Huerfano County 2026 Edition

About 17.0% of jobs in Huerfano County are in occupations with high overlap with current AI capabilities; the county's overall exposure score of 28.9 ranks 33rd of Colorado's 64 counties.

Exposure score: 28.9 0–100 scale, employment-weighted
Rank: 33rd of 64 Colorado counties
UI-covered jobs: 1,851 2025 annual average
High-exposure share: 17.0% of jobs, score ≥ 50

Where AI lands first

The five occupation groups with the highest mean exposure scores in Huerfano County, with each group's estimated share of county jobs. Scores are on the same 0–100 scale as the county score.

Most-exposed occupation groups in Huerfano County
Occupation group	Estimated jobs	Share of county jobs	Mean exposure score
Computer and Mathematical Occupations	57	3.1%	54.4
Business and Financial Operations Occupations	86	4.7%	52.1
Office and Administrative Support Occupations	181	9.8%	52.0
Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	12	0.7%	48.6
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations	19	1.0%	45.8

Where AI lands last

The five largest occupation groups among the lower-exposure half of Huerfano County's job base — the biggest kinds of local work least overlapping current AI capabilities.

Largest low-exposure occupation groups in Huerfano County
Occupation group	Estimated jobs	Share of county jobs	Mean exposure score
Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	285	15.4%	13.7
Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	150	8.1%	14.3
Production Occupations	77	4.1%	8.8
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	71	3.8%	30.8
Healthcare Support Occupations	70	3.8%	13.1

Jobs versus payroll

Measured by payroll rather than headcount, high-exposure work is a larger share of Huerfano County's economy — exposure here skews toward higher-wage occupations.

Share of Huerfano County's jobs, and of its estimated payroll, in high-exposure occupations (score ≥ 50). Dashed marks show the statewide shares.

High-exposure share of jobs versus payroll, Huerfano County and Colorado
Measure	Huerfano County	Colorado
Share of jobs in high-exposure occupations	17.0%	23.1%
Share of payroll in high-exposure occupations	21.5%	26.9%

How Huerfano County compares

Each gray tick is one of Colorado's 64 counties. Huerfano County scores 28.9, ranking 33rd of 64; the median county scores 28.9.

Huerfano County exposure score in state context
Huerfano County score	28.9
Rank among 64 counties	33rd
Median county score	28.9
Lowest county score	24.7
Highest county score	35.2

Reading these numbers

Heavily imputed estimate 57.9% of Huerfano County's employment sits in industry cells that federal data suppresses for confidentiality; those cells were estimated by imputation before scoring. Treat this county's figures as rough estimates.

Exposure is not a job-loss forecast. The score measures how much the tasks that make up a county's jobs overlap with what current AI systems can do. High exposure can mean augmentation, automation, or neither — it marks where change is likely to arrive first, not how it will land.

County occupation mixes are estimated from each county's industry mix using national staffing patterns, not observed directly. Employment counts cover jobs in the unemployment-insurance system ("UI-covered employment"), which excludes most self-employment, gig work, and some farm work.

Employment data 2025 (BLS QCEW annual averages) · Occupation exposure scores: Eloundou et al. (2023), human-rated β · 2026 edition · Full methodology

Cite this page

Colorado AI Exposure Atlas

Martin, Christopher. “AI Job Exposure in Huerfano County, Colorado.” Colorado AI Exposure Atlas, 2026 edition. https://coloradoaiexposureatlas.com/county/huerfano/.

2026 Edition · Employment data 2025 · Compiled by Christopher Martin

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