Region 9 EDD · Southwest Colorado

Region 9 Housing Needs Assessment

Live housing data for La Plata, Montezuma, Archuleta, Dolores, and San Juan counties. The dashboard refreshes annually as federal and state sources publish new data; the formal SB24-174 submission ships every six years. Current cycle: 2026.

View the dashboardRefreshed June 2026

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101k
Residents
Source: SDO 2024
43k
Households
Source: SDO 2024
54k
Housing units
Source: SDO 2024
+4.3%
Projected population growth by 2036
Source: SDO projection
Population by county

How each county is growing.

Historical solid, SDO projection dashed, today marked. Each panel scaled to its own population — the 10-year change is in the corner.

Archuleta
+8.8%
14k today
Dolores
-0.6%
2.1k today
La Plata
+3.9%
58k today
Montezuma
+0.0%
27k today
San Juan
-1.7%
861 today

Source: Colorado State Demography Office, historical (20162026) and projection (through 2036).