Utilization Analysis

*The 80% rule of thumb was followed in declaring underutilization and establishing goals when the actual employment of minorities or females is less than 80% of their availability. If the female/minority incumbency percent (%) is less than the female/minority availability percent (%) and the ratio of incumbency to availability is less than 80%, a placement goal should be included in the appropriate “If Yes” column.

The percentage of incumbent women in jobs decreased slightly from  57.73% in 2021 to 57.62% in 2022, which is still higher than the 56.36% in 2020. The percent of incumbent minorities increased from 11.59% in 2020 to 14.41% in 2021 to 18.23% in 2022.

Female incumbency went down in Officials and Administrators and Para-Professional but remained within the 80% rule of thumb. Female incumbency in Skilled Craft went down and now has a new goal. All other areas of female incumbency went up. Female incumbency for Service/Maintenance increased enough to remove the goal. Minority incumbency went down in Skilled Craft but remained within the 80% rule of thumb. Minority incumbency for Officials and Administrators decreased again and remained outside the 80% rule of thumb, so the goal was increased by 1.72%. Minority incumbency for Protective Services increased from 12.12% in 2021 to 17.75% in 2022 meeting the 80% rule of thumb and removing the goal. Minority incumbency for Skilled Craft decreased from 26.09% in 2021 to 14.58% in 2022, but remained within the 80% rule of thumb, so no goal was added. Minority incumbency for Technicians increased from 10.47% in 2021 to 15.07% in 2022, which now meets the 80% rule of thumb and removed the prior goal.

The total number of goals from last year to this year decreased from 4 to 2. From 2020 to 2021 we decreased from 7 to 4 goals. The goal that was met was female incumbency for Service/Maintenance. An additional goal met was minority incumbency for Protective Services and Technicians. In summary, Larimer County Government made positive progress on its goals, except for two - minority incumbency in Officials and Administrators and female incumbency in Skilled Craft.

Below is a summary of observations from the 2020 Census Data for Larimer County compared to current employee demographics.

• Larimer County’s veteran population in the 2020 Census is 7.5%. Larimer County’s workforce as an employer is 5.09% veteran, which is a .34% decrease from 2021. (2.41% difference)
• Larimer County’s disability population in the 2020 Census is 9.7%. Larimer County’s workforce as an employer is 8.60% disability, which is a 1.3% increase from 2021. (1.1% difference). Larimer County increased our hiring of individuals with disabilities by 1.66% in 2021.
• Asian is 2.4% in the County and 1% as employees. (1.4% difference)
• Black/African American is 1.2% in the County and 1.2% as employees. (0% difference)
• Hispanic is 11.9% in the County and 12.8% as employees. (0% difference)
• American Indian and Alaska Native is 1.1% in the County and .63% as employees. (.47% difference)
• Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander is .1% in the County and .24% as employees (0% difference)
• Two or more races is 2.7% in the County and 2.1% as employees. (.6% difference)
• 10.2% of employees selected not specified for their ethnicity in 2022, which is down from 13.6% in 2021

Last Updated: May 2023