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Cities in Colorado by civilian labor force

Denver, CO had the highest civilian labor force of 28 cities in 2019, at 427,532. Fountain, CO had the lowest, at 13,349. The median was 40,601. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest427,532Denver, CO
Lowest13,349Fountain, CO
Median40,60128 cities

All cities, 2019

Denver, CO: 427,532 personsDenver, CO427,532Colorado Springs, CO: 242,080 personsColorado Springs, CO242,080Aurora, CO: 207,828 personsAurora, CO207,828Fort Collins, CO: 98,896 personsFort Collins, CO98,896Lakewood, CO: 89,114 personsLakewood, CO89,114Thornton, CO: 78,652 personsThornton, CO78,652Arvada, CO: 71,736 personsArvada, CO71,736Westminster, CO: 69,344 personsWestminster, CO69,344Boulder, CO: 61,521 personsBoulder, CO61,521Centennial, CO: 60,052 personsCentennial, CO60,052Longmont, CO: 55,681 personsLongmont, CO55,681Greeley, CO: 53,269 personsGreeley, CO53,269Pueblo, CO: 47,837 personsPueblo, CO47,837Broomfield, CO: 41,549 personsBroomfield, CO41,549Loveland, CO: 39,652 personsLoveland, CO39,652Castle Rock, CO: 39,486 personsCastle Rock, CO39,486Parker, CO: 33,610 personsParker, CO33,610Grand Junction, CO: 33,367 personsGrand Junction, CO33,367Commerce City, CO: 32,653 personsCommerce City, CO32,653Littleton, CO: 25,788 personsLittleton, CO25,788Northglenn, CO: 21,818 personsNorthglenn, CO21,818Englewood, CO: 21,248 personsEnglewood, CO21,248Brighton, CO: 20,984 personsBrighton, CO20,984Wheat Ridge, CO: 18,727 personsWheat Ridge, CO18,727Lafayette, CO: 18,198 personsLafayette, CO18,198Erie, CO: 15,990 personsErie, CO15,990Windsor, CO: 15,817 personsWindsor, CO15,817Fountain, CO: 13,349 personsFountain, CO13,349Denver, CO: 427,532 personsDenver, CO427,532Colorado Springs, CO: 242,080 personsColorado Springs, CO242,080Aurora, CO: 207,828 personsAurora, CO207,828Fort Collins, CO: 98,896 personsFort Collins, CO98,896Lakewood, CO: 89,114 personsLakewood, CO89,114Thornton, CO: 78,652 personsThornton, CO78,652Arvada, CO: 71,736 personsArvada, CO71,736Westminster, CO: 69,344 personsWestminster, CO69,344Boulder, CO: 61,521 personsBoulder, CO61,521Centennial, CO: 60,052 personsCentennial, CO60,052Longmont, CO: 55,681 personsLongmont, CO55,681Greeley, CO: 53,269 personsGreeley, CO53,269Pueblo, CO: 47,837 personsPueblo, CO47,837Broomfield, CO: 41,549 personsBroomfield, CO41,549Loveland, CO: 39,652 personsLoveland, CO39,652Castle Rock, CO: 39,486 personsCastle Rock, CO39,486Parker, CO: 33,610 personsParker, CO33,610Grand Junction, CO: 33,367 personsGrand Junction, CO33,367Commerce City, CO: 32,653 personsCommerce City, CO32,653Littleton, CO: 25,788 personsLittleton, CO25,788Northglenn, CO: 21,818 personsNorthglenn, CO21,818Englewood, CO: 21,248 personsEnglewood, CO21,248Brighton, CO: 20,984 personsBrighton, CO20,984Wheat Ridge, CO: 18,727 personsWheat Ridge, CO18,727Lafayette, CO: 18,198 personsLafayette, CO18,198Erie, CO: 15,990 personsErie, CO15,990Windsor, CO: 15,817 personsWindsor, CO15,817Fountain, CO: 13,349 personsFountain, CO13,349
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

RankCities2019
persons		Change on 2018
1Denver, CO427,532+1.9%
2Colorado Springs, CO242,080+1.7%
3Aurora, CO207,828+2%
4Fort Collins, CO98,896+1.1%
5Lakewood, CO89,114+1.2%
6Thornton, CO78,652+2.1%
7Arvada, CO71,736+1.7%
8Westminster, CO69,344+0.8%
9Boulder, CO61,521+0.3%
10Centennial, CO60,052+0.6%
11Longmont, CO55,681+3.9%
12Greeley, CO53,269-0.9%
13Pueblo, CO47,837-0%
14Broomfield, CO41,549+2.8%
15Loveland, CO39,652+1.3%
16Castle Rock, CO39,486+4.9%
17Parker, CO33,610+4.8%
18Grand Junction, CO33,367+0.5%
19Commerce City, CO32,653+4.5%
20Littleton, CO25,788+0.6%
21Northglenn, CO21,818+0.4%
22Englewood, CO21,248+0.6%
23Brighton, CO20,984+2.5%
24Wheat Ridge, CO18,727+0.9%
25Lafayette, CO18,198+3.3%
26Erie, CO15,990+6.1%
27Windsor, CO15,817+7.2%
28Fountain, CO13,349+1.4%

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, 2019) [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, 2019. 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=2019. 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, 2019. 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=2019.

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, 2019 [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=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Denver, CO, with 427,532 in 2019, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

Fountain, CO, with 13,349 in 2019.

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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