Colorado
Colorado: the places inside it, the companies based here, and where this atlas has research on it.
state · North America · page prepared 2026-11-07
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Colorado at a glance
Rolled up from the 27 regions inside Colorado on this site, with census figures from Statistics Canada.
Population5,810,774
census
Places inside27
24 with a full /local page
Businesses on file142,704
business register, all places inside
Companies headquartered285
in the company directory
Who represents them7
places with a /politics page
Property & employers7 · 0
/property and /employers records
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Who leads Colorado, and how households are doing
Researched 2026-11-08 from official statistics; every figure links to its source.
Leadership
Economy & households
- Population
- 6,012,561 persons (2025) ↗
- GDP
- 574,863.9 USD millions (current dollars, all-industry total) (2025) ↗
- Unemployment
- 4.1 % (seasonally adjusted, BLS LAUS) (2026-09) ↗
- Median household income
- 102,500 USD (2025 C-CPI-U dollars, Census CPS ASEC) (2025) ↗
- Home ownership
- 62.9 % (Census HVS annual) (2025) ↗
- Debt per person with a credit report
- 92,690 USD total debt balance per capita (adults 18+ with an Equifax credit file; NY Fed CCP/Equifax) (2025-Q4) ↗
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Home prices in the biggest cities
As each source measures them (benchmark, median or average sale price); not directly comparable across measures.
| City / metro | Price | Measure | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado (statewide) ↗ | 540,000 USD | median sale (all property types) | 2026-09 |
| Denver metro ↗ | 565,000 USD | median sale (all property types) | 2026-09 |
| Colorado Springs area ↗ | 479,000 USD | median sale (single-family/patio homes) | 2026-09 |
| Fort Collins ↗ | 590,000 USD | median sale (single-family) | 2026-09 |
| Weld County (Greeley) ↗ | 500,625 USD | median sale (single-family) | 2026-09 |
| Pueblo County ↗ | 332,950 USD | median sale | 2026-09 |
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Languages
Official-language and home-language figures as the census reports them.
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Largest companies in Colorado
Ranked by the measure shown, from the cited ranking or filing.
| Company | Measure | Value | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arrow Electronics (Centennial) ↗ | revenue | 30,852.9 USD millions (Fortune 500 2026, rank 148) | 2026 |
| Newmont (Denver) ↗ | revenue | 22,669 USD millions (Fortune 500 2026, rank 200) | 2026 |
| EchoStar (Englewood) ↗ | revenue | 15,005 USD millions (Fortune 500 2026, rank 302) | 2026 |
| DaVita (Denver) ↗ | revenue | 13,643.1 USD millions (Fortune 500 2026, rank 331) | 2026 |
| Ball (Westminster) ↗ | revenue | 13,161 USD millions (Fortune 500 2026, rank 337) | 2026 |
| VF (Denver) ↗ | revenue | 9,749.2 USD millions (Fortune 500 2026, rank 425) | 2026 |
| Ovintiv (Denver) ↗ | revenue | 8,908 USD millions (Fortune 500 2026, rank 447) | 2026 |
| Antero Resources (Denver) ↗ | revenue | 5,275.8 USD millions (Fortune 1000 2026, rank 650) | 2026 |
| Liberty Media (Englewood) ↗ | revenue | 4,482 USD millions (Fortune 1000 2026, rank 730) | 2026 |
| Century Communities (Greenwood Village) ↗ | revenue | 4,117.8 USD millions (Fortune 1000 2026, rank 769) | 2026 |
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Worth knowing
- 2026-11Attorney General Phil Weiser (D) won the Nov 3, 2026 governor's race with 61.0% to Victor Marx's (R) 33.3% (97% reporting as of Nov 6). Term-limited Gov. Jared Polis leaves office in January 2027. Weiser's running mate is Lesley Dahlkemper. ↗
- 2025-07Colorado's resident population passed 6 million for the first time, at 6,012,561 in the Census Bureau's July 1, 2025 estimate. ↗
- 2026-09September 2026: statewide closed home sales fell 15.1% year over year and pending contracts fell 10.9%. In metro Denver, nearly half of September sales included a price reduction and 64% included seller concessions. ↗
- 2026-09Colorado Springs-area single-family/patio inventory hit a record 4,253 homes in September 2026, up 6.1% year over year. ↗
- 2026-06Seven Colorado-headquartered companies are on the 2026 Fortune 500, led by Arrow Electronics (Centennial) at rank 148 with $30.9B in revenue. ↗
- 2026-09Colorado's unemployment rate rose to 4.1% in September 2026, from 3.9% in July and 4.0% in August. ↗
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Census
US Census Bureau American Community Survey.
Median household income$92,470
Median rent$1,693/mo
Immigrants9.6%
Renters33.7%
Aged 65+15.2%
Unemployment4.4%
Low income9.4%
Speak a language other than English15.3%
Languages spoken at home (other than English)
- Spanish606,804 · 10.4%
- Other Indo-European languages49,004 · 0.8%
- Other and unspecified languages38,614 · 0.7%
- Other Asian and Pacific Island languages35,905 · 0.6%
- Russian, Polish, or other Slavic languages29,791 · 0.5%
- German or other West Germanic languages24,301 · 0.4%
- Chinese (incl. Mandarin, Cantonese)23,749 · 0.4%
- French, Haitian, or Cajun21,537 · 0.4%
- Vietnamese20,438 · 0.4%
- Arabic14,052 · 0.2%
- Korean13,189 · 0.2%
- Tagalog (incl. Filipino)9,238 · 0.2%
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Largest places in Colorado
By registry population; places with a full /local page are marked.
- 1.Denver, Colorado full715,522
- 2.Colorado Springs, CO full478,961
- 3.Fort Collins, Colorado full169,810
- 4.Pueblo, Colorado full111,876
- 5.Greeley, Colorado full108,795
- 6.Boulder, Colorado full108,250
- 7.Broomfield, Colorado full74,112
- 8.Grand Junction, Colorado full65,560
- 9.Littleton, Colorado full45,092
- 10.Golden, Colorado20,399
- 11.Montrose, Colorado full20,291
- 12.Durango, Colorado full19,071
- 13.Cañon City, Colorado full17,141
- 14.Steamboat Springs, Colorado full13,224
- 15.Alamosa, Colorado full9,806
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Inside Colorado
27 regions have Colorado as their parent.
- Alamosa, Colorado town
- Aspen, Colorado
- Boulder, Colorado
- Breckenridge, Colorado
- Broomfield, Colorado
- Buena Vista, Colorado
- Cañon City, Colorado
- Colorado Springs, CO
- Cortez, Colorado
- Denver, Colorado
- Durango, Colorado
- Eagle, Colorado town
- Fort Collins, Colorado
- Golden, Colorado
- Grand Junction, Colorado
- Greeley, Colorado
- Gunnison, Colorado
- Gypsum, Colorado town
- Littleton, Colorado
- Manitou Springs, Colorado
- Montrose, Colorado
- Parker, Colorado
- Pueblo, Colorado
- Steamboat Springs, Colorado town
- Telluride, Colorado town
- Vail, Colorado
- Woodland Park, Colorado
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Companies based in Colorado
1 in the Research Upon company directory list their headquarters here, and 285 across Colorado and the places inside it — search them all below.
| Company | Industry | Founded |
|---|---|---|
| Turing School | Education |
areaAbout this page: figures for the whole of Colorado are rolled up from every region inside it; each place inside has a page of its own, and the companies headquartered here are listed above.