Counties in Colorado by business revenue: manufacturing (Economic Census)

Adams County had the highest business revenue: manufacturing (Economic Census) of 48 counties in 2017, at $6.22 billion. Rio Blanco County had the lowest, at $3.54 million. The median was $44.55 million and the figure for Colorado was $50.81 billion. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest6,223.2Adams County

Lowest3.5Rio Blanco County

Median44.648 counties

Colorado50,809.1History

Map of counties, 2017

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10 to 20
20 to 40
40 to 130
130 to 3,400
3,400 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 manufacturing (NAICS 31-33), 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 manufacturing (NAICS 31-33), all establishments. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2017 USD million
1	Adams County	6,223.2
2	Weld County	5,959.4
3	Denver County	5,404.4
4	Boulder County	5,400.1
5	Jefferson County	4,128.7
6	Larimer County	3,909.8
7	Douglas County	3,526.8
8	Broomfield County	3,441.8
9	El Paso County	3,335
10	Morgan County	2,644.4
11	Arapahoe County	2,194.1
12	Pueblo County	2,103.4
13	Mesa County	552.2
14	Montrose County	267.7
15	Logan County	208.3
16	Fremont County	135.4
17	Eagle County	131.9
18	Yuma County	122.5
19	La Plata County	109.2
20	Delta County	108.4
21	Otero County	92
22	Summit County	76.7
23	Montezuma County	53
24	Garfield County	45.4
25	Pitkin County	43.8
26	Prowers County	39
27	Washington County	37.2
28	Elbert County	35.7
29	Chaffee County	33.7
30	Kit Carson County	30.8
31	Grand County	25.6
32	Gunnison County	24.6
33	Routt County	22.8
34	Alamosa County	21.1
35	Conejos County	21
36	Moffat County	18.2
37	Saguache County	17.9
38	San Miguel County	15.5
39	Rio Grande County	11.1
40	Archuleta County	10.5
41	Teller County	10.4
42	Custer County	10.1
43	Ouray County	8.7
44	Lake County	8
45	Las Animas County	6.7
46	Dolores County	6.3
47	Clear Creek County	4.5
48	Rio Blanco County	3.5

Other periods

2022
2017

About this ranking

Sales, value of shipments or revenue of employer establishments in manufacturing (NAICS 31-33), 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. 4 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 manufacturing (NAICS 31-33), 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 manufacturing (NAICS 31-33), all establishments (Counties in Colorado by business revenue: manufacturing (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 manufacturing (NAICS 31-33), all establishments, Counties in Colorado by business revenue: manufacturing (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-manufacturing/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 manufacturing (NAICS 31-33), all establishments. Counties in Colorado by business revenue: manufacturing (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-manufacturing/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 manufacturing (NAICS 31-33), all establishments, Counties in Colorado by business revenue: manufacturing (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-manufacturing/colorado-counties?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest business revenue: manufacturing (Economic Census)?

Adams County, with $6.22 billion in 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest business revenue: manufacturing (Economic Census)?

Rio Blanco County, with $3.54 million 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 manufacturing (NAICS 31-33), all establishments. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 4 counties have no value for 2017 and are not ranked.