*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.

Our goals did not change and the same two remain in place to increase incumbency of women in Skilled Craft jobs and minorities in Officials and Administrators.

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 6.9%. Larimer County’s workforce as an employer is 5.18% veteran, which is a .1% increase from 2023. In 2023, we had .01% decrease from 2022 and .34% decrease from 2021 to 2022. (1.72% difference). Starting in 2025, the goal is to have 5.2% of our workforce report being a veteran.
• Larimer County’s disability population in the 2020 Census is 10%. Larimer County’s workforce as an employer is 11.91%, which is up from 10.06% in 2023, which is a 1.85% increase. In 2022, 8.60% of employees self-reported having a disability in 2022. From 2021 to 2022 there was 1.3% increase. Larimer County increased our hiring of individuals with disabilities by 1.66% in 2021 from 2020. (0% difference)
• Asian is 2.12% in the County and .93% as employees. (1.19% difference)
• Black/African American is .96% in the County and 1.2% as employees. (0% difference)
• Hispanic is 12.22% in the County and 12.8% as employees. (0% difference)
• American Indian and Alaska Native is .65% in the County and .53% as employees. (0.12% difference)
• Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander is .1% in the County and .29% as employees. (0% difference)
• Two or more races is 7.91% in the County and 3.2% as employees. (4.71% difference)
• .34% of employees selected not specified for their ethnicity in 2024, up from .3% 2023. In 2022 it was 10.2% and 13.6% in 2021.

In 2019 Larimer County Government, as an employer, had 13.18% of its employees’ self-report as a minority. In 2024, 19% of employees self-reported as a minority. In 2023, it was 19.10%. 

In 2019 Larimer County Government, as an employer, had 59.41% employees report being women. In 2024, it was 56.8%, which is a .78% decrease from 2023. In 2023, it was 57.58%.

LAST UPDATED: April 2025