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Cities in Colorado by civilian labor force

Denver, CO had the highest civilian labor force of 26 cities in 2015, at 374,748. Fountain, CO had the lowest, at 11,346. The median was 42,460. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest374,748Denver, CO
Lowest11,346Fountain, CO
Median42,46026 cities

All cities, 2015

Denver, CO: 374,748 personsDenver, CO374,748Colorado Springs, CO: 217,630 personsColorado Springs, CO217,630Aurora, CO: 180,509 personsAurora, CO180,509Fort Collins, CO: 90,321 personsFort Collins, CO90,321Lakewood, CO: 80,507 personsLakewood, CO80,507Thornton, CO: 70,169 personsThornton, CO70,169Arvada, CO: 62,278 personsArvada, CO62,278Westminster, CO: 61,960 personsWestminster, CO61,960Boulder, CO: 60,378 personsBoulder, CO60,378Centennial, CO: 60,114 personsCentennial, CO60,114Greeley, CO: 49,135 personsGreeley, CO49,135Longmont, CO: 47,820 personsLongmont, CO47,820Pueblo, CO: 45,956 personsPueblo, CO45,956Loveland, CO: 38,964 personsLoveland, CO38,964Broomfield, CO: 35,465 personsBroomfield, CO35,465Grand Junction, CO: 29,020 personsGrand Junction, CO29,020Castle Rock, CO: 28,674 personsCastle Rock, CO28,674Parker, CO: 27,293 personsParker, CO27,293Commerce City, CO: 26,038 personsCommerce City, CO26,038Littleton, CO: 24,103 personsLittleton, CO24,103Northglenn, CO: 20,333 personsNorthglenn, CO20,333Englewood, CO: 19,128 personsEnglewood, CO19,128Brighton, CO: 17,872 personsBrighton, CO17,872Wheat Ridge, CO: 16,065 personsWheat Ridge, CO16,065Lafayette, CO: 15,683 personsLafayette, CO15,683Fountain, CO: 11,346 personsFountain, CO11,346Denver, CO: 374,748 personsDenver, CO374,748Colorado Springs, CO: 217,630 personsColorado Springs, CO217,630Aurora, CO: 180,509 personsAurora, CO180,509Fort Collins, CO: 90,321 personsFort Collins, CO90,321Lakewood, CO: 80,507 personsLakewood, CO80,507Thornton, CO: 70,169 personsThornton, CO70,169Arvada, CO: 62,278 personsArvada, CO62,278Westminster, CO: 61,960 personsWestminster, CO61,960Boulder, CO: 60,378 personsBoulder, CO60,378Centennial, CO: 60,114 personsCentennial, CO60,114Greeley, CO: 49,135 personsGreeley, CO49,135Longmont, CO: 47,820 personsLongmont, CO47,820Pueblo, CO: 45,956 personsPueblo, CO45,956Loveland, CO: 38,964 personsLoveland, CO38,964Broomfield, CO: 35,465 personsBroomfield, CO35,465Grand Junction, CO: 29,020 personsGrand Junction, CO29,020Castle Rock, CO: 28,674 personsCastle Rock, CO28,674Parker, CO: 27,293 personsParker, CO27,293Commerce City, CO: 26,038 personsCommerce City, CO26,038Littleton, CO: 24,103 personsLittleton, CO24,103Northglenn, CO: 20,333 personsNorthglenn, CO20,333Englewood, CO: 19,128 personsEnglewood, CO19,128Brighton, CO: 17,872 personsBrighton, CO17,872Wheat Ridge, CO: 16,065 personsWheat Ridge, CO16,065Lafayette, CO: 15,683 personsLafayette, CO15,683Fountain, CO: 11,346 personsFountain, CO11,346
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2015
persons		Change on 2014
1Denver, CO374,748+1.8%
2Colorado Springs, CO217,630+1%
3Aurora, CO180,509+0.5%
4Fort Collins, CO90,321+2%
5Lakewood, CO80,507+0.9%
6Thornton, CO70,169+1.3%
7Arvada, CO62,278+0.7%
8Westminster, CO61,960-0.1%
9Boulder, CO60,378+0.4%
10Centennial, CO60,114+1.4%
11Greeley, CO49,135+1.1%
12Longmont, CO47,820+0.3%
13Pueblo, CO45,956-1.4%
14Loveland, CO38,964+2.5%
15Broomfield, CO35,465+3.9%
16Grand Junction, CO29,020-2%
17Castle Rock, CO28,674-1%
18Parker, CO27,293-1.3%
19Commerce City, CO26,038+2.7%
20Littleton, CO24,103+2.9%
21Northglenn, CO20,333+0.3%
22Englewood, CO19,128+1%
23Brighton, CO17,872+1.6%
24Wheat Ridge, CO16,065-0.6%
25Lafayette, CO15,683+0.7%
26Fountain, CO11,346-0.7%

Other periods

About this ranking

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.

More on how it is measured
  • 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, not jobs: for wage and salary jobs by state use oews_employment. 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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. 2 cities with data in other periods have no value for 2015 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average (Cities in Colorado by civilian labor force, 2015) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average, Cities in Colorado by civilian labor force, 2015. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/colorado-cities?period=2015. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. Cities in Colorado by civilian labor force, 2015. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/colorado-cities?period=2015.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average, Cities in Colorado by civilian labor force, 2015 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/colorado-cities?period=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Denver, CO, with 374,748 in 2015, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

Fountain, CO, with 11,346 in 2015.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 2 cities have no value for 2015 and are not ranked.

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