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Cities in Colorado by unemployed people

Denver, CO had the highest unemployed people of 27 cities in 2017, at 10,011. Windsor, CO had the lowest, at 289. The median was 1,064. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest10,011Denver, CO
Lowest289Windsor, CO
Median1,06427 cities

All cities, 2017

Denver, CO: 10,011 personsDenver, CO10,011Colorado Springs, CO: 6,713 personsColorado Springs, CO6,713Aurora, CO: 5,413 personsAurora, CO5,413Lakewood, CO: 2,171 personsLakewood, CO2,171Fort Collins, CO: 2,104 personsFort Collins, CO2,104Pueblo, CO: 2,101 personsPueblo, CO2,101Thornton, CO: 1,921 personsThornton, CO1,921Westminster, CO: 1,678 personsWestminster, CO1,678Arvada, CO: 1,637 personsArvada, CO1,637Greeley, CO: 1,376 personsGreeley, CO1,376Boulder, CO: 1,369 personsBoulder, CO1,369Centennial, CO: 1,363 personsCentennial, CO1,363Longmont, CO: 1,321 personsLongmont, CO1,321Grand Junction, CO: 1,064 personsGrand Junction, CO1,064Loveland, CO: 1,009 personsLoveland, CO1,009Broomfield, CO: 937 personsBroomfield, CO937Commerce City, CO: 798 personsCommerce City, CO798Castle Rock, CO: 753 personsCastle Rock, CO753Parker, CO: 694 personsParker, CO694Northglenn, CO: 631 personsNorthglenn, CO631Littleton, CO: 590 personsLittleton, CO590Brighton, CO: 573 personsBrighton, CO573Englewood, CO: 506 personsEnglewood, CO506Wheat Ridge, CO: 505 personsWheat Ridge, CO505Fountain, CO: 401 personsFountain, CO401Lafayette, CO: 359 personsLafayette, CO359Windsor, CO: 289 personsWindsor, CO289Denver, CO: 10,011 personsDenver, CO10,011Colorado Springs, CO: 6,713 personsColorado Springs, CO6,713Aurora, CO: 5,413 personsAurora, CO5,413Lakewood, CO: 2,171 personsLakewood, CO2,171Fort Collins, CO: 2,104 personsFort Collins, CO2,104Pueblo, CO: 2,101 personsPueblo, CO2,101Thornton, CO: 1,921 personsThornton, CO1,921Westminster, CO: 1,678 personsWestminster, CO1,678Arvada, CO: 1,637 personsArvada, CO1,637Greeley, CO: 1,376 personsGreeley, CO1,376Boulder, CO: 1,369 personsBoulder, CO1,369Centennial, CO: 1,363 personsCentennial, CO1,363Longmont, CO: 1,321 personsLongmont, CO1,321Grand Junction, CO: 1,064 personsGrand Junction, CO1,064Loveland, CO: 1,009 personsLoveland, CO1,009Broomfield, CO: 937 personsBroomfield, CO937Commerce City, CO: 798 personsCommerce City, CO798Castle Rock, CO: 753 personsCastle Rock, CO753Parker, CO: 694 personsParker, CO694Northglenn, CO: 631 personsNorthglenn, CO631Littleton, CO: 590 personsLittleton, CO590Brighton, CO: 573 personsBrighton, CO573Englewood, CO: 506 personsEnglewood, CO506Wheat Ridge, CO: 505 personsWheat Ridge, CO505Fountain, CO: 401 personsFountain, CO401Lafayette, CO: 359 personsLafayette, CO359Windsor, CO: 289 personsWindsor, CO289
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2017
persons		Change on 2016
1Denver, CO10,011-11.7%
2Colorado Springs, CO6,713-12.4%
3Aurora, CO5,413-10.3%
4Lakewood, CO2,171-12.1%
5Fort Collins, CO2,104-12.2%
6Pueblo, CO2,101-9.9%
7Thornton, CO1,921-14.7%
8Westminster, CO1,678-14.1%
9Arvada, CO1,637-11.5%
10Greeley, CO1,376-23.2%
11Boulder, CO1,369-8.7%
12Centennial, CO1,363-21.4%
13Longmont, CO1,321-10.8%
14Grand Junction, CO1,064-39%
15Loveland, CO1,009-15.6%
16Broomfield, CO937-8.4%
17Commerce City, CO798-17%
18Castle Rock, CO753-10.9%
19Parker, CO694-8%
20Northglenn, CO631-10.4%
21Littleton, CO590-13.9%
22Brighton, CO573-17%
23Englewood, CO506-13.9%
24Wheat Ridge, CO505-15.3%
25Fountain, CO401-18%
26Lafayette, CO359-14.1%
27Windsor, CO289n/a

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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. 1 cities with data in other periods have no value for 2017 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.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: unemployment (measure 04), annual average (Cities in Colorado by unemployed people, 2017) [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: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Cities in Colorado by unemployed people, 2017. 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/unemployed-people/colorado-cities?period=2017. 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, 2017. 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/unemployed-people/colorado-cities?period=2017.

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, 2017 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/colorado-cities?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Questions

Which city has the highest unemployed people?

Denver, CO, with 10,011 in 2017, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest unemployed people?

Windsor, CO, with 289 in 2017.

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. 1 cities have no value for 2017 and are not ranked.

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