Which Colorado county leads in EVs per capita?

Denver leads in total EV registrations, but Pikin leads in per capita

The Atlas Public Policy portal, a project operated with financial participation of the Colorado Energy Office, is a fascinating place to prowl (although I do question how current their population numbers are).

For example, you can find that 9 of the top 10 models/years for EVs registered in Colorado are Teslas. That presumably will shift as General Motors and others being delivering the EVs ramp up production.

You can also get county-by-county statistics. Not surprisingly, metro Denver has the most EVs by far as of mid-November:

Top EVs by county

County EV/PHEVs Population

Denver 19,349 681,606

Boulder 12,334 345,022

Jefferson 11,879 627,538

Arapaho 10,946 680,280

Douglas 10,631 350,003

El Paso 8,618 725,141

A more interesting way to look at EVs in Colorado’s geography is EV owners per 1,000 residents. By this measure, who leads Colorado?

Per thousand people

County EVs/1,000 people

Pitkin 37.87

Boulder 35.75

Douglas 30.37

Denver 28.39

Eagle 24.85

Summit 23.08

Gilpin 20.02

San Miguel 19.02

Jefferson 18.83

Larimer 18.43

State average 17.75

And then down the list…

Routt 16.09

Arapahoe 16.05

Grand 15.72

El Paso 11.88

Notable in this list is the presence of mountain resort communities. Pitkin, Eagle, and Summit (Aspen, Vail, and Breckenridge) are 1st, 4^th, and 5^th respectively, and San Miguel (Telluride) is 8^th.

Gilpin, home to Central City and Blackhawk, offers a different kind of mountain recreation.

At the bottom are any number of smaller, poorer counties. Two stand out: Sedgwick, in the northeastern corner, has one registered EV for 0.41 and Baca County in the SE corner has 2 for a total of 0.52. The former already has a fast-charging station and the latter soon will.

Top photo: the Tesla service center at Gypsum, which is in Eagle County,

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