Cities in Colorado by population

Denver, CO had the highest population of 54 cities in 2020, at 717,680. Timnath, CO had the lowest, at 6,756. The median was 30,137 and the figure for Colorado was 5.79 million. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest717,680Denver, CO
Lowest6,756Timnath, CO
Median30,13754 cities
Colorado5,786,873History

All cities, 2020

Denver, CO: 717,680 personsDenver, CO717,680Colorado Springs, CO: 481,230 personsColorado Springs, CO481,230Aurora, CO: 386,688 personsAurora, CO386,688Fort Collins, CO: 169,954 personsFort Collins, CO169,954Lakewood, CO: 156,263 personsLakewood, CO156,263Thornton, CO: 142,162 personsThornton, CO142,162Arvada, CO: 124,350 personsArvada, CO124,350Westminster, CO: 116,639 personsWestminster, CO116,639Pueblo, CO: 111,886 personsPueblo, CO111,886Greeley, CO: 109,259 personsGreeley, CO109,259Boulder, CO: 108,431 personsBoulder, CO108,431Centennial, CO: 107,732 personsCentennial, CO107,732Longmont, CO: 99,192 personsLongmont, CO99,192Loveland, CO: 76,344 personsLoveland, CO76,344Broomfield, CO: 74,482 personsBroomfield, CO74,482Castle Rock, CO: 73,888 personsCastle Rock, CO73,888Grand Junction, CO: 65,752 personsGrand Junction, CO65,752Commerce City, CO: 62,760 personsCommerce City, CO62,760Parker, CO: 58,737 personsParker, CO58,737Littleton, CO: 45,578 personsLittleton, CO45,578Brighton, CO: 40,280 personsBrighton, CO40,280Northglenn, CO: 38,032 personsNorthglenn, CO38,032Englewood, CO: 33,633 personsEnglewood, CO33,633Windsor, CO: 33,231 personsWindsor, CO33,231Wheat Ridge, CO: 32,380 personsWheat Ridge, CO32,380Erie, CO: 30,422 personsErie, CO30,422Lafayette, CO: 30,390 personsLafayette, CO30,390Fountain, CO: 29,883 personsFountain, CO29,883Evans, CO: 22,293 personsEvans, CO22,293Louisville, CO: 21,205 personsLouisville, CO21,205Golden, CO: 20,394 personsGolden, CO20,394Montrose, CO: 20,393 personsMontrose, CO20,393Durango, CO: 19,112 personsDurango, CO19,112Johnstown, CO: 17,366 personsJohnstown, CO17,366Cañon City, CO: 16,918 personsCañon City, CO16,918Firestone, CO: 16,653 personsFirestone, CO16,653Greenwood Village, CO: 15,632 personsGreenwood Village, CO15,632Frederick, CO: 14,715 personsFrederick, CO14,715Federal Heights, CO: 14,393 personsFederal Heights, CO14,393Lone Tree, CO: 14,214 personsLone Tree, CO14,214Fruita, CO: 13,430 personsFruita, CO13,430Sterling, CO: 13,419 personsSterling, CO13,419Steamboat Springs, CO: 13,225 personsSteamboat Springs, CO13,225Superior, CO: 13,106 personsSuperior, CO13,106Fort Morgan, CO: 11,550 personsFort Morgan, CO11,550Castle Pines, CO: 11,207 personsCastle Pines, CO11,207Wellington, CO: 11,167 personsWellington, CO11,167Berthoud, CO: 10,601 personsBerthoud, CO10,601Rifle, CO: 10,436 personsRifle, CO10,436Monument, CO: 10,422 personsMonument, CO10,422Glenwood Springs, CO: 10,005 personsGlenwood Springs, CO10,005Severance, CO: 8,011 personsSeverance, CO8,011Fort Lupton, CO: 7,987 personsFort Lupton, CO7,987Timnath, CO: 6,756 personsTimnath, CO6,756
persons. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). Norway: Statistics Norway, 1 January. United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. United Kingdom regions and local authorities: Office for National Statistics estimates for 30 June. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.

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U.S. Census Bureau. Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Which city has the highest population?

Denver, CO, with 717,680 in 2020, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which city has the lowest population?

Timnath, CO, with 6,756 in 2020.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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