# Cities in Colorado by unemployed people, 2025

All 28 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `unemployed_persons`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Residents with no job who were available for work and had looked for work in the previous four weeks, or were waiting to be recalled from a layoff, annual average. 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.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average (https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/colorado-cities

| Rank | Place | persons |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Denver, CO | 18,762 |
| 2 | Colorado Springs, CO | 10,628 |
| 3 | Aurora, CO | 9,199 |
| 4 | Fort Collins, CO | 3,745 |
| 5 | Lakewood, CO | 3,682 |
| 6 | Thornton, CO | 3,424 |
| 7 | Arvada, CO | 2,785 |
| 8 | Westminster, CO | 2,765 |
| 9 | Pueblo, CO | 2,733 |
| 10 | Greeley, CO | 2,586 |
| 11 | Boulder, CO | 2,540 |
| 12 | Longmont, CO | 2,352 |
| 13 | Centennial, CO | 2,300 |
| 14 | Loveland, CO | 1,781 |
| 15 | Broomfield, CO | 1,746 |
| 16 | Castle Rock, CO | 1,718 |
| 17 | Commerce City, CO | 1,638 |
| 18 | Grand Junction, CO | 1,469 |
| 19 | Parker, CO | 1,391 |
| 20 | Brighton, CO | 1,011 |
| 21 | Northglenn, CO | 984 |
| 22 | Littleton, CO | 977 |
| 23 | Englewood, CO | 897 |
| 24 | Wheat Ridge, CO | 809 |
| 25 | Erie, CO | 780 |
| 26 | Windsor, CO | 756 |
| 27 | Lafayette, CO | 719 |
| 28 | Fountain, CO | 587 |