Counties in Colorado by business revenue: arts, entertainment and recreation (Economic Census)

Denver County had the highest business revenue: arts, entertainment and recreation (Economic Census) of 38 counties in 2017, at $1.66 billion. Kit Carson County had the lowest, at $164,000. The median was $34.47 million and the figure for Colorado was $5.68 billion. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest1,655.6Denver County

Lowest0.2Kit Carson County

Median34.538 counties

Colorado5,681.1History

Map of counties, 2017

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10 to 30
30 to 100
100 to 240
240 and over
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USD million, 2017. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of arts, entertainment, and recreation (NAICS 71), all establishments. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2017

USD million. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of arts, entertainment, and recreation (NAICS 71), all establishments. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2017 USD million
1	Denver County	1,655.6
2	Arapahoe County	759.3
3	Eagle County	425.4
4	Gilpin County	393.9
5	Summit County	380.4
6	Pitkin County	255.1
7	El Paso County	244
8	Jefferson County	213.1
9	Boulder County	202.5
10	Douglas County	175.8
11	Larimer County	171.7
12	Adams County	100.8
13	Grand County	100.6
14	Pueblo County	97.8
15	San Miguel County	73.4
16	Weld County	54.6
17	Mesa County	39.8
18	Teller County	36.9
19	Garfield County	35.7
20	Routt County	33.2
21	La Plata County	30.7
22	Clear Creek County	27.9
23	Broomfield County	21.8
24	Fremont County	21.2
25	Gunnison County	20.8
26	Montezuma County	6.8
27	Moffat County	4.1
28	Ouray County	2.7
29	Las Animas County	2.5
30	Delta County	2.3
31	Logan County	2.2
32	Rio Grande County	1.8
33	Jackson County	1.1
34	Prowers County	0.8
35	Otero County	0.7
36	Rio Blanco County	0.6
37	Yuma County	0.5
38	Kit Carson County	0.2

Other periods

2022
2017

About this ranking

Sales, value of shipments or revenue of employer establishments in arts, entertainment, and recreation (NAICS 71), in millions of current US dollars, from the U.S. Census Bureau Economic Census.

Economic Census, taken every five years: values exist for 2017 and 2022 only, and the 2027 census publishes about 2029. Revenue of employer establishments located in the place, in millions of current US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; nonemployers (nonemployer_receipts_usd_*) are not included, and government owned establishments are generally out of scope. Manufacturing is the value of shipments and wholesale and retail trade are sales, so an establishment selling to another counts in both and sectors do not add up to output or GDP. Cells that would disclose individual companies (flag D) or that Census does not publish are missing here, not zero; counties are published for 14 of the 18 sectors. Sectors follow NAICS 2017 for 2017 and NAICS 2022 for 2022.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. 8 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2017 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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U.S. Census Bureau. Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of arts, entertainment, and recreation (NAICS 71), all establishments. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2021). Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of arts, entertainment, and recreation (NAICS 71), all establishments (Counties in Colorado by business revenue: arts, entertainment and recreation (Economic Census), 2017) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.zip

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Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of arts, entertainment, and recreation (NAICS 71), all establishments, Counties in Colorado by business revenue: arts, entertainment and recreation (Economic Census), 2017. U.S. Census Bureau, 27 May 2021, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-revenue-arts-entertainment/colorado-counties?period=2017. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2021. Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of arts, entertainment, and recreation (NAICS 71), all establishments. Counties in Colorado by business revenue: arts, entertainment and recreation (Economic Census), 2017. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-revenue-arts-entertainment/colorado-counties?period=2017.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2021) Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of arts, entertainment, and recreation (NAICS 71), all establishments, Counties in Colorado by business revenue: arts, entertainment and recreation (Economic Census), 2017 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-revenue-arts-entertainment/colorado-counties?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest business revenue: arts, entertainment and recreation (Economic Census)?

Denver County, with $1.66 billion in 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest business revenue: arts, entertainment and recreation (Economic Census)?

Kit Carson County, with $164,000 in 2017.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of arts, entertainment, and recreation (NAICS 71), all establishments. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 8 counties have no value for 2017 and are not ranked.