degree

38% 28%–50%

some high school

41% 26%–58%

less than 9th grade

44% 28%–61%

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Age

0%25%50%75%100%

15-19

23% 12%–41%

20-24

38% 29%–48%

25-29

34% 27%–43%

30-34

29% 21%–38%

35-39

37% 28%–47%

40-44

32% 23%–42%

45-49

32% 23%–44%

50-54

35% 25%–45%

55-59

33% 23%–46%

60-64

47% 35%–60%

65-69

49% 36%–62%

70-74

47% 35%–59%

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Every breakdown

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The kinds of people in this answer

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Four or five groups of reasons, each with its share and its number: who anchors on today’s bill, who shares a login, who pays for the kids.

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The whole population

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The next questions

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How this was computed

Populationadults in Colorado, 4,751,000 peopleQuestion as asked“Compared with a year ago, how would you describe your current financial situation?”
Options: Much better · Somewhat better · About the same · Somewhat worse · Much 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 check

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