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: 705,576
Population 2010: 578,087
Growth: 22.1%
More on Denver: Crime Report | Homes For Sale | Data
Rank Last Year: 2 (No Change)
Population: 464,871
Population 2010: 403,983
Growth: 15.1%
More on Colorado Springs: Crime Report | Homes For Sale | Data
Rank Last Year: 3 (No Change)
Population: 369,111
Population 2010: 314,092
Growth: 17.5%
More on Aurora: Crime Report | Homes For Sale | Data
Rank Last Year: 4 (No Change)
Population: 165,609
Population 2010: 140,082
Growth: 18.2%
More on Fort Collins: Crime Report | Homes For Sale | Data
Rank Last Year: 5 (No Change)
Population: 155,146
Population 2010: 142,020
Growth: 9.2%
More on Lakewood: Homes For Sale | Data
Rank Last Year: 6 (No Change)
Population: 136,868
Population 2010: 112,374
Growth: 21.8%
More on Thornton: Crime Report | Homes For Sale | Data
Rank Last Year: 7 (No Change)
Population: 118,746
Population 2010: 104,885
Growth: 13.2%
More on Arvada: Crime Report | Homes For Sale | Data
Rank Last Year: 8 (No Change)
Population: 112,962
Population 2010: 104,869
Growth: 7.7%
More on Westminster: Crime Report | Homes For Sale | Data
Rank Last Year: 9 (No Change)
Population: 110,841
Population 2010: 105,957
Growth: 4.6%
More on Pueblo: Crime Report | Homes For Sale | Data
Rank Last Year: 10 (No Change)
Population: 110,218
Population 2010: 99,999
Growth: 10.2%
More on Centennial: Crime Report | Homes For Sale | Data
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 2013-2017 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? Pierce, 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 | 705,576 | 578,087 | 22.1% | |||||
2 | Colorado Springs | 464,871 | 403,983 | 15.1% | |||||
3 | Aurora | 369,111 | 314,092 | 17.5% | |||||
4 | Fort Collins | 165,609 | 140,082 | 18.2% | |||||
5 | Lakewood | 155,146 | 142,020 | 9.2% | |||||
6 | Thornton | 136,868 | 112,374 | 21.8% | |||||
7 | Arvada | 118,746 | 104,885 | 13.2% | |||||
8 | Westminster | 112,962 | 104,869 | 7.7% | |||||
9 | Pueblo | 110,841 | 105,957 | 4.6% | |||||
10 | Centennial | 110,218 | 99,999 | 10.2% | |||||
11 | Boulder | 106,392 | 97,050 | 9.6% | |||||
12 | Greeley | 105,888 | 91,115 | 16.2% | |||||
13 | Highlands Ranch | 105,631 | 95,100 | 11.1% | |||||
14 | Longmont | 94,445 | 83,604 | 13.0% | |||||
15 | Loveland | 76,972 | 64,105 | 20.1% | |||||
16 | Broomfield | 67,886 | 52,872 | 28.4% | |||||
17 | Castle Rock | 62,417 | 44,402 | 40.6% | |||||
18 | Grand Junction | 62,062 | 56,295 | 10.2% | |||||
19 | Commerce City | 56,448 | 41,495 | 36.0% | |||||
20 | Parker | 54,352 | 42,548 | 27.7% | |||||
21 | Littleton | 47,989 | 41,352 | 16.1% | |||||
22 | Brighton | 39,836 | 31,181 | 27.8% | |||||
23 | Security-Widefield | 39,612 | 31,887 | 24.2% | |||||
24 | Northglenn | 38,973 | 35,127 | 10.9% | |||||
25 | Dakota Ridge | 34,659 | 30,776 | 12.6% | |||||
26 | Englewood | 34,259 | 30,342 | 12.9% | |||||
27 | Ken Caryl | 34,040 | 33,657 | 1.1% | |||||
28 | Pueblo West | 31,849 | 27,854 | 14.3% | |||||
29 | Wheat Ridge | 31,331 | 30,379 | 3.1% | |||||
30 | Fountain | 29,784 | 23,781 | 25.2% | |||||
31 | Lafayette | 28,742 | 24,187 | 18.8% | |||||
32 | Windsor | 26,806 | 17,306 | 54.9% | |||||
33 | Columbine | 25,332 | 23,972 | 5.7% | |||||
34 | Erie | 24,223 | 16,134 | 50.1% | |||||
35 | Louisville | 20,860 | 18,470 | 12.9% | |||||
36 | Clifton | 20,748 | 19,985 | 3.8% | |||||
37 | Golden | 20,693 | 18,414 | 12.4% | |||||
38 | Evans | 20,533 | 17,223 | 19.2% | |||||
39 | Montrose | 19,238 | 18,237 | 5.5% | |||||
40 | Sherrelwood | 19,208 | 17,641 | 8.9% | |||||
41 | Cimarron Hills | 18,727 | 15,600 | 20.0% | |||||
42 | Durango | 18,588 | 16,501 | 12.6% | |||||
43 | Caņon City | 16,298 | 16,593 | -1.8% | |||||
44 | Welby | 16,018 | 13,964 | 14.7% | |||||
45 | Greenwood Village | 15,738 | 13,367 | 17.7% | |||||
46 | Fort Carson | 14,951 | 11,243 | 33.0% | |||||
47 | John | 14,910 | 8,656 | 72.3% | |||||
48 | Sterling | 14,478 | 14,393 | 0.6% | |||||
49 | Black Forest | 14,081 | 13,454 | 4.7% | |||||
50 | Firestone | 14,033 | 8,866 | 58.3% | |||||
51 | Fruita | 13,236 | 11,676 | 13.4% | |||||
52 | Superior | 13,077 | 11,852 | 10.3% | |||||
53 | Steamboat Springs | 12,928 | 11,796 | 9.6% | |||||
54 | Lone Tree | 12,923 | 9,890 | 30.7% | |||||
55 | Frederick | 12,767 | 7,710 | 65.6% | |||||
56 | Federal Heights | 12,745 | 11,586 | 10.0% | |||||
57 | Cherry Creek | 12,496 | 10,691 | 16.9% | |||||
58 | Berkley | 11,879 | 12,113 | -1.9% | |||||
59 | Fort Morgan | 11,377 | 11,229 | 1.3% | |||||
60 | The Pinery | 10,806 | 10,182 | 6.1% | |||||
61 | Castle Pines | 10,591 | 0 | nan% | |||||
62 | Gunbarrel | 10,202 | 9,473 | 7.7% | |||||
63 | Glenwood Springs | 9,915 | 9,427 | 5.2% | |||||
64 | Stonegate | 9,847 | 8,754 | 12.5% | |||||
65 | Rifle | 9,650 | 8,880 | 8.7% | |||||
66 | Roxborough Park | 9,523 | 9,134 | 4.3% | |||||
67 | Alamosa | 9,441 | 8,693 | 8.6% | |||||
68 | Edwards | 9,350 | 8,982 | 4.1% | |||||
69 | Woodmoor | 9,345 | 8,918 | 4.8% | |||||
70 | Wellington | 9,272 | 5,648 | 64.2% | |||||
71 | Derby | 8,962 | 7,846 | 14.2% | |||||
72 | Craig | 8,928 | 9,308 | -4.1% | |||||
73 | Evergreen | 8,885 | 9,140 | -2.8% | |||||
74 | Delta | 8,829 | 8,779 | 0.6% | |||||
75 | Redlands | 8,765 | 7,806 | 12.3% | |||||
76 | Cortez | 8,675 | 8,412 | 3.1% | |||||
77 | Fairmount | 8,606 | 7,498 | 14.8% | |||||
78 | Fort Lupton | 8,133 | 7,422 | 9.6% | |||||
79 | Applewood | 8,081 | 6,689 | 20.8% | |||||
80 | Trinidad | 8,080 | 9,236 | -12.5% | |||||
81 | Fruitvale | 7,874 | 7,694 | 2.3% | |||||
82 | Lamar | 7,564 | 7,901 | -4.3% | |||||
83 | Woodland Park | 7,555 | 7,117 | 6.2% | |||||
84 | Aspen | 7,431 | 6,403 | 16.1% | |||||
85 | Monument | 7,398 | 4,869 | 51.9% | |||||
86 | Berthoud | 7,191 | 5,143 | 39.8% | |||||
87 | Milliken | 7,185 | 5,225 | 37.5% | |||||
88 | Gypsum | 7,173 | 6,054 | 18.5% | |||||
89 | La Junta | 6,893 | 7,063 | -2.4% | |||||
90 | Gleneagle | 6,885 | 6,649 | 3.5% | |||||
91 | Eagle | 6,856 | 5,958 | 15.1% | |||||
92 | Carbondale | 6,785 | 6,284 | 8.0% | |||||
93 | Orchard Mesa | 6,719 | 7,230 | -7.1% | |||||
94 | Cherry Hills Village | 6,647 | 5,936 | 12.0% | |||||
95 | Avon | 6,539 | 6,345 | 3.1% | |||||
96 | Air Force Academy | 6,512 | 8,257 | -21.1% | |||||
97 | Stratmoor | 6,484 | 7,164 | -9.5% | |||||
98 | Gunnison | 6,403 | 5,783 | 10.7% | |||||
99 | Lochbuie | 6,388 | 4,306 | 48.4% | |||||
100 | Estes Park | 6,377 | 5,820 | 9.6% | |||||
101 | Sheridan | 6,089 | 5,621 | 8.3% | |||||
102 | Salida | 5,791 | 5,287 | 9.5% | |||||
103 | Dove Valley | 5,673 | 6,008 | -5.6% | |||||
104 | Dacono | 5,534 | 4,031 | 37.3% | |||||
105 | Shaw Heights | 5,529 | 4,634 | 19.3% | |||||
106 | Vail | 5,479 | 5,241 | 4.5% | |||||
107 | Brush | 5,395 | 5,428 | -0.6% | |||||
108 | Edgewater | 5,328 | 5,170 | 3.1% | |||||
109 | Eaton | 5,317 | 4,135 | 28.6% | |||||
110 | Manitou Springs | 5,283 | 4,961 | 6.5% | |||||
111 | Glendale | 5,177 | 4,165 | 24.3% | |||||
112 | West Pleasant View | 5,173 | 3,631 | 42.5% | |||||
113 | Battlement Mesa | 5,116 | 4,967 | 3.0% | |||||
114 | Breckenridge | 4,938 | 4,224 | 16.9% | |||||
115 | New Castle | 4,875 | 4,124 | 18.2% | |||||
116 | Severance | 4,745 | 2,789 | 70.1% | |||||
117 | El Jebel | 4,725 | 4,758 | -0.7% | |||||
118 | Silverthorne | 4,673 | 3,750 | 24.6% | |||||
119 | Mead | 4,631 | 3,241 | 42.9% | |||||
120 | Castle Pines Village | 4,553 | 0 | nan% | |||||
121 | Todd Creek | 4,365 | 3,757 | 16.2% | |||||
122 | Monte Vista | 4,157 | 4,440 | -6.4% | |||||
123 | Genesee | 3,910 | 3,624 | 7.9% | |||||
124 | Florence | 3,899 | 3,878 | 0.5% | |||||
125 | Niwot | 3,870 | 3,897 | -0.7% | |||||
126 | Basalt | 3,847 | 3,674 | 4.7% | |||||
127 | Rocky Ford | 3,824 | 3,960 | -3.4% | |||||
128 | Meridian | 3,640 | 2,237 | 62.7% | |||||
129 | Ponderosa Park | 3,636 | 3,028 | 20.1% | |||||
130 | Yuma | 3,479 | 3,442 | 1.1% | |||||
131 | Timnath | 3,476 | 447 | 677.6% | |||||
132 | Burlington | 3,457 | 4,155 | -16.8% | |||||
133 | Lincoln Park | 3,283 | 4,204 | -21.9% | |||||
134 | Orchard City | 3,123 | 3,093 | 1.0% | |||||
135 | Frisco | 3,116 | 2,658 | 17.2% | |||||
136 | Silt | 3,115 | 2,737 | 13.8% | |||||
137 | Acres Green | 3,100 | 3,117 | -0.5% | |||||
138 | Penrose | 3,034 | 3,597 | -15.7% | |||||
139 | Strasburg | 3,013 | 2,089 | 44.2% | |||||
140 | Walsenburg | 2,962 | 3,283 | -9.8% | |||||
141 | Palmer Lake | 2,887 | 1,895 | 52.3% | |||||
142 | Holly Hills | 2,835 | 2,439 | 16.2% | |||||
143 | Snowmass Village | 2,783 | 2,590 | 7.5% | |||||
144 | Buena Vista | 2,782 | 2,545 | 9.3% | |||||
145 | Platteville | 2,754 | 2,526 | 9.0% | |||||
146 | Leadville | 2,742 | 2,633 | 4.1% | |||||
147 | La Salle | 2,697 | 2,289 | 17.8% | |||||
148 | Palisade | 2,696 | 2,681 | 0.6% | |||||
149 | Bayfield | 2,640 | 2,090 | 26.3% | |||||
150 | Hudson | 2,588 | 1,594 | 62.4% | |||||
151 | Wray | 2,536 | 1,975 | 28.4% | |||||
152 | Holyoke | 2,484 | 2,317 | 7.2% | |||||
153 | Meeker | 2,415 | 2,385 | 1.3% | |||||
154 | Laporte | 2,413 | 2,426 | -0.5% | |||||
155 | Cedaredge | 2,412 | 2,454 | -1.7% | |||||
156 | Rangely | 2,402 | 2,182 | 10.1% | |||||
157 | Bennett | 2,358 | 2,186 | 7.9% | |||||
158 | Colorado City | 2,347 | 1,384 | 69.6% | |||||
159 | Coal Creek | 2,313 | 2,420 | -4.4% | |||||
160 | Las Animas | 2,269 | 3,171 | -28.4% | |||||
161 | Leadville North | 2,244 | 1,732 | 29.6% | |||||
162 | Lyons | 2,228 | 1,565 | 42.4% | |||||
163 | Center | 2,207 | 2,167 | 1.8% | |||||
164 | Hayden | 2,109 | 2,009 | 5.0% | |||||
165 | Pagosa Springs | 2,057 | 1,774 | 16.0% | |||||
166 | Akron | 2,046 | 1,691 | 21.0% | |||||
167 | Granby | 2,039 | 2,063 | -1.2% | |||||
168 | Perry Park | 1,972 | 1,581 | 24.7% | |||||
169 | Telluride | 1,965 | 2,589 | -24.1% | |||||
170 | Ault | 1,947 | 1,432 | 36.0% | |||||
171 | Idaho Springs | 1,858 | 2,018 | -7.9% | |||||
172 | Kersey | 1,852 | 1,454 | 27.4% | |||||
173 | Mountain Village | 1,842 | 1,101 | 67.3% | |||||
174 | Kremmling | 1,673 | 1,787 | -6.4% | |||||
175 | Ordway | 1,672 | 1,145 | 46.0% | |||||
176 | Olathe | 1,661 | 1,488 | 11.6% | |||||
177 | Mancos | 1,627 | 1,056 | 54.1% | |||||
178 | Del Norte | 1,567 | 1,663 | -5.8% | |||||
179 | Inverness | 1,567 | 453 | 245.9% | |||||
180 | Fraser | 1,532 | 1,384 | 10.7% | |||||
181 | Aristocrat Ranchettes | 1,416 | 1,622 | -12.7% | |||||
182 | Indian Hills | 1,398 | 1,003 | 39.4% | |||||
183 | Aetna Estates | 1,398 | 564 | 147.9% | |||||
184 | Byers | 1,344 | 1,318 | 2.0% | |||||
185 | Crested Butte | 1,339 | 1,432 | -6.5% | |||||
186 | Nederland | 1,336 | 1,334 | 0.1% | |||||
187 | Springfield | 1,318 | 1,389 | -5.1% | |||||
188 | Parachute | 1,312 | 1,019 | 28.8% | |||||
189 | Keenesburg | 1,312 | 1,142 | 14.9% | |||||
190 | Paonia | 1,300 | 1,458 | -10.8% | |||||
191 | Alamosa East | 1,295 | 2,031 | -36.2% | |||||
192 | Ignacio | 1,259 | 873 | 44.2% | |||||
193 | Julesburg | 1,259 | 1,382 | -8.9% | |||||
194 | Columbine Valley | 1,241 | 1,275 | -2.7% | |||||
195 | Cascade-Chipita Park | 1,233 | 1,524 | -19.1% | |||||
196 | Fowler | 1,229 | 1,491 | -17.6% | |||||
197 | Log Lane Village | 1,217 | 680 | 79.0% | |||||
198 | Wiggins | 1,201 | 954 | 25.9% | |||||
199 | Towaoc | 1,153 | 932 | 23.7% | |||||
200 | Georg | 1,131 | 1,294 | -12.6% | |||||
201 | Elizabeth | 1,125 | 1,421 | -20.8% | |||||
202 | Limon | 1,105 | 1,761 | -37.3% | |||||
203 | Floyd Hill | 1,102 | 1,402 | -21.4% | |||||
204 | Minturn | 1,101 | 1,146 | -3.9% | |||||
205 | Sanford | 1,073 | 880 | 21.9% | |||||
206 | Cripple Creek | 1,021 | 1,621 | -37.0% | |||||
207 | Pierce | 1,008 | 709 | 42.2% | |||||
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