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Cities in Colorado by civilian labor force

Denver, CO had the highest civilian labor force of 28 cities in 2018, at 419,518. Fountain, CO had the lowest, at 13,159. The median was 39,770. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest419,518Denver, CO
Lowest13,159Fountain, CO
Median39,77028 cities

All cities, 2018

Denver, CO: 419,518 personsDenver, CO419,518Colorado Springs, CO: 238,109 personsColorado Springs, CO238,109Aurora, CO: 203,788 personsAurora, CO203,788Fort Collins, CO: 97,845 personsFort Collins, CO97,845Lakewood, CO: 88,086 personsLakewood, CO88,086Thornton, CO: 77,029 personsThornton, CO77,029Arvada, CO: 70,565 personsArvada, CO70,565Westminster, CO: 68,764 personsWestminster, CO68,764Boulder, CO: 61,338 personsBoulder, CO61,338Centennial, CO: 59,677 personsCentennial, CO59,677Greeley, CO: 53,755 personsGreeley, CO53,755Longmont, CO: 53,571 personsLongmont, CO53,571Pueblo, CO: 47,841 personsPueblo, CO47,841Broomfield, CO: 40,408 personsBroomfield, CO40,408Loveland, CO: 39,132 personsLoveland, CO39,132Castle Rock, CO: 37,646 personsCastle Rock, CO37,646Grand Junction, CO: 33,193 personsGrand Junction, CO33,193Parker, CO: 32,071 personsParker, CO32,071Commerce City, CO: 31,241 personsCommerce City, CO31,241Littleton, CO: 25,629 personsLittleton, CO25,629Northglenn, CO: 21,741 personsNorthglenn, CO21,741Englewood, CO: 21,118 personsEnglewood, CO21,118Brighton, CO: 20,480 personsBrighton, CO20,480Wheat Ridge, CO: 18,562 personsWheat Ridge, CO18,562Lafayette, CO: 17,622 personsLafayette, CO17,622Erie, CO: 15,073 personsErie, CO15,073Windsor, CO: 14,758 personsWindsor, CO14,758Fountain, CO: 13,159 personsFountain, CO13,159Denver, CO: 419,518 personsDenver, CO419,518Colorado Springs, CO: 238,109 personsColorado Springs, CO238,109Aurora, CO: 203,788 personsAurora, CO203,788Fort Collins, CO: 97,845 personsFort Collins, CO97,845Lakewood, CO: 88,086 personsLakewood, CO88,086Thornton, CO: 77,029 personsThornton, CO77,029Arvada, CO: 70,565 personsArvada, CO70,565Westminster, CO: 68,764 personsWestminster, CO68,764Boulder, CO: 61,338 personsBoulder, CO61,338Centennial, CO: 59,677 personsCentennial, CO59,677Greeley, CO: 53,755 personsGreeley, CO53,755Longmont, CO: 53,571 personsLongmont, CO53,571Pueblo, CO: 47,841 personsPueblo, CO47,841Broomfield, CO: 40,408 personsBroomfield, CO40,408Loveland, CO: 39,132 personsLoveland, CO39,132Castle Rock, CO: 37,646 personsCastle Rock, CO37,646Grand Junction, CO: 33,193 personsGrand Junction, CO33,193Parker, CO: 32,071 personsParker, CO32,071Commerce City, CO: 31,241 personsCommerce City, CO31,241Littleton, CO: 25,629 personsLittleton, CO25,629Northglenn, CO: 21,741 personsNorthglenn, CO21,741Englewood, CO: 21,118 personsEnglewood, CO21,118Brighton, CO: 20,480 personsBrighton, CO20,480Wheat Ridge, CO: 18,562 personsWheat Ridge, CO18,562Lafayette, CO: 17,622 personsLafayette, CO17,622Erie, CO: 15,073 personsErie, CO15,073Windsor, CO: 14,758 personsWindsor, CO14,758Fountain, CO: 13,159 personsFountain, CO13,159
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

RankCities2018
persons		Change on 2017
1Denver, CO419,518+2.8%
2Colorado Springs, CO238,109+2.6%
3Aurora, CO203,788+3.3%
4Fort Collins, CO97,845+2.1%
5Lakewood, CO88,086+2.1%
6Thornton, CO77,029+3.7%
7Arvada, CO70,565+3%
8Westminster, CO68,764+2%
9Boulder, CO61,338+2.5%
10Centennial, CO59,677+1.7%
11Greeley, CO53,755+2.1%
12Longmont, CO53,571+3.3%
13Pueblo, CO47,841+0.6%
14Broomfield, CO40,408+3.2%
15Loveland, CO39,132+2.8%
16Castle Rock, CO37,646+5.6%
17Grand Junction, CO33,193+3.3%
18Parker, CO32,071+4.2%
19Commerce City, CO31,241+5.7%
20Littleton, CO25,629+1.8%
21Northglenn, CO21,741+1.3%
22Englewood, CO21,118+3%
23Brighton, CO20,480+1.9%
24Wheat Ridge, CO18,562+1.7%
25Lafayette, CO17,622+5.1%
26Erie, CO15,073n/a
27Windsor, CO14,758+8.4%
28Fountain, CO13,159+3.7%

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. 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, 2018) [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, 2018. 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=2018. 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, 2018. 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=2018.

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, 2018 [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=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Denver, CO, with 419,518 in 2018, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

Fountain, CO, with 13,159 in 2018.

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.

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