Start with the geography your firm actually serves
Gunbarrel is recorded as a CDP in Boulder County, not as a synonym for the whole county or the Denver metropolitan area. If your firm serves Gunbarrel while also accepting matters elsewhere in Colorado, attribution should preserve those distinctions rather than collapse every inquiry into one broad location label. Population is context, not a forecast: the ACS estimate cannot tell you how many people need legal help, search online, call a firm or become clients.
Recommended approach
Before evaluating a report, decide which geographic questions it must answer. You may want to distinguish Gunbarrel inquiries from other Boulder County inquiries, and both from matters outside that service area. Ask how location is recorded, where it comes from, and whether it can be reviewed alongside case type and source without treating population as demand evidence.
