Las Animas County 2026 Edition

About 16.9% of jobs in Las Animas County are in occupations with high overlap with current AI capabilities; the county's overall exposure score of 29.2 ranks 27th of Colorado's 64 counties.

Exposure score: 29.2 0–100 scale, employment-weighted
Rank: 27th of 64 Colorado counties
UI-covered jobs: 4,636 2025 annual average
High-exposure share: 16.9% of jobs, score ≥ 50

Where AI lands first

The five occupation groups with the highest mean exposure scores in Las Animas 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 Las Animas County
Occupation group	Estimated jobs	Share of county jobs	Mean exposure score
Computer and Mathematical Occupations	73	1.6%	56.2
Business and Financial Operations Occupations	220	4.8%	53.2
Office and Administrative Support Occupations	506	10.9%	51.9
Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	34	0.7%	48.7
Legal Occupations	25	0.5%	45.0

Where AI lands last

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

Largest low-exposure occupation groups in Las Animas County
Occupation group	Estimated jobs	Share of county jobs	Mean exposure score
Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	499	10.8%	13.8
Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	363	7.8%	14.2
Healthcare Support Occupations	346	7.5%	13.1
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	262	5.6%	31.2
Construction and Extraction Occupations	214	4.6%	8.6

Jobs versus payroll

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

Share of Las Animas 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, Las Animas County and Colorado
Measure	Las Animas County	Colorado
Share of jobs in high-exposure occupations	16.9%	23.1%
Share of payroll in high-exposure occupations	20.2%	26.9%

How Las Animas County compares

Each gray tick is one of Colorado's 64 counties. Las Animas County scores 29.2, ranking 27th of 64; the median county scores 28.9.

Las Animas County exposure score in state context
Las Animas County score	29.2
Rank among 64 counties	27th
Median county score	28.9
Lowest county score	24.7
Highest county score	35.2

Reading these numbers

Partially imputed estimate 39.4% of Las Animas 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 approximate 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 Las Animas County, Colorado.” Colorado AI Exposure Atlas, 2026 edition. https://coloradoaiexposureatlas.com/county/las-animas/.

2026 Edition · Employment data 2025 · Compiled by Christopher Martin

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