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Cities in Colorado by unemployed people

Denver, CO had the highest unemployed people of 26 cities in 2014, at 17,573. Lafayette, CO had the lowest, at 622. The median was 2,160. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest17,573Denver, CO
Lowest622Lafayette, CO
Median2,16026 cities

All cities, 2014

Denver, CO: 17,573 personsDenver, CO17,573Colorado Springs, CO: 12,582 personsColorado Springs, CO12,582Aurora, CO: 9,989 personsAurora, CO9,989Lakewood, CO: 3,980 personsLakewood, CO3,980Pueblo, CO: 3,741 personsPueblo, CO3,741Thornton, CO: 3,696 personsThornton, CO3,696Fort Collins, CO: 3,598 personsFort Collins, CO3,598Westminster, CO: 3,089 personsWestminster, CO3,089Arvada, CO: 2,805 personsArvada, CO2,805Centennial, CO: 2,765 personsCentennial, CO2,765Boulder, CO: 2,424 personsBoulder, CO2,424Greeley, CO: 2,379 personsGreeley, CO2,379Longmont, CO: 2,219 personsLongmont, CO2,219Grand Junction, CO: 2,100 personsGrand Junction, CO2,100Loveland, CO: 1,791 personsLoveland, CO1,791Commerce City, CO: 1,465 personsCommerce City, CO1,465Broomfield, CO: 1,431 personsBroomfield, CO1,431Castle Rock, CO: 1,187 personsCastle Rock, CO1,187Northglenn, CO: 1,185 personsNorthglenn, CO1,185Parker, CO: 1,145 personsParker, CO1,145Littleton, CO: 1,060 personsLittleton, CO1,060Brighton, CO: 986 personsBrighton, CO986Englewood, CO: 902 personsEnglewood, CO902Wheat Ridge, CO: 901 personsWheat Ridge, CO901Fountain, CO: 769 personsFountain, CO769Lafayette, CO: 622 personsLafayette, CO622Denver, CO: 17,573 personsDenver, CO17,573Colorado Springs, CO: 12,582 personsColorado Springs, CO12,582Aurora, CO: 9,989 personsAurora, CO9,989Lakewood, CO: 3,980 personsLakewood, CO3,980Pueblo, CO: 3,741 personsPueblo, CO3,741Thornton, CO: 3,696 personsThornton, CO3,696Fort Collins, CO: 3,598 personsFort Collins, CO3,598Westminster, CO: 3,089 personsWestminster, CO3,089Arvada, CO: 2,805 personsArvada, CO2,805Centennial, CO: 2,765 personsCentennial, CO2,765Boulder, CO: 2,424 personsBoulder, CO2,424Greeley, CO: 2,379 personsGreeley, CO2,379Longmont, CO: 2,219 personsLongmont, CO2,219Grand Junction, CO: 2,100 personsGrand Junction, CO2,100Loveland, CO: 1,791 personsLoveland, CO1,791Commerce City, CO: 1,465 personsCommerce City, CO1,465Broomfield, CO: 1,431 personsBroomfield, CO1,431Castle Rock, CO: 1,187 personsCastle Rock, CO1,187Northglenn, CO: 1,185 personsNorthglenn, CO1,185Parker, CO: 1,145 personsParker, CO1,145Littleton, CO: 1,060 personsLittleton, CO1,060Brighton, CO: 986 personsBrighton, CO986Englewood, CO: 902 personsEnglewood, CO902Wheat Ridge, CO: 901 personsWheat Ridge, CO901Fountain, CO: 769 personsFountain, CO769Lafayette, CO: 622 personsLafayette, CO622
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2014
persons		Change on 2013
1Denver, CO17,573-25.6%
2Colorado Springs, CO12,582-22.7%
3Aurora, CO9,989-23.1%
4Lakewood, CO3,980-25.1%
5Pueblo, CO3,741-24.6%
6Thornton, CO3,696-27.3%
7Fort Collins, CO3,598-23.8%
8Westminster, CO3,089-29.8%
9Arvada, CO2,805-26.9%
10Centennial, CO2,765-23.3%
11Boulder, CO2,424-22.9%
12Greeley, CO2,379-27%
13Longmont, CO2,219-26%
14Grand Junction, CO2,100-29.8%
15Loveland, CO1,791-25.7%
16Commerce City, CO1,465-28.9%
17Broomfield, CO1,431-23.4%
18Castle Rock, CO1,187-20.4%
19Northglenn, CO1,185-26.2%
20Parker, CO1,145-21.6%
21Littleton, CO1,060-26.8%
22Brighton, CO986-29.3%
23Englewood, CO902-25.1%
24Wheat Ridge, CO901-25.2%
25Fountain, CO769-27.5%
26Lafayette, CO622-21.4%

Other periods

About this ranking

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.

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. The survey definition, not a count of benefit claimants. 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 2014 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: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14. 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: unemployment (measure 04), annual average (Cities in Colorado by unemployed people, 2014) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Cities in Colorado by unemployed people, 2014. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/colorado-cities?period=2014. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Cities in Colorado by unemployed people, 2014. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/colorado-cities?period=2014.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Cities in Colorado by unemployed people, 2014 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/colorado-cities?period=2014 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Questions

Which city has the highest unemployed people?

Denver, CO, with 17,573 in 2014, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest unemployed people?

Lafayette, CO, with 622 in 2014.

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: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 2 cities have no value for 2014 and are not ranked.

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