Editing Colorado (section)

===Municipalities===
{{main|List of municipalities in Colorado}}
{{GeoGroup|article=List of municipalities in Colorado|section=Municipalities}}

Colorado has 273 [[municipal corporation|active incorporated municipalities]], comprising 198 [[town]]s, 73 [[City|cities]], and two [[Consolidated city-county|consolidated city and county governments]].<ref name=MuniIncCO>{{cite web|url=https://dola.colorado.gov/lgis/municipalities.jsf|title=Active Colorado Municipalities|publisher=State of Colorado, [[Colorado Department of Local Affairs|Department of Local Affairs]], Division of Local Government|access-date=September 4, 2022}}</ref><ref name=Colorado_incplace>{{cite web|url=https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/tigerwebmain/Files/tab20/tigerweb_tab20_incplace_co.html|title=State of Colorado Incorporated Places - Current/TAB20 - Data as of January 1, 2020|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date=January 1, 2020|access-date=September 4, 2022}}</ref> At the [[2020 United States census]], 4,299,942 of the 5,773,714 Colorado residents (74.47%) lived in one of these municipalities. Another 714,417 residents (12.37%) lived in one of the 210 [[List of census-designated places in Colorado|census-designated places]], while the remaining 759,355 residents (13.15%) lived in the many rural and mountainous areas of the state.<ref name=Census>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/tables/2020-2023/state/totals/NST-EST2023-POP.xlsx|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for the United States, Regions, States, District of Columbia and Puerto Rico: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2022|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 10, 2023}}</ref>

Colorado municipalities operate under one of five types of municipal governing authority. Colorado currently has [[List of municipalities in Colorado#Consolidated city and county|two consolidated city and county governments]], [[List of municipalities in Colorado#Home rule municipality|61 home rule cities]], [[List of municipalities in Colorado#Statutory city|12 statutory cities]], [[List of municipalities in Colorado#Home rule municipality|35 home rule towns]], [[List of municipalities in Colorado#Statutory town|161 statutory towns]], and [[List of municipalities in Colorado#Territorial charter municipality|one territorial charter municipality]].

The most populous municipality is the [[Denver|City and County of Denver]]. Colorado has 12 municipalities with more than 100,000 residents, and 17 with fewer than 100 residents. The 16 most populous Colorado municipalities are all located in the [[Front Range Urban Corridor]]. The [[Grand Junction, Colorado|City of Grand Junction]] is the most populous municipality on the [[Colorado Western Slope]]. The [[Carbonate, Colorado|Town of Carbonate]] has had no year-round population since the [[1890 United States census|1890 census]] due to its severe winter weather and difficult access.{{efn|name=2023 muni estimates|[[United States Census Bureau]] estimates of municipal population as of July 1, 2022<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/tables/2020-2022/cities/totals/SUB-IP-EST2023-POP-08.xlsx|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places in Colorado: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023 (SUB-IP-EST2022-POP-08)|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]], [[United States Department of Commerce]]|date=June 2024|access-date=July 9, 2024}}</ref>}}

{{panorama|image=2006-07-14-Denver Skyline Midnight.jpg|height=288|width=100%|align=center|caption=The evening skyline of downtown [[Denver]]|alt=Photo of the evening skyline of downtown Denver}}

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|+<big>The 25 most populous Colorado municipalities</big><br/><br/>
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!scope=col|2023 rank{{efn|name=2023 muni estimates}}
!scope=col|[[List of municipalities in Colorado|Municipality]]
!scope=col|[[List of counties in Colorado|County]]
!scope=col|2023 population{{efn|name=2023 muni estimates}}
|-
!scope=row align=center|1
|colspan=2 data-sort-value="Denver"|[[Denver|City and County of Denver]]
<!-- |[[Denver|City and County of Denver]] -->
|align=right|716,577
|-
!scope=row align=center|2
|data-sort-value="Colorado Springs"|[[Colorado Springs, Colorado|City of Colorado Springs]]
|[[El Paso County, Colorado|El Paso County]]
|align=right|488,664
|-
!scope=row align=center|3
|data-sort-value="Aurora"|[[Aurora, Colorado|City of Aurora]]
|[[Arapahoe County, Colorado|Arapahoe]], [[Adams County, Colorado|Adams]], and [[Douglas County, Colorado|Douglas counties]]
|align=right|395,052
|-
!scope=row align=center|4
|data-sort-value="Fort Collins"|[[Fort Collins, Colorado|City of Fort Collins]]
|[[Larimer County, Colorado|Larimer County]]
|align=right|170,376
|-
!scope=row align=center|5
|data-sort-value="Lakewood"|[[Lakewood, Colorado|City of Lakewood]]
|[[Jefferson County, Colorado|Jefferson County]]
|align=right|155,961
|-
!scope=row align=center|6
|data-sort-value="Thornton"|[[Thornton, Colorado|City of Thornton]]
|[[Adams County, Colorado|Adams]] and [[Weld County, Colorado|Weld counties]]
|align=right|144,922
|-
!scope=row align=center|7
|data-sort-value="Arvada"|[[Arvada, Colorado|City of Arvada]]
|[[Jefferson County, Colorado|Jefferson]] and [[Adams County, Colorado|Adams counties]]
|align=right|121,414
|-
!scope=row align=center|8
|data-sort-value="Westminster"|[[Westminster, Colorado|City of Westminster]]
|[[Adams County, Colorado|Adams]] and [[Jefferson County, Colorado|Jefferson counties]]
|align=right|114,875
|-
!scope=row align=center|9
|data-sort-value="Greeley"|[[Greeley, Colorado|City of Greeley]]
|[[Weld County, Colorado|Weld County]]
|align=right|112,609
|-
!scope=row align=center|10
|data-sort-value="Pueblo"|[[Pueblo, Colorado|City of Pueblo]]
|[[Pueblo County, Colorado|Pueblo County]]
|align=right|111,077
|-
!scope=row align=center|11
|data-sort-value="Centennial"|[[Centennial, Colorado|City of Centennial]]
|[[Arapahoe County, Colorado|Arapahoe County]]
|align=right|106,883
|-
!scope=row align=center|12
|data-sort-value="Boulder"|[[Boulder, Colorado|City of Boulder]]
|[[Boulder County, Colorado|Boulder County]]
|align=right|105,898
|-
!scope=row align=center|13
|data-sort-value="Longmont"|[[Longmont, Colorado|City of Longmont]]
|[[Boulder County, Colorado|Boulder]] and [[Weld County, Colorado|Weld counties]]
|align=right|98,630
|-
!scope=row align=center|14
|data-sort-value="Castle Rock"|[[Castle Rock, Colorado|Town of Castle Rock]]
|[[Douglas County, Colorado|Douglas County]]
|align=right|81,415
|-
!scope=row align=center|15
|data-sort-value="Loveland"|[[Loveland, Colorado|City of Loveland]]
|[[Larimer County, Colorado|Larimer County]]
|align=right|79,352
|-
!scope=row align=center|16
|colspan=2 data-sort-value="Broomfield"|[[Broomfield, Colorado|City and County of Broomfield]]
<!-- |[[Broomfield, Colorado|City and County of Broomfield]] -->
|align=right|76,860
|-
!scope=row align=center|17
|data-sort-value="Grand Junction"|[[Grand Junction, Colorado|City of Grand Junction]]
|[[Mesa County, Colorado|Mesa County]]
|align=right|69,412
|-
!scope=row align=center|18
|data-sort-value="Commerce City"|[[Commerce City, Colorado|City of Commerce City]]
|[[Adams County, Colorado|Adams County]]
|align=right|68,245
|-
!scope=row align=center|19
|data-sort-value="Parker"|[[Parker, Colorado|Town of Parker]]
|[[Douglas County, Colorado|Douglas County]]
|align=right|62,743
|-
!scope=row align=center|20
|data-sort-value="Littleton"|[[Littleton, Colorado|City of Littleton]]
|[[Arapahoe County, Colorado|Arapahoe]], [[Jefferson County, Colorado|Jefferson]], and [[Douglas County, Colorado|Douglas counties]]
|align=right|44,451
|-
!scope=row align=center|21
|data-sort-value="Brighton"|[[Brighton, Colorado|City of Brighton]]
|[[Adams County, Colorado|Adams]] and [[Weld County, Colorado|Weld counties]]
|align=right|42,477
|-
!scope=row align=center|22
|data-sort-value="Windsor"|[[Windsor, Colorado|Town of Windsor]]
|[[Weld County, Colorado|Weld]] and [[Larimer County, Colorado|Larimer counties]]
|align=right|40,349
|-
!scope=row align=center|23
|data-sort-value="Northglenn"|[[Northglenn, Colorado|City of Northglenn]]
|[[Adams County, Colorado|Adams]] and [[Weld County, Colorado|Weld counties]]
|align=right|38,164
|-
!scope=row align=center|24
|data-sort-value="Erie"|[[Erie, Colorado|Town of Erie]]
|[[Weld County, Colorado|Weld]] and [[Boulder County, Colorado|Boulder counties]]
|align=right|35,269
|-
!scope=row align=center|25
|data-sort-value="Englewood"|[[Englewood, Colorado|City of Englewood]]
|[[Arapahoe County, Colorado|Arapahoe County&nbsp;]]
|align=right|34,275
|}
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