Colorado : State Data and Comparisons : Data-Z

TIA Data

2019 Financial State of Colorado (Released 9/22/2020)

Use Create Your Own State Chart to see additional financial, demographic and economic data for this and other states

Colorado owes more than it owns.

Colorado's Taxpayer Burden™ is -$2,600, and it received a "C" from TIA.

Colorado is a Sinkhole State without enough assets to cover its debt.

Elected officials have created a Taxpayer Burden™, which is each taxpayer's share of state bills after its available assets have been tapped.

TIA's Taxpayer Burden™ measurement incorporates both assets and liabilities, not just pension debt.

Colorado only has $14.9 billion of assets available to pay bills totaling $20.3 billion.

Because Colorado doesn't have enough money to pay its bills, it has a $5.4 billion financial hole. To fill it, each Colorado taxpayer would have to send $2,600 to the state.

Colorado's reported net position is understated by $2 billion, largely because the state delays recognizing gains resulting from decreases in retirement liabilities.

The state's financial report was released 205 days after its fiscal year end, which is considered untimely according to the 180 day standard.

Prior Years' TIA Data

2018 Financial State of Colorado

2017 Financial State of Colorado

2016 Financial State of Colorado

2015 Financial State of Colorado

2014 Financial State of Colorado

2013 Financial State of Colorado

2012 Financial State of Colorado

2011 Financial State of Colorado

2010 Financial State of Colorado

2009 Financial State of Colorado