Editing Colorado (section)

===Unincorporated communities===
{{GeoGroup|article=List of census-designated places in Colorado|section=Census-designated places}}
{{Main|List of census-designated places in Colorado|List of populated places in Colorado}}
[[File:HighlandsRanchAerial CreditJohnChristensen.jpg|thumb|[[Highlands Ranch, Colorado]].]]
In addition to its 272 municipalities, Colorado has 210 [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated]] [[Census-designated place|census-designated places (CDPs)]] and many other small communities. The most populous unincorporated community in Colorado is [[Highlands Ranch, Colorado|Highlands Ranch]] south of Denver. The seven most populous CDPs are located in the [[Front Range Urban Corridor]]. The [[Clifton, Colorado|Clifton CDP]] is the most populous CDP on the [[Colorado Western Slope]].<ref name=CO_CDP_2020>{{cite web|url=https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/tigerwebmain/Files/acs21/tigerweb_acs21_cdp_2020_tab20_co.html|title=State of Colorado Census Designated Places - BAS20 - Data as of January 1, 2020|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=September 30, 2022}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+<big>The ten most populous census-designated places in Colorado</big><br/><br/>
|-
!scope=col|2020 rank<ref name=Census/>
!scope=col|[[List of census-designated places in Colorado|Census-designated place]]
!scope=col|[[List of counties in Colorado|County]]
!scope=col|[[2020 United States census|2020 census]]<ref name=Census/>
|-
!scope=row align=center|1
|[[Highlands Ranch, Colorado|Highlands Ranch CDP]]
|[[Douglas County, Colorado|Douglas County]]
|align=right|103,444
|-
!scope=row align=center|2
|[[Security-Widefield, Colorado|Security-Widefield CDP]]
|[[El Paso County, Colorado|El Paso County]]
|align=right|38,639
|-
!scope=row align=center|3
|[[Dakota Ridge, Colorado|Dakota Ridge CDP]]
|[[Jefferson County, Colorado|Jefferson County]]
|align=right|33,892
|-
!scope=row align=center|4
|[[Ken Caryl, Colorado|Ken Caryl CDP]]
|[[Jefferson County, Colorado|Jefferson County]]
|align=right|33,811
|-
!scope=row align=center|5
|[[Pueblo West, Colorado|Pueblo West CDP]]
|[[Pueblo County, Colorado|Pueblo County]]
|align=right|33,086
|-
!scope=row align=center|6
|[[Columbine, Colorado|Columbine CDP]]
|[[Jefferson County, Colorado|Jefferson]] and [[Arapahoe County, Colorado|Arapahoe counties]]
|align=right|25,229
|-
!scope=row align=center|7
|[[Four Square Mile, Colorado|Four Square Mile CDP]]
|[[Arapahoe County, Colorado|Arapahoe County]]
|align=right|22,872
|-
!scope=row align=center|8
|[[Clifton, Colorado|Clifton CDP]]
|[[Mesa County, Colorado|Mesa County]]
|align=right|20,413
|-
!scope=row align=center|9
|[[Cimarron Hills, Colorado|Cimarron Hills CDP]]
|[[El Paso County, Colorado|El Paso County]]
|align=right|19,311
|-
!scope=row align=center|10
|[[Sherrelwood, Colorado|Sherrelwood CDP]]
|[[Adams County, Colorado|Adams County]]
|align=right|19,228
|}