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Cities in Colorado by employed residents

Denver, CO had the highest employed residents of 26 cities in 2016, at 386,093. Fountain, CO had the lowest, at 11,841. The median was 40,397. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest386,093Denver, CO
Lowest11,841Fountain, CO
Median40,39726 cities

All cities, 2016

Denver, CO: 386,093 personsDenver, CO386,093Colorado Springs, CO: 217,590 personsColorado Springs, CO217,590Aurora, CO: 186,108 personsAurora, CO186,108Fort Collins, CO: 90,332 personsFort Collins, CO90,332Lakewood, CO: 81,843 personsLakewood, CO81,843Thornton, CO: 68,882 personsThornton, CO68,882Arvada, CO: 64,314 personsArvada, CO64,314Westminster, CO: 64,272 personsWestminster, CO64,272Boulder, CO: 56,377 personsBoulder, CO56,377Centennial, CO: 55,471 personsCentennial, CO55,471Longmont, CO: 48,934 personsLongmont, CO48,934Greeley, CO: 48,905 personsGreeley, CO48,905Pueblo, CO: 44,400 personsPueblo, CO44,400Broomfield, CO: 36,393 personsBroomfield, CO36,393Loveland, CO: 35,277 personsLoveland, CO35,277Castle Rock, CO: 33,088 personsCastle Rock, CO33,088Grand Junction, CO: 29,892 personsGrand Junction, CO29,892Parker, CO: 28,643 personsParker, CO28,643Commerce City, CO: 28,091 personsCommerce City, CO28,091Littleton, CO: 23,871 personsLittleton, CO23,871Northglenn, CO: 20,350 personsNorthglenn, CO20,350Englewood, CO: 19,097 personsEnglewood, CO19,097Brighton, CO: 18,956 personsBrighton, CO18,956Wheat Ridge, CO: 17,386 personsWheat Ridge, CO17,386Lafayette, CO: 16,063 personsLafayette, CO16,063Fountain, CO: 11,841 personsFountain, CO11,841Denver, CO: 386,093 personsDenver, CO386,093Colorado Springs, CO: 217,590 personsColorado Springs, CO217,590Aurora, CO: 186,108 personsAurora, CO186,108Fort Collins, CO: 90,332 personsFort Collins, CO90,332Lakewood, CO: 81,843 personsLakewood, CO81,843Thornton, CO: 68,882 personsThornton, CO68,882Arvada, CO: 64,314 personsArvada, CO64,314Westminster, CO: 64,272 personsWestminster, CO64,272Boulder, CO: 56,377 personsBoulder, CO56,377Centennial, CO: 55,471 personsCentennial, CO55,471Longmont, CO: 48,934 personsLongmont, CO48,934Greeley, CO: 48,905 personsGreeley, CO48,905Pueblo, CO: 44,400 personsPueblo, CO44,400Broomfield, CO: 36,393 personsBroomfield, CO36,393Loveland, CO: 35,277 personsLoveland, CO35,277Castle Rock, CO: 33,088 personsCastle Rock, CO33,088Grand Junction, CO: 29,892 personsGrand Junction, CO29,892Parker, CO: 28,643 personsParker, CO28,643Commerce City, CO: 28,091 personsCommerce City, CO28,091Littleton, CO: 23,871 personsLittleton, CO23,871Northglenn, CO: 20,350 personsNorthglenn, CO20,350Englewood, CO: 19,097 personsEnglewood, CO19,097Brighton, CO: 18,956 personsBrighton, CO18,956Wheat Ridge, CO: 17,386 personsWheat Ridge, CO17,386Lafayette, CO: 16,063 personsLafayette, CO16,063Fountain, CO: 11,841 personsFountain, CO11,841
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2016
persons		Change on 2015
1Denver, CO386,093+6.8%
2Colorado Springs, CO217,590+4.5%
3Aurora, CO186,108+7.4%
4Fort Collins, CO90,332+3.1%
5Lakewood, CO81,843+5.6%
6Thornton, CO68,882+2.1%
7Arvada, CO64,314+6.9%
8Westminster, CO64,272+7.7%
9Boulder, CO56,377-3.8%
10Centennial, CO55,471-4.4%
11Longmont, CO48,934+6.1%
12Greeley, CO48,905+3.7%
13Pueblo, CO44,400+2.7%
14Broomfield, CO36,393+6%
15Loveland, CO35,277-6%
16Castle Rock, CO33,088+19.1%
17Grand Junction, CO29,892+9.8%
18Parker, CO28,643+8.4%
19Commerce City, CO28,091+12.8%
20Littleton, CO23,871+2.5%
21Northglenn, CO20,350+4.5%
22Englewood, CO19,097+3.7%
23Brighton, CO18,956+11.2%
24Wheat Ridge, CO17,386+13%
25Lafayette, CO16,063+5.5%
26Fountain, CO11,841+10.3%

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 2016 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.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: employment (measure 05), annual average (Cities in Colorado by employed residents, 2016) [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: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in Colorado by employed residents, 2016. 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/employed-residents/colorado-cities?period=2016. 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, 2016. 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/employed-residents/colorado-cities?period=2016.

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, 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/colorado-cities?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Denver, CO, with 386,093 in 2016, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Fountain, CO, with 11,841 in 2016.

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 2016 and are not ranked.

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