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Cities in Colorado by employed residents

Denver, CO had the highest employed residents of 28 cities in 2019, at 416,785. Fountain, CO had the lowest, at 12,882. The median was 39,592. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest416,785Denver, CO
Lowest12,882Fountain, CO
Median39,59228 cities

All cities, 2019

Denver, CO: 416,785 personsDenver, CO416,785Colorado Springs, CO: 234,750 personsColorado Springs, CO234,750Aurora, CO: 202,149 personsAurora, CO202,149Fort Collins, CO: 96,651 personsFort Collins, CO96,651Lakewood, CO: 86,806 personsLakewood, CO86,806Thornton, CO: 76,556 personsThornton, CO76,556Arvada, CO: 69,994 personsArvada, CO69,994Westminster, CO: 67,588 personsWestminster, CO67,588Boulder, CO: 60,080 personsBoulder, CO60,080Centennial, CO: 58,559 personsCentennial, CO58,559Longmont, CO: 54,288 personsLongmont, CO54,288Greeley, CO: 51,805 personsGreeley, CO51,805Pueblo, CO: 45,755 personsPueblo, CO45,755Broomfield, CO: 40,580 personsBroomfield, CO40,580Castle Rock, CO: 38,603 personsCastle Rock, CO38,603Loveland, CO: 38,584 personsLoveland, CO38,584Parker, CO: 32,832 personsParker, CO32,832Grand Junction, CO: 32,363 personsGrand Junction, CO32,363Commerce City, CO: 31,773 personsCommerce City, CO31,773Littleton, CO: 25,163 personsLittleton, CO25,163Northglenn, CO: 21,206 personsNorthglenn, CO21,206Englewood, CO: 20,690 personsEnglewood, CO20,690Brighton, CO: 20,414 personsBrighton, CO20,414Wheat Ridge, CO: 18,210 personsWheat Ridge, CO18,210Lafayette, CO: 17,802 personsLafayette, CO17,802Erie, CO: 15,665 personsErie, CO15,665Windsor, CO: 15,489 personsWindsor, CO15,489Fountain, CO: 12,882 personsFountain, CO12,882Denver, CO: 416,785 personsDenver, CO416,785Colorado Springs, CO: 234,750 personsColorado Springs, CO234,750Aurora, CO: 202,149 personsAurora, CO202,149Fort Collins, CO: 96,651 personsFort Collins, CO96,651Lakewood, CO: 86,806 personsLakewood, CO86,806Thornton, CO: 76,556 personsThornton, CO76,556Arvada, CO: 69,994 personsArvada, CO69,994Westminster, CO: 67,588 personsWestminster, CO67,588Boulder, CO: 60,080 personsBoulder, CO60,080Centennial, CO: 58,559 personsCentennial, CO58,559Longmont, CO: 54,288 personsLongmont, CO54,288Greeley, CO: 51,805 personsGreeley, CO51,805Pueblo, CO: 45,755 personsPueblo, CO45,755Broomfield, CO: 40,580 personsBroomfield, CO40,580Castle Rock, CO: 38,603 personsCastle Rock, CO38,603Loveland, CO: 38,584 personsLoveland, CO38,584Parker, CO: 32,832 personsParker, CO32,832Grand Junction, CO: 32,363 personsGrand Junction, CO32,363Commerce City, CO: 31,773 personsCommerce City, CO31,773Littleton, CO: 25,163 personsLittleton, CO25,163Northglenn, CO: 21,206 personsNorthglenn, CO21,206Englewood, CO: 20,690 personsEnglewood, CO20,690Brighton, CO: 20,414 personsBrighton, CO20,414Wheat Ridge, CO: 18,210 personsWheat Ridge, CO18,210Lafayette, CO: 17,802 personsLafayette, CO17,802Erie, CO: 15,665 personsErie, CO15,665Windsor, CO: 15,489 personsWindsor, CO15,489Fountain, CO: 12,882 personsFountain, CO12,882
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2019
persons		Change on 2018
1Denver, CO416,785+2.3%
2Colorado Springs, CO234,750+2.1%
3Aurora, CO202,149+2.4%
4Fort Collins, CO96,651+1.4%
5Lakewood, CO86,806+1.5%
6Thornton, CO76,556+2.4%
7Arvada, CO69,994+2%
8Westminster, CO67,588+1.2%
9Boulder, CO60,080+0.7%
10Centennial, CO58,559+0.9%
11Longmont, CO54,288+4.4%
12Greeley, CO51,805-0.6%
13Pueblo, CO45,755+0.6%
14Broomfield, CO40,580+3.2%
15Castle Rock, CO38,603+5.2%
16Loveland, CO38,584+1.7%
17Parker, CO32,832+5.2%
18Grand Junction, CO32,363+1%
19Commerce City, CO31,773+4.9%
20Littleton, CO25,163+1%
21Northglenn, CO21,206+0.7%
22Englewood, CO20,690+0.9%
23Brighton, CO20,414+2.8%
24Wheat Ridge, CO18,210+1.2%
25Lafayette, CO17,802+3.8%
26Erie, CO15,665+6.4%
27Windsor, CO15,489+7.7%
28Fountain, CO12,882+2.2%

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, 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: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in Colorado by employed residents, 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/employed-residents/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: employment (measure 05), annual average. Cities in Colorado by employed residents, 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/employed-residents/colorado-cities?period=2019.

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

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Denver, CO, with 416,785 in 2019, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Fountain, CO, with 12,882 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: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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