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Wage Policies

Overall Wage Policy Score: 73.46
The average living wage for the state of Colorado is $34.94/hr, while the states minimum wage is $12.32/hr, which can be set above the state standard, and is extended to farm workers. This gives Colorado a minimum wage score of 69.67 compared to all other states.
The minimum wage for tipped employees is $9.3/hr, which gives Colorado a minimum wage for tipped employees score of 68.4 compared to all other states.
The weekly unemployment (UI) benefit for Colorado is $295.68, resulting in a UI benefit score of 80.13 compared to all other states.

Worker Protection Policies

Overall Worker Protection Score: 71.43

✓ Colorado does provide accommodations for pregnant workers.
✓ Colorado does offer protections for workplace breastfeeding.
✓ Colorado does mandate equal pay across gender and race.
✓ Colorado does prohibit pay secrecy practices in the workplace.
✓ Colorado does restrict access to salary history to reduce gender and racial bias.
✓ Colorado does provide some form of paid family leave.
✓ Colorado does provide some form of paid sick leave.
X Colorado does not provide flexible scheduling of worker shifts.
X Colorado does not mandate pay reporting or "call-in" pay by employers.
X Colorado does not provide split shift pay regulation.
X Colorado does not provide workers advanced notice of shift scheduling.
✓ Colorado does provide some form of sexual harassment protection in state law.
✓ Colorado does extend workers compensation mandates to farmworkers.
X Colorado does not extend worker protections to domestic workers.

Right To Organize Policies

Overall Right To Organize Score: 70

✓ Colorado does not have a "right-to-work" law.
✓ Colorado does legalize project labor agreements to ensure a fair wage to workers on contract.
X Colorado does not protect workers against wage theft retaliation.
✓ Colorado does partially require collective bargaining for public workers.
✓ Colorado does provide collective bargaining for teachers.
✓ Colorado does provide wage negotiations for teachers.

Data from Oxfam America, Inc.
A global organization that fights inequality to end poverty and injustice.

Voting

Boulder County voted Democratic in the 2020 Presidential Election with a very significant difference of 73.29% between the winner and runner up.

Voting Results by Party

Democratic: 77.19%
Republican: 20.62%
Libertarian: 1.23%
Other: 0.62%
Green: 0.34%

Nearby Locations

Additional Location Details

Zip Code(s) : 80026
Latitude : 40.022629
Longitude : -105.105358
TimeZone : Mountain (GMT -07:00)
Daylight Saving : Yes
Region : West
Average Elevation : 5190 ft.
Area Code(s) : 303

Demographic Details

Average # of People Per Household : 2.54
Male Population Estimate : 38.88%
Female Population Estimate : 40.35%
Median Age : 38.4
Male Median Age : 36.8
Female Median Age : 39.6

White Population Estimate : 70.61%
Black Population Estimate : 1.33%
Hispanic Population Estimate : 13.66%
Asian Population Estimate : 3.85%
Hawaiian Population Estimate : 0.14%
Indian Population Estimate : 1.40%
Other Population Estimate : 4.59%

Crime Details

NOTE: Crime is available at the County level so this doesn't necessarily represent the city of Lafayette specifically.
Average # of Homicides for Boulder County: About 1 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Average # of Violent Crimes for Boulder County: About 242 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Boulder County is about 64% lower than the national average of about 4 homicides per 100,000 people, and about 16% lower than the national average of about 288 violent crimes per 100,000 people.