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Cities in Colorado by employed residents

Denver, CO had the highest employed residents of 28 cities in 2018, at 407,612. Fountain, CO had the lowest, at 12,609. The median was 38,625. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest407,612Denver, CO
Lowest12,609Fountain, CO
Median38,62528 cities

All cities, 2018

Denver, CO: 407,612 personsDenver, CO407,612Colorado Springs, CO: 229,816 personsColorado Springs, CO229,816Aurora, CO: 197,320 personsAurora, CO197,320Fort Collins, CO: 95,353 personsFort Collins, CO95,353Lakewood, CO: 85,525 personsLakewood, CO85,525Thornton, CO: 74,730 personsThornton, CO74,730Arvada, CO: 68,650 personsArvada, CO68,650Westminster, CO: 66,770 personsWestminster, CO66,770Boulder, CO: 59,677 personsBoulder, CO59,677Centennial, CO: 58,031 personsCentennial, CO58,031Greeley, CO: 52,129 personsGreeley, CO52,129Longmont, CO: 52,004 personsLongmont, CO52,004Pueblo, CO: 45,494 personsPueblo, CO45,494Broomfield, CO: 39,325 personsBroomfield, CO39,325Loveland, CO: 37,925 personsLoveland, CO37,925Castle Rock, CO: 36,701 personsCastle Rock, CO36,701Grand Junction, CO: 32,045 personsGrand Junction, CO32,045Parker, CO: 31,214 personsParker, CO31,214Commerce City, CO: 30,295 personsCommerce City, CO30,295Littleton, CO: 24,922 personsLittleton, CO24,922Northglenn, CO: 21,052 personsNorthglenn, CO21,052Englewood, CO: 20,504 personsEnglewood, CO20,504Brighton, CO: 19,861 personsBrighton, CO19,861Wheat Ridge, CO: 17,987 personsWheat Ridge, CO17,987Lafayette, CO: 17,154 personsLafayette, CO17,154Erie, CO: 14,717 personsErie, CO14,717Windsor, CO: 14,385 personsWindsor, CO14,385Fountain, CO: 12,609 personsFountain, CO12,609Denver, CO: 407,612 personsDenver, CO407,612Colorado Springs, CO: 229,816 personsColorado Springs, CO229,816Aurora, CO: 197,320 personsAurora, CO197,320Fort Collins, CO: 95,353 personsFort Collins, CO95,353Lakewood, CO: 85,525 personsLakewood, CO85,525Thornton, CO: 74,730 personsThornton, CO74,730Arvada, CO: 68,650 personsArvada, CO68,650Westminster, CO: 66,770 personsWestminster, CO66,770Boulder, CO: 59,677 personsBoulder, CO59,677Centennial, CO: 58,031 personsCentennial, CO58,031Greeley, CO: 52,129 personsGreeley, CO52,129Longmont, CO: 52,004 personsLongmont, CO52,004Pueblo, CO: 45,494 personsPueblo, CO45,494Broomfield, CO: 39,325 personsBroomfield, CO39,325Loveland, CO: 37,925 personsLoveland, CO37,925Castle Rock, CO: 36,701 personsCastle Rock, CO36,701Grand Junction, CO: 32,045 personsGrand Junction, CO32,045Parker, CO: 31,214 personsParker, CO31,214Commerce City, CO: 30,295 personsCommerce City, CO30,295Littleton, CO: 24,922 personsLittleton, CO24,922Northglenn, CO: 21,052 personsNorthglenn, CO21,052Englewood, CO: 20,504 personsEnglewood, CO20,504Brighton, CO: 19,861 personsBrighton, CO19,861Wheat Ridge, CO: 17,987 personsWheat Ridge, CO17,987Lafayette, CO: 17,154 personsLafayette, CO17,154Erie, CO: 14,717 personsErie, CO14,717Windsor, CO: 14,385 personsWindsor, CO14,385Fountain, CO: 12,609 personsFountain, CO12,609
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2018
persons		Change on 2017
1Denver, CO407,612+2.4%
2Colorado Springs, CO229,816+1.9%
3Aurora, CO197,320+2.9%
4Fort Collins, CO95,353+1.7%
5Lakewood, CO85,525+1.7%
6Thornton, CO74,730+3.3%
7Arvada, CO68,650+2.7%
8Westminster, CO66,770+1.5%
9Boulder, CO59,677+2.1%
10Centennial, CO58,031+1.2%
11Greeley, CO52,129+1.6%
12Longmont, CO52,004+2.9%
13Pueblo, CO45,494+0.1%
14Broomfield, CO39,325+2.9%
15Loveland, CO37,925+2.3%
16Castle Rock, CO36,701+5.2%
17Grand Junction, CO32,045+3.2%
18Parker, CO31,214+3.7%
19Commerce City, CO30,295+5.4%
20Littleton, CO24,922+1.3%
21Northglenn, CO21,052+1%
22Englewood, CO20,504+2.6%
23Brighton, CO19,861+1.7%
24Wheat Ridge, CO17,987+1.4%
25Lafayette, CO17,154+4.5%
26Erie, CO14,717n/a
27Windsor, CO14,385+7.9%
28Fountain, CO12,609+2.6%

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. 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, 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: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in Colorado by employed residents, 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/employed-residents/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: employment (measure 05), annual average. Cities in Colorado by employed residents, 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/employed-residents/colorado-cities?period=2018.

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

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Denver, CO, with 407,612 in 2018, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Fountain, CO, with 12,609 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: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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