We all love the biggest cities that the Centennial State has to offer. You know the places like Denver and Colorado Springs which make all the headlines.
But there are a bunch of other great large cities in Colorado that don't get as much love.
We're going to change that right now.
Using the most recent Census data, we can tell you about all the places in Colorado with a focus on the biggest. We update the data each year and this is our fourth time doing this.
You can click here to see a full table of the full of the 100 biggest cities in Colorado, along with every other place over 1,000 people big. It is sortable by clicking on the headers.
Read on below to see more on the biggest cities. Or for more reading on places to live in Colorado, check out:
Rank Last Year: 1 (No Change)
Population: 706,799
Population 2010: 578,087
Growth: 22.3%
More on Denver: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate
Rank Last Year: 2 (No Change)
Population: 475,282
Population 2010: 403,983
Growth: 17.6%
More on Colorado Springs: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate
Rank Last Year: 3 (No Change)
Population: 383,496
Population 2010: 314,092
Growth: 22.1%
More on Aurora: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate
Rank Last Year: 4 (No Change)
Population: 166,788
Population 2010: 140,082
Growth: 19.1%
More on Fort Collins: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate
Rank Last Year: 5 (No Change)
Population: 155,608
Population 2010: 142,020
Growth: 9.6%
More on Lakewood: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate
Rank Last Year: 6 (No Change)
Population: 140,538
Population 2010: 112,374
Growth: 25.1%
More on Thornton: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate
Rank Last Year: 7 (No Change)
Population: 122,903
Population 2010: 104,885
Growth: 17.2%
More on Arvada: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate
Rank Last Year: 8 (No Change)
Population: 115,535
Population 2010: 104,869
Growth: 10.2%
More on Westminster: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate
Rank Last Year: 9 (No Change)
Population: 111,424
Population 2010: 105,957
Growth: 5.2%
More on Pueblo: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate
Rank Last Year: 10 (No Change)
Population: 107,972
Population 2010: 99,999
Growth: 8.0%
More on Centennial: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate
We've been ranking and dissecting cities in the Centennial State for over 4 years now -- making this actually the fourth time we've run the numbers. We always use the best data, the US Census. In this case, that means we are using the American Community Survey.
It what is probably the most simple analysis we run each year, we ranked every place in Colorado from biggest to smallest. The biggest city this year? That would be Denver.
The smallest? Ouray, although there are places smaller than 1,000 people not listed here, so keep that in mind as we take a look at the top ten.
We hope that you find the big city, or really any city, that's right for you. Below is a list of the rest of the biggest cities along with every other place in Colorado.
Have fun snacking around in the Centennial State!
For more reading on Colorado, check out:
Rank | City | Current Population | 2010 | Growth | |||||
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1 | Denver | 706,799 | 578,087 | 22.3% | |||||
2 | Colorado Springs | 475,282 | 403,983 | 17.6% | |||||
3 | Aurora | 383,496 | 314,092 | 22.1% | |||||
4 | Fort Collins | 166,788 | 140,082 | 19.1% | |||||
5 | Lakewood | 155,608 | 142,020 | 9.6% | |||||
6 | Thornton | 140,538 | 112,374 | 25.1% | |||||
7 | Arvada | 122,903 | 104,885 | 17.2% | |||||
8 | Westminster | 115,535 | 104,869 | 10.2% | |||||
9 | Pueblo | 111,424 | 105,957 | 5.2% | |||||
10 | Centennial | 107,972 | 99,999 | 8.0% | |||||
11 | Greeley | 107,014 | 91,115 | 17.4% | |||||
12 | Boulder | 104,930 | 97,050 | 8.1% | |||||
13 | Highlands Ranch | 103,238 | 95,100 | 8.6% | |||||
14 | Longmont | 98,789 | 83,604 | 18.2% | |||||
15 | Loveland | 75,938 | 64,105 | 18.5% | |||||
16 | Broomfield | 72,697 | 52,872 | 37.5% | |||||
17 | Castle Rock | 71,037 | 44,402 | 60.0% | |||||
18 | Grand Junction | 65,067 | 56,295 | 15.6% | |||||
19 | Commerce City | 61,516 | 41,495 | 48.2% | |||||
20 | Parker | 57,311 | 42,548 | 34.7% | |||||
21 | Littleton | 45,465 | 41,352 | 9.9% | |||||
22 | Security-Widefield | 40,158 | 31,887 | 25.9% | |||||
23 | Brighton | 39,895 | 31,181 | 27.9% | |||||
24 | Northglenn | 37,899 | 35,127 | 7.9% | |||||
25 | Dakota Ridge | 34,361 | 30,776 | 11.6% | |||||
26 | Ken Caryl | 33,889 | 33,657 | 0.7% | |||||
27 | Englewood | 33,500 | 30,342 | 10.4% | |||||
28 | Pueblo West | 32,991 | 27,854 | 18.4% | |||||
29 | Wheat Ridge | 32,340 | 30,379 | 6.5% | |||||
30 | Windsor | 31,972 | 17,306 | 84.7% | |||||
31 | Lafayette | 30,307 | 24,187 | 25.3% | |||||
32 | Fountain | 29,495 | 23,781 | 24.0% | |||||
33 | Erie | 29,367 | 16,134 | 82.0% | |||||
34 | Columbine | 25,924 | 23,972 | 8.1% | |||||
35 | Evans | 21,727 | 17,223 | 26.2% | |||||
36 | Louisville | 21,091 | 18,470 | 14.2% | |||||
37 | Clifton | 20,122 | 19,985 | 0.7% | |||||
38 | Montrose | 20,098 | 18,237 | 10.2% | |||||
39 | Sherrelwood | 20,069 | 17,641 | 13.8% | |||||
40 | Golden | 20,041 | 18,414 | 8.8% | |||||
41 | Durango | 18,953 | 16,501 | 14.9% | |||||
42 | Cimarron Hills | 18,619 | 15,600 | 19.4% | |||||
43 | Fort Carson | 16,743 | 11,243 | 48.9% | |||||
44 | John | 16,596 | 8,656 | 91.7% | |||||
45 | Welby | 16,260 | 13,964 | 16.4% | |||||
46 | Firestone | 15,949 | 8,866 | 79.9% | |||||
47 | Greenwood Village | 15,548 | 13,367 | 16.3% | |||||
48 | Black Forest | 14,375 | 13,454 | 6.8% | |||||
49 | Frederick | 14,127 | 7,710 | 83.2% | |||||
50 | Federal Heights | 14,111 | 11,586 | 21.8% | |||||
51 | Sterling | 13,976 | 14,393 | -2.9% | |||||
52 | Lone Tree | 13,701 | 9,890 | 38.5% | |||||
53 | Fruita | 13,296 | 11,676 | 13.9% | |||||
54 | Superior | 13,283 | 11,852 | 12.1% | |||||
55 | Steamboat Springs | 13,193 | 11,796 | 11.8% | |||||
56 | Fort Morgan | 11,483 | 11,229 | 2.3% | |||||
57 | Cherry Creek | 11,389 | 10,691 | 6.5% | |||||
58 | Castle Pines | 11,296 | 0 | nan% | |||||
59 | Berkley | 10,920 | 12,113 | -9.8% | |||||
60 | Wellington | 10,769 | 5,648 | 90.7% | |||||
61 | Edwards | 10,436 | 8,982 | 16.2% | |||||
62 | Rifle | 10,325 | 8,880 | 16.3% | |||||
63 | Gunbarrel | 10,199 | 9,473 | 7.7% | |||||
64 | Berthoud | 10,188 | 5,143 | 98.1% | |||||
65 | Monument | 10,026 | 4,869 | 105.9% | |||||
66 | Glenwood Springs | 10,017 | 9,427 | 6.3% | |||||
67 | Fairmount | 9,939 | 7,498 | 32.6% | |||||
68 | The Pinery | 9,847 | 10,182 | -3.3% | |||||
69 | Stonegate | 9,822 | 8,754 | 12.2% | |||||
70 | Alamosa | 9,704 | 8,693 | 11.6% | |||||
71 | Evergreen | 9,338 | 9,140 | 2.2% | |||||
72 | Redlands | 9,092 | 7,806 | 16.5% | |||||
73 | Delta | 9,036 | 8,779 | 2.9% | |||||
74 | Craig | 9,026 | 9,308 | -3.0% | |||||
75 | Derby | 8,995 | 7,846 | 14.6% | |||||
76 | Roxborough Park | 8,861 | 9,134 | -3.0% | |||||
77 | Woodmoor | 8,840 | 8,918 | -0.9% | |||||
78 | Cortez | 8,742 | 8,412 | 3.9% | |||||
79 | Trinidad | 8,318 | 9,236 | -9.9% | |||||
80 | Applewood | 8,236 | 6,689 | 23.1% | |||||
81 | Milliken | 8,122 | 5,225 | 55.4% | |||||
82 | Gypsum | 8,047 | 6,054 | 32.9% | |||||
83 | Fort Lupton | 7,947 | 7,422 | 7.1% | |||||
84 | Fruitvale | 7,883 | 7,694 | 2.5% | |||||
85 | Woodland Park | 7,854 | 7,117 | 10.4% | |||||
86 | Lochbuie | 7,730 | 4,306 | 79.5% | |||||
87 | Severance | 7,691 | 2,789 | 175.8% | |||||
88 | Lamar | 7,636 | 7,901 | -3.4% | |||||
89 | Eagle | 7,420 | 5,958 | 24.5% | |||||
90 | La Junta | 7,282 | 7,063 | 3.1% | |||||
91 | Aspen | 7,019 | 6,403 | 9.6% | |||||
92 | Orchard Mesa | 6,592 | 7,230 | -8.8% | |||||
93 | Stratmoor | 6,515 | 7,164 | -9.1% | |||||
94 | Carbondale | 6,464 | 6,284 | 2.9% | |||||
95 | Gunnison | 6,459 | 5,783 | 11.7% | |||||
96 | Cherry Hills Village | 6,426 | 5,936 | 8.3% | |||||
97 | Timnath | 6,289 | 447 | 1306.9% | |||||
98 | Gleneagle | 6,259 | 6,649 | -5.9% | |||||
99 | Avon | 6,209 | 6,345 | -2.1% | |||||
100 | Air Force Academy | 6,170 | 8,257 | -25.3% | |||||
101 | Sheridan | 6,090 | 5,621 | 8.3% | |||||
102 | Dacono | 6,084 | 4,031 | 50.9% | |||||
103 | Estes Park | 5,942 | 5,820 | 2.1% | |||||
104 | Salida | 5,671 | 5,287 | 7.3% | |||||
105 | Shaw Heights | 5,648 | 4,634 | 21.9% | |||||
106 | Eaton | 5,648 | 4,135 | 36.6% | |||||
107 | Brush | 5,323 | 5,428 | -1.9% | |||||
108 | Battlement Mesa | 5,220 | 4,967 | 5.1% | |||||
109 | West Pleasant View | 5,140 | 3,631 | 41.6% | |||||
110 | Breckenridge | 5,086 | 4,224 | 20.4% | |||||
111 | Dove Valley | 5,052 | 6,008 | -15.9% | |||||
112 | Edgewater | 5,047 | 5,170 | -2.4% | |||||
113 | Todd Creek | 5,015 | 3,757 | 33.5% | |||||
114 | Meridian | 4,954 | 2,237 | 121.5% | |||||
115 | Manitou Springs | 4,912 | 4,961 | -1.0% | |||||
116 | Vail | 4,900 | 5,241 | -6.5% | |||||
117 | New Castle | 4,883 | 4,124 | 18.4% | |||||
118 | Mead | 4,716 | 3,241 | 45.5% | |||||
119 | Glendale | 4,605 | 4,165 | 10.6% | |||||
120 | El Jebel | 4,593 | 4,758 | -3.5% | |||||
121 | Silverthorne | 4,520 | 3,750 | 20.5% | |||||
122 | Castle Pines Village | 4,356 | 0 | nan% | |||||
123 | Genesee | 4,241 | 3,624 | 17.0% | |||||
124 | Monte Vista | 4,228 | 4,440 | -4.8% | |||||
125 | Niwot | 4,216 | 3,897 | 8.2% | |||||
126 | Rocky Ford | 3,876 | 3,960 | -2.1% | |||||
127 | Florence | 3,857 | 3,878 | -0.5% | |||||
128 | Basalt | 3,802 | 3,674 | 3.5% | |||||
129 | Lincoln Park | 3,724 | 4,204 | -11.4% | |||||
130 | Silt | 3,485 | 2,737 | 27.3% | |||||
131 | Yuma | 3,451 | 3,442 | 0.3% | |||||
132 | Ponderosa Park | 3,400 | 3,028 | 12.3% | |||||
133 | Strasburg | 3,369 | 2,089 | 61.3% | |||||
134 | Penrose | 3,305 | 3,597 | -8.1% | |||||
135 | Burlington | 3,212 | 4,155 | -22.7% | |||||
136 | Orchard City | 3,144 | 3,093 | 1.6% | |||||
137 | Snowmass Village | 3,089 | 2,590 | 19.3% | |||||
138 | Walsenburg | 3,034 | 3,283 | -7.6% | |||||
139 | Bennett | 2,964 | 2,186 | 35.6% | |||||
140 | Frisco | 2,952 | 2,658 | 11.1% | |||||
141 | La Salle | 2,934 | 2,289 | 28.2% | |||||
142 | Platteville | 2,879 | 2,526 | 14.0% | |||||
143 | Buena Vista | 2,859 | 2,545 | 12.3% | |||||
144 | Holly Hills | 2,843 | 2,439 | 16.6% | |||||
145 | Bayfield | 2,821 | 2,090 | 35.0% | |||||
146 | Acres Green | 2,732 | 3,117 | -12.4% | |||||
147 | Palmer Lake | 2,652 | 1,895 | 39.9% | |||||
148 | Leadville | 2,623 | 2,633 | -0.4% | |||||
149 | Telluride | 2,593 | 2,589 | 0.2% | |||||
150 | Cedaredge | 2,584 | 2,454 | 5.3% | |||||
151 | Coal Creek | 2,581 | 2,420 | 6.7% | |||||
152 | Palisade | 2,575 | 2,681 | -4.0% | |||||
153 | Las Animas | 2,564 | 3,171 | -19.1% | |||||
154 | Meeker | 2,482 | 2,385 | 4.1% | |||||
155 | Holyoke | 2,416 | 2,317 | 4.3% | |||||
156 | Rangely | 2,381 | 2,182 | 9.1% | |||||
157 | Center | 2,377 | 2,167 | 9.7% | |||||
158 | Inverness | 2,342 | 453 | 417.0% | |||||
159 | Wray | 2,338 | 1,975 | 18.4% | |||||
160 | Colorado City | 2,315 | 1,384 | 67.3% | |||||
161 | Lyons | 2,261 | 1,565 | 44.5% | |||||
162 | Granby | 2,229 | 2,063 | 8.0% | |||||
163 | Laporte | 2,201 | 2,426 | -9.3% | |||||
164 | Hudson | 2,172 | 1,594 | 36.3% | |||||
165 | Hayden | 2,116 | 2,009 | 5.3% | |||||
166 | Ordway | 2,066 | 1,145 | 80.4% | |||||
167 | Idaho Springs | 2,044 | 2,018 | 1.3% | |||||
168 | Leadville North | 1,948 | 1,732 | 12.5% | |||||
169 | Olathe | 1,874 | 1,488 | 25.9% | |||||
170 | Perry Park | 1,854 | 1,581 | 17.3% | |||||
171 | Aristocrat Ranchettes | 1,830 | 1,622 | 12.8% | |||||
172 | Akron | 1,793 | 1,691 | 6.0% | |||||
173 | Elizabeth | 1,792 | 1,421 | 26.1% | |||||
174 | Ault | 1,785 | 1,432 | 24.7% | |||||
175 | Columbine Valley | 1,701 | 1,275 | 33.4% | |||||
176 | Kremmling | 1,697 | 1,787 | -5.0% | |||||
177 | Del Norte | 1,667 | 1,663 | 0.2% | |||||
178 | Parachute | 1,607 | 1,019 | 57.7% | |||||
179 | Mountain Village | 1,577 | 1,101 | 43.2% | |||||
180 | Pagosa Springs | 1,548 | 1,774 | -12.7% | |||||
181 | Keenesburg | 1,546 | 1,142 | 35.4% | |||||
182 | Indian Hills | 1,545 | 1,003 | 54.0% | |||||
183 | Paonia | 1,542 | 1,458 | 5.8% | |||||
184 | Kersey | 1,533 | 1,454 | 5.4% | |||||
185 | Loma | 1,471 | 1,255 | 17.2% | |||||
186 | Byers | 1,433 | 1,318 | 8.7% | |||||
187 | Crested Butte | 1,419 | 1,432 | -0.9% | |||||
188 | Nederland | 1,392 | 1,334 | 4.3% | |||||
189 | Alamosa East | 1,384 | 2,031 | -31.9% | |||||
190 | Sanford | 1,359 | 880 | 54.4% | |||||
191 | Fraser | 1,334 | 1,384 | -3.6% | |||||
192 | Ignacio | 1,319 | 873 | 51.1% | |||||
193 | Springfield | 1,318 | 1,389 | -5.1% | |||||
194 | Towaoc | 1,284 | 932 | 37.8% | |||||
195 | Ellicott | 1,282 | 918 | 39.7% | |||||
196 | Hotchkiss | 1,273 | 808 | 57.5% | |||||
197 | Cascade-Chipita Park | 1,256 | 1,524 | -17.6% | |||||
198 | Aetna Estates | 1,255 | 564 | 122.5% | |||||
199 | Julesburg | 1,226 | 1,382 | -11.3% | |||||
200 | Gilcrest | 1,171 | 1,078 | 8.6% | |||||
201 | Mancos | 1,168 | 1,056 | 10.6% | |||||
202 | Limon | 1,167 | 1,761 | -33.7% | |||||
203 | Fowler | 1,157 | 1,491 | -22.4% | |||||
204 | Dillon | 1,147 | 646 | 77.6% | |||||
205 | Wiggins | 1,137 | 954 | 19.2% | |||||
206 | Poncha Springs | 1,098 | 791 | 38.8% | |||||
207 | Georg | 1,098 | 1,294 | -15.1% | |||||
208 | Minturn | 1,084 | 1,146 | -5.4% | |||||
209 | Ridgway | 1,033 | 929 | 11.2% | |||||
210 | Kittredge | 1,023 | 1,066 | -4.0% | |||||
211 | Pierce | 1,019 | 709 | 43.7% | |||||
212 | Ouray | 1,009 | 881 | 14.5% | |||||
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