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Employed residents in Thornton, CO

Employed residents in Thornton, CO was 80,573 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 0.3% from 2024. That is the 6th highest of 28 cities in 2025.

2025, persons80,573
Change on 2024+0.3%
Rank6th of 28Cities in Colorado ranked
Series high80,5732025
Series low29,5061990

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Employed residents in Thornton, CO, 1990 to 2025

20K40K60K80K100K19901996200220082014202020251990: 29,506 persons1991: 29,924 persons1992: 30,395 persons1993: 31,569 persons1994: 33,596 persons1995: 35,255 persons1996: 35,668 persons1997: 36,885 persons1998: 38,485 persons1999: 39,386 persons2000: 46,158 persons2001: 45,836 persons2002: 46,150 persons2003: 47,393 persons2004: 48,814 persons2005: 50,285 persons2006: 52,671 persons2007: 53,623 persons2008: 54,311 persons2009: 52,726 persons2010: 58,937 persons2011: 59,940 persons2012: 61,243 persons2013: 63,258 persons2014: 65,601 persons2015: 67,487 persons2016: 68,882 persons2017: 72,343 persons2018: 74,730 persons2019: 76,556 persons2020: 72,688 persons2021: 75,940 persons2022: 79,170 persons2023: 80,481 persons2024: 80,299 persons2025: 80,573 persons
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.
All 36 values
Periodpersons
202580,573
202480,299
202380,481
202279,170
202175,940
202072,688
201976,556
201874,730
201772,343
201668,882
201567,487
201465,601
201363,258
201261,243
201159,940
201058,937
200952,726
200854,311
200753,623
200652,671
200550,285
200448,814
200347,393
200246,150
200145,836
200046,158
199939,386
199838,485
199736,885
199635,668
199535,255
199433,596
199331,569
199230,395
199129,924
199029,506

Rankings

Definition

Residents who did any work for pay or profit in the reference week, or were temporarily absent from a job, annual average. People aged 16 and over by place of residence, from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Active-duty military personnel and people living in institutions are excluded.

United States cities only for now. Counts people where they live, whatever the place of work, and someone with two jobs counts once. BLS estimates cities by splitting county estimates with Census Bureau employment and population data and unemployment insurance claims, so city figures are less precise than state ones. BLS publishes cities of 25,000 or more, and smaller cities in New England.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average (Employed residents, Thornton, CO, 1990 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29

MLA 9

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Employed residents, Thornton, CO, 1990 to 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/thornton-co. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Employed residents, Thornton, CO, 1990 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/thornton-co.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Employed residents, Thornton, CO, 1990 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/thornton-co (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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What is the employed residents in Thornton, CO?

Employed residents in Thornton, CO was 80,573 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 0.3% from 2024. That is the 6th highest of 28 cities in 2025.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest employed residents in Thornton, CO?

80,573 in 2025, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

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