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Cities in Colorado by employed residents

Denver, CO had the highest employed residents of 26 cities in 2014, at 350,617. Fountain, CO had the lowest, at 10,660. The median was 39,546. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest350,617Denver, CO
Lowest10,660Fountain, CO
Median39,54626 cities

All cities, 2014

Denver, CO: 350,617 personsDenver, CO350,617Colorado Springs, CO: 202,889 personsColorado Springs, CO202,889Aurora, CO: 169,691 personsAurora, CO169,691Fort Collins, CO: 84,918 personsFort Collins, CO84,918Lakewood, CO: 75,797 personsLakewood, CO75,797Thornton, CO: 65,601 personsThornton, CO65,601Arvada, CO: 59,038 personsArvada, CO59,038Westminster, CO: 58,939 personsWestminster, CO58,939Boulder, CO: 57,686 personsBoulder, CO57,686Centennial, CO: 56,536 personsCentennial, CO56,536Greeley, CO: 46,231 personsGreeley, CO46,231Longmont, CO: 45,465 personsLongmont, CO45,465Pueblo, CO: 42,866 personsPueblo, CO42,866Loveland, CO: 36,225 personsLoveland, CO36,225Broomfield, CO: 32,691 personsBroomfield, CO32,691Castle Rock, CO: 27,774 personsCastle Rock, CO27,774Grand Junction, CO: 27,527 personsGrand Junction, CO27,527Parker, CO: 26,505 personsParker, CO26,505Commerce City, CO: 23,895 personsCommerce City, CO23,895Littleton, CO: 22,364 personsLittleton, CO22,364Northglenn, CO: 19,092 personsNorthglenn, CO19,092Englewood, CO: 18,033 personsEnglewood, CO18,033Brighton, CO: 16,606 personsBrighton, CO16,606Wheat Ridge, CO: 15,264 personsWheat Ridge, CO15,264Lafayette, CO: 14,947 personsLafayette, CO14,947Fountain, CO: 10,660 personsFountain, CO10,660Denver, CO: 350,617 personsDenver, CO350,617Colorado Springs, CO: 202,889 personsColorado Springs, CO202,889Aurora, CO: 169,691 personsAurora, CO169,691Fort Collins, CO: 84,918 personsFort Collins, CO84,918Lakewood, CO: 75,797 personsLakewood, CO75,797Thornton, CO: 65,601 personsThornton, CO65,601Arvada, CO: 59,038 personsArvada, CO59,038Westminster, CO: 58,939 personsWestminster, CO58,939Boulder, CO: 57,686 personsBoulder, CO57,686Centennial, CO: 56,536 personsCentennial, CO56,536Greeley, CO: 46,231 personsGreeley, CO46,231Longmont, CO: 45,465 personsLongmont, CO45,465Pueblo, CO: 42,866 personsPueblo, CO42,866Loveland, CO: 36,225 personsLoveland, CO36,225Broomfield, CO: 32,691 personsBroomfield, CO32,691Castle Rock, CO: 27,774 personsCastle Rock, CO27,774Grand Junction, CO: 27,527 personsGrand Junction, CO27,527Parker, CO: 26,505 personsParker, CO26,505Commerce City, CO: 23,895 personsCommerce City, CO23,895Littleton, CO: 22,364 personsLittleton, CO22,364Northglenn, CO: 19,092 personsNorthglenn, CO19,092Englewood, CO: 18,033 personsEnglewood, CO18,033Brighton, CO: 16,606 personsBrighton, CO16,606Wheat Ridge, CO: 15,264 personsWheat Ridge, CO15,264Lafayette, CO: 14,947 personsLafayette, CO14,947Fountain, CO: 10,660 personsFountain, CO10,660
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2014
persons		Change on 2013
1Denver, CO350,617+3.5%
2Colorado Springs, CO202,889+1.9%
3Aurora, CO169,691+3.4%
4Fort Collins, CO84,918+3.5%
5Lakewood, CO75,797+2.9%
6Thornton, CO65,601+3.7%
7Arvada, CO59,038+2.9%
8Westminster, CO58,939+2.3%
9Boulder, CO57,686+3%
10Centennial, CO56,536+2.3%
11Greeley, CO46,231+5.9%
12Longmont, CO45,465+1.4%
13Pueblo, CO42,866+1.1%
14Loveland, CO36,225+2.5%
15Broomfield, CO32,691+5.9%
16Castle Rock, CO27,774+6.4%
17Grand Junction, CO27,527+2.4%
18Parker, CO26,505+3.9%
19Commerce City, CO23,895+5.4%
20Littleton, CO22,364+2.1%
21Northglenn, CO19,092+4.3%
22Englewood, CO18,033+4.3%
23Brighton, CO16,606+4.4%
24Wheat Ridge, CO15,264+1.6%
25Lafayette, CO14,947+2.2%
26Fountain, CO10,660+1.9%

Other periods

About this ranking

Residents who did any work for pay or profit in the reference week, or were temporarily absent from a job, 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, whatever the place of work, and someone with two jobs counts once. 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 2014 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: employment (measure 05), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14. 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: employment (measure 05), annual average (Cities in Colorado by employed residents, 2014) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in Colorado by employed residents, 2014. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/colorado-cities?period=2014. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Cities in Colorado by employed residents, 2014. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/colorado-cities?period=2014.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in Colorado by employed residents, 2014 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/colorado-cities?period=2014 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Denver, CO, with 350,617 in 2014, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Fountain, CO, with 10,660 in 2014.

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: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 2 cities have no value for 2014 and are not ranked.

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