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Works Better Corporation, a nonpartisan public benefit corporation, builds this site.

Independent public-records project, separate from the State of Colorado and from every party and campaign.

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How does Colorado compare?

Eight topics from federal figures, ranked the same way for all 50 states: the Taxpayer Shareholder Index. Open a topic to see what is behind it.

Colorado and three peer states, ranked on each topic CALC
TopicColoradoUtahSouth DakotaMinnesota
Overall46th of 504th of 5011th of 5023rd of 50
Affordability39th of 5026th of 508th of 505th of 50
Cost of living45th of 5038th of 5011th of 5028th of 50
Safety42nd of 4412th of 44Not ranked17th of 44
Schools12th of 503rd of 5019th of 5013th of 50
Economy35th of 504th of 5010th of 5039th of 50
Business48th of 5021st of 5015th of 5039th of 50
Tax cost3rd of 5015th of 5038th of 5049th of 50
Government finances41st of 505th of 5028th of 5015th of 50

Overall is the average of the 8 topic scores, each topic counted the same. Each topic score is the average of its measures’ scores, from 100 for first place to 0 for last. These ranks are the Taxpayer Shareholder Index. With JavaScript on, this page draws every measure behind them, state by state.