Economy & Economic Development  December 8, 2022

Weld County GDP declines 6.7% in 2021

Weld County’s real gross domestic product dropped 6.7% in 2021, the largest percentage decline of any medium-sized county in the country.

That’s according to data released Thursday by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Real GDP is an inflation-adjusted measure of the total value of goods and services produced in a region. Data at the county level is released annually each December.

Weld County was one of only 15 medium-sized counties to show a decline in real GDP, with 456 counties with populations between 100,000 and 500,000 showing increases.

Weld County’s real GDP fell to almost $21.2 billion in 2021, compared with $22.7 billion…

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Christopher Wood
Christopher Wood is editor and publisher of BizWest, a regional business journal covering Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties. Wood co-founded the Northern Colorado Business Report in 1995 and served as publisher of the Boulder County Business Report until the two publications were merged to form BizWest in 2014. From 1990 to 1995, Wood served as reporter and managing editor of the Denver Business Journal. He is a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He has won numerous awards from the Colorado Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the Alliance of Area Business Publishers.
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