State profile
Colorado FIPS 08
Population
5,723,176
Median household income
$80,184
Nonfarm employment
2,981,200
Business establishments
182,486
Every figure above traces to a primary source · view data sources & methodology
State Highlights
Largest employer sector
Health care and social assistance
352,483 employees
Business concentration
13.7%
of private employment in Health care and social assistance
Home prices, 1 year
+0.2%
FHFA
Federal outlays per capita
$8,000.41
USASpending.gov
Economy & Labor
Total nonfarm employment
BLS Current Employment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted · persons · 20 months available
· latest observation: August 2026
Employment ratio
53.2%
employed ÷ population
Unemployed population (ACS)
145,038
Vs. July
▼ 5,500
Business density
32.6 per 1,000
establishments per capita
Leading Industries
Leading industries by employment
Ranked by private-sector employment, same measure as the Business & Industry tab · see the full breakdown there
1
Health care and social assistance
352,483 employees
2
Accommodation and food services
304,455 employees
3
Retail trade
292,486 employees
4
Professional, scientific, and technical services
243,578 employees
5
Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
214,724 employees
Leading Public Companies
Top 5 by latest reported revenue
SEC EDGAR / XBRL Company Facts · see the full listing on the Public Companies tab
ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC. · ARW
$30.85B
NEWMONT Corp /DE/ · NEM
$22.67B
PILGRIMS PRIDE CORP · PPC
$18.50B
EchoStar CORP · ECHO
$15.00B
DAVITA INC. · DVA
$13.64B
Population & People
Homeownership rate
66.1%
1.47M of 2.23M occupied homes are owner-occupied
Population by age
U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimate (table B01001) · reconciles to total population
Housing & Real Estate
Median home value
$397,500
Median gross rent
$1,437 / month
Vacancy rate
9.2%
Total housing units
2.45M
Owner-occupied homes
1.47M
Renter-occupied homes
754.5K
Home prices, 1 year
+0.2%
Home prices, 5 years
+25.0%
Latest FHFA period
2026 Q2
ACS: 2021 ACS 5-year · FHFA: 2026 Q2
ACS housing estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau — median home value reflects owner-reported value, not a current sale price. House-price changes are from the FHFA All-Transactions House Price Index, a measure of price appreciation over time, not a home-value estimate.
Federal Spending
Total federal outlays
$44.86B
Outlays per capita
$8,000.41
Total prime award value
$61.58B
Source: USASpending.gov · specific reporting period not published in this dataset
Business establishments
182,486
Private-sector employment
2,566,040
Annual payroll
$181.37B
Avg. employees / establishment
14.1
derived: employment ÷ establishments
Census County Business Patterns · reference year 2023 State Ledger collected this data Sep 19, 2026, 12:10 UTC — not the measurement period.
Industry breakdown
Ranked by private-sector employment · NAICS 2-digit sectors as published (merged groups such as 31-33 kept intact)
62Health care and social assistance
352,483 employees
19,456 establishments ·
$23.00B payroll
Public companies headquartered here · 2
Aclarion, Inc. (ACON)
· BIODESIX INC (BDSX)
72Accommodation and food services
304,455 employees
15,405 establishments ·
$9.35B payroll
Public companies headquartered here · 1
CENTURY CASINOS INC /CO/ (CNTY)
44-45Retail trade
292,486 employees
18,589 establishments ·
$12.01B payroll
Public companies headquartered here · 2
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. (NGVC)
· TREES Corp (Colorado) (CANN)
54Professional, scientific, and technical services
243,578 employees
28,143 establishments ·
$25.88B payroll
Public companies headquartered here · 2
Quantinuum Inc. (QNT)
· YOUNEEQAI TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC.
56Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
214,724 employees
9,600 establishments ·
$12.25B payroll
23Construction
188,263 employees
20,473 establishments ·
$14.50B payroll
Public companies headquartered here · 2
Century Communities, Inc. (CCS)
· MYR GROUP INC. (MYRG)
31-33Manufacturing
133,767 employees
5,031 establishments ·
$10.30B payroll
Public companies headquartered here · 22
ADVANCED ENERGY INDUSTRIES INC (AEIS)
· Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. (ASTI)
· AYTU BIOPHARMA, INC (AYTU)
· BALL Corp (BALL)
· Bespoke Extracts, Inc. (BSPK)
· Blue Line Holdings, Inc. (BLNH)
· Crocs, Inc. (CROX)
· Edgewise Therapeutics, Inc. (EWTX)
· ENCISION INC (ECIA)
· FAMILY OFFICE OF AMERICA, INC. (FOFA)
·+12 more
52Finance and insurance
125,158 employees
10,673 establishments ·
$13.58B payroll
Public companies headquartered here · 11
APARTMENT INVESTMENT & MANAGEMENT CO (AIV)
· Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc. (ZARE)
· Farmland Partners Inc. (FPI)
· First Western Financial Inc (MYFW)
· FIRSTSUN CAPITAL BANCORP (FSUN)
· HEALTHPEAK PROPERTIES, INC. (DOC)
· Janus Living, Inc. (JAN)
· National Bank Holdings Corp (NBHC)
· SELECTIS HEALTH, INC. (GBCS)
· UDR, Inc. (UDR)
·+1 more
81Other services (except public administration)
116,417 employees
16,252 establishments ·
$5.51B payroll
48-49Transportation and warehousing
111,004 employees
4,336 establishments ·
$7.53B payroll
Public companies headquartered here · 2
Antero Midstream Corp (AM)
· Frontier Group Holdings, Inc. (ULCC)
42Wholesale trade
105,318 employees
6,796 establishments ·
$10.79B payroll
51Information
101,428 employees
3,804 establishments ·
$14.54B payroll
Public companies headquartered here · 9
AUDDIA INC. (AUUD)
· GAIA, INC (GAIA)
· Gloo Holdings, Inc. (GLOO)
· Infleqtion, Inc. (INFQ)
· Liberty Capital Corp/NV (GLIBA)
· Liberty Latin America Ltd. (LILA)
· Liberty Media Corp (FWONA)
· McCarthy Finney, Inc. (MCFN)
· SOBR Safe, Inc. (SOBR)
55Management of companies and enterprises
68,640 employees
1,012 establishments ·
$8.04B payroll
71Arts, entertainment, and recreation
60,689 employees
3,642 establishments ·
$2.88B payroll
61Educational services
58,322 employees
3,068 establishments ·
$2.70B payroll
53Real estate and rental and leasing
56,116 employees
14,354 establishments ·
$3.98B payroll
21Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
20,061 employees
930 establishments ·
$2.93B payroll
Public companies headquartered here · 7
ALTEX INDUSTRIES INC (ALTX)
· ANTERO RESOURCES Corp (AR)
· BKV Corp (BKV)
· Ovintiv Inc. (OVV)
· Phoenix Energy One, LLC (PHXE-P)
· SM Energy Co (SM)
· Vitesse Energy, Inc. (VTS)
22Utilities
10,933 employees
451 establishments ·
$1.52B payroll
Public companies headquartered here · 1
PURE CYCLE CORP (PCYO)
11Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
1,875 employees
322 establishments ·
$86.30M payroll
99Industries not classified
323 employees
149 establishments ·
$8.37M payroll
Public-company links use SEC-to-NAICS sector mappings and may not cover every company headquartered here.
Publicly traded companies in the State Ledger SEC dataset headquartered in Colorado.
The dataset is still expanding and is not yet a complete listing of every public company in the state.
Public companies listed
135
Companies showing market data
105
Eligible ticker coverage
66.0%
Latest session
Oct 9, 2026
Coverage is based on eligible SEC ticker symbols and may differ from the number of companies listed.
$227.87
+0.40%
Revenue$30.85B
Net income$571.27M
Assets$29.08B
$117.87
+2.03%
Revenue$22.67B
Net income$7.09B
Assets$57.12B
$28.64
+0.56%
Revenue$18.50B
Net income$1.08B
Assets$10.34B
EchoStar CORP ECHO
$94.88
+1.55%
Revenue$15.00B
Net income-$14.50B
Assets$43.02B
DAVITA INC. DVA
$179.26
+1.16%
Revenue$13.64B
Net income$746.80M
Assets$17.48B
$37.17
-1.98%
Revenue$13.04B
Net income-$2.14B
Assets$22.74B
V F CORP VFC
$15.01
+3.34%
Revenue$9.61B
Net income$254.92M
Assets$9.29B
Ovintiv Inc. OVV
$63.88
+0.80%
Revenue$8.91B
Net income$1.24B
Assets$20.39B
$35.90
-0.42%
Revenue$5.28B
Net income$634.42M
Assets$13.25B
Liberty Media Corp FWONA
$86.75
-1.20%
Revenue$4.48B
Net income$555.00M
Assets$15.40B
$55.66
-2.11%
Revenue$4.12B
Net income$147.60M
Assets$4.46B
$6.11
-3.55%
Revenue$4.05B
Net income$499.60M
Assets$8.31B
Crocs, Inc. CROX
$115.01
-1.47%
Revenue$4.04B
Net income-$81.20M
Assets$4.17B
Liberty Energy Inc. LBRT
$19.01
+0.88%
Revenue$4.01B
Net income$147.87M
Assets$3.56B
$5.87
-0.93%
Revenue$3.72B
Net income-$137.00M
Assets$7.22B
MYR GROUP INC. MYRG
$311.65
+0.07%
Revenue$3.66B
Net income$118.42M
Assets$1.64B
TRIMBLE INC. TRMB
$60.09
+0.37%
Revenue$3.59B
Net income$424.00M
Assets$9.31B
Woodward, Inc. WWD
$335.46
+3.71%
Revenue$3.57B
Net income$442.11M
Assets$4.63B
$26.68
-0.21%
Revenue$3.44B
Net income$251.40M
Assets$7.15B
SM Energy Co SM
$36.99
-0.24%
Revenue$3.15B
Net income$648.00M
Assets$9.25B
VAIL RESORTS INC MTN
$146.00
-0.60%
Revenue$2.96B
Net income$280.00M
Assets$5.78B
$18.82
+1.54%
Revenue$2.82B
Net income$71.35M
Assets$20.34B
$288.62
+1.51%
Revenue$1.80B
Net income—
Assets$2.55B
INNOSPEC INC. IOSP
$95.63
-2.23%
Revenue$1.78B
Net income—
Assets$1.83B
UDR, Inc. UDR
$34.10
+1.59%
Revenue$1.71B
Net income$377.70M
Assets$10.61B
SSR MINING INC. SSRGF
$35.50
+5.65%
Revenue$1.63B
Net income$395.75M
Assets$6.09B
Simply Good Foods Co SMPL
$10.19
+0.79%
Revenue$1.45B
Net income$103.61M
Assets$2.40B
$29.67
-1.76%
Revenue$1.33B
Net income$46.44M
Assets$670.50M
$8.58
+1.78%
Revenue$1.21B
Net income-$23.28M
Assets$563.53M
$21.09
-0.50%
Revenue$1.19B
Net income$412.61M
Assets$5.88B
BKV Corp BKV
$24.24
+1.25%
Revenue$1.14B
Net income$179.16M
Assets$3.94B
Liberty Capital Corp/NV GLIBA
$20.46
-12.41%
Revenue$1.05B
Net income-$309.00M
Assets$3.23B
ROYAL GOLD INC RGLD
$236.28
+2.14%
Revenue$1.03B
Net income$466.28M
Assets$9.54B
$9.11
0.00%
Revenue$989.71M
Net income-$2.54M
Assets$557.39M
Gogo Inc. GOGO
$2.31
+1.99%
Revenue$910.49M
Net income$12.92M
Assets$1.30B
$134.90
+8.91%
Revenue$901.43M
Net income$259.26M
Assets$1.84B
$1.52
-3.50%
Revenue$805.72M
Net income-$92.24M
Assets$884.20M
Phoenix Energy One, LLC PHXE-P
Revenue$687.18M
Net income$66.11M
Assets$1.81B
Riot Platforms, Inc. RIOT
$16.88
+0.24%
Revenue$647.44M
Net income-$663.18M
Assets$3.94B
DMC Global Inc. BOOM
$5.73
-1.12%
Revenue$609.84M
Net income-$13.45M
Assets$635.83M
EverCommerce Inc. EVCM
$9.06
+0.33%
Revenue$588.91M
Net income$17.60M
Assets$1.37B
$0.85
-1.74%
Revenue$572.98M
Net income-$61.42M
Assets$1.15B
CPI Card Group Inc. PMTS
$25.52
+2.04%
Revenue$543.53M
Net income$14.95M
Assets$403.19M
Revenue$498.84M
Net income-$68.00M
Assets$7.27B
NOODLES & Co NDLS
$14.24
+3.83%
Revenue$495.09M
Net income-$42.57M
Assets$261.67M
$53.20
+2.10%
Revenue$452.42M
Net income$22.67M
Assets$965.43M
$9.34
-0.85%
Revenue$392.87M
Net income$6.37M
Assets$879.54M
$95.41
-0.88%
Revenue$381.95M
Net income-$86.97M
Assets$1.89B
Ibotta, Inc. IBTA
$43.08
-0.23%
Revenue$342.39M
Net income$3.58M
Assets$525.91M
QUANTUM CORP /DE/ QMCO
$30.38
+4.22%
Revenue$279.58M
Net income-$101.05M
Assets$156.89M
$17.26
+0.52%
Revenue$273.99M
Net income$25.28M
Assets$893.35M
$128.09
+0.92%
Revenue$249.13M
Net income$6.71M
Assets$427.75M
$2.13
-3.62%
Revenue$243.20M
Net income-$10.60M
Assets$490.60M
$27.34
-2.98%
Revenue$166.42M
Net income-$104.81M
Assets$1.05B
GrowGeneration Corp. GRWG
$1.51
0.00%
Revenue$161.74M
Net income-$24.05M
Assets$147.04M
Gevo, Inc. GEVO
$1.33
-2.21%
Revenue$160.58M
Net income-$33.84M
Assets$718.93M
$1.77
-0.84%
Revenue$138.49M
Net income$547.16M
Assets$1.68B
DHI GROUP, INC. DHX
$5.06
+1.61%
Revenue$127.83M
Net income-$13.51M
Assets$188.24M
$29.88
-0.50%
Revenue$96.91M
Net income$13.19M
Assets$3.15B
Gloo Holdings, Inc. GLOO
$3.84
+0.26%
Revenue$94.66M
Net income-$157.13M
Assets$263.66M
BIODESIX INC BDSX
$26.22
+3.39%
Revenue$88.50M
Net income-$35.27M
Assets$87.48M
ENERGY FUELS INC UUUU
$9.99
+0.66%
Revenue$65.92M
Net income-$85.63M
Assets$1.41B
AYTU BIOPHARMA, INC AYTU
$2.11
0.00%
Revenue$57.57M
Net income-$14.25M
Assets$105.01M
$10.49
-0.10%
Revenue$52.18M
Net income$31.55M
Assets$719.07M
Revenue$49.90M
Net income-$29.74M
Assets$75.27M
$2.92
-4.26%
Revenue$49.89M
Net income-$3.25M
Assets$19.22M
$37.97
-0.47%
Revenue$47.10M
Net income$109.57M
Assets$9.88B
$4.06
-1.58%
Revenue$45.15M
Net income-$39.23M
Assets$35.33M
Revenue$41.44M
Net income-$1.02M
Assets$32.58M
$1.04
+1.97%
Revenue$27.50M
Net income-$4.56M
Assets$20.21M
PURE CYCLE CORP PCYO
$11.12
+1.00%
Revenue$26.09M
Net income$13.11M
Assets$162.28M
$13.75
+6.75%
Revenue$24.89M
Net income$1.54M
Assets$12.90M
Solid Power, Inc. SLDP
$2.38
-1.86%
Revenue$21.75M
Net income-$93.41M
Assets$455.09M
$1.25
+6.84%
Revenue$19.53M
Net income-$3.18M
Assets$13.96M
Fortitude Gold Corp FTCO
Revenue$18.41M
Net income$420.0K
Assets$136.19M
Revenue$18.14M
Net income-$7.08M
Assets$23.25M
Venu Holding Corp VENU
$1.36
-0.37%
Revenue$17.90M
Net income-$44.09M
Assets$370.56M
$0.15
+0.14%
Revenue$17.44M
Net income-$21.17M
Assets$25.15M
$3.80
+2.15%
Revenue$16.98M
Net income-$2.68M
Assets$6.97M
Revenue$9.03M
Net income-$2.47M
Assets$6.69M
SHF Holdings, Inc. SHFS
$0.42
-6.55%
Revenue$7.67M
Net income-$2.16M
Assets$17.21M
ENCISION INC ECIA
Revenue$6.56M
Net income-$220.2K
Assets$3.67M
GAIA, INC GAIA
$1.40
+0.72%
Revenue$4.50M
Net income-$4.49M
Assets$154.65M
Revenue$4.37M
Net income$241.7K
Assets$1.36M
Revenue$2.38M
Net income-$8.02M
Assets$17.98M
CitroTech Inc. CITR
$2.96
-0.51%
Revenue$2.38M
Net income-$36.84M
Assets$14.18M
authID Inc. AUID
$0.35
-2.68%
Revenue$2.04M
Net income-$17.93M
Assets$9.98M
$3.58
+3.02%
Revenue$1.23M
Net income-$12.15M
Assets$14.16M
Revenue$1.12M
Net income-$1.04M
Assets$359.1K
Decentral Life, Inc. WDLF
Revenue$944.4K
Net income$727.4K
Assets$845.7K
SOBR Safe, Inc. SOBR
$0.21
0.00%
Revenue$437.4K
Net income-$8.95M
Assets$6.62M
$4.96
-3.31%
Revenue$236.9K
Net income-$20.31M
Assets$79.19M
Revenue$221.8K
Net income-$492.7K
Assets$1.54M
$2.19
-2.46%
Revenue$76.8K
Net income-$7.83M
Assets$6.33M
Aclarion, Inc. ACON
$2.35
-0.84%
Revenue$75.7K
Net income-$7.23M
Assets$13.67M
ALTEX INDUSTRIES INC ALTX
Revenue$18.0K
Net income-$192.0K
Assets$2.75M
AUDDIA INC. AUUD
$1.05
+9.31%
Revenue$0
Net income-$7.69M
Assets$5.20M
Nuburu, Inc. BURU
$0.91
-4.69%
Revenue$0
Net income-$79.07M
Assets$49.82M
Revenue$0
Net income-$4.90M
Assets$24.12M
VISTA GOLD CORP VGZ
$2.65
-1.12%
Revenue$0
Net income-$7.50M
Assets$16.27M
ALPINE BANKS OF COLORADO ALPIB
Latest financials unavailable
Revenue—
Net income-$1.92M
Assets$3.95M
$94.20
+3.81%
Latest financials unavailable
Arq, Inc. ARQ
$2.03
-3.56%
Revenue—
Net income-$52.61M
Assets$230.58M
$19.45
-0.82%
Latest financials unavailable
BALL Corp BALL
$58.49
+0.21%
Revenue—
Net income$912.00M
Assets$19.52B
Revenue—
Net income-$106.1K
Assets$20.3K
$5.26
+2.73%
Revenue—
Net income—
Assets$337.85M
$39.05
-0.51%
Revenue—
Net income-$167.80M
Assets$552.60M
$17.86
+2.06%
Latest financials unavailable
$38.47
-1.12%
Revenue—
Net income$97.94M
Assets$8.49B
$10.59
+0.38%
Revenue—
Net income$3.47M
Assets$149.92M
Golden Minerals Co AUMN
Revenue—
Net income-$7.60M
Assets$4.82M
$1.45
-2.68%
Revenue—
Net income$1.02M
Assets$83.81M
$10.60
0.00%
Revenue—
Net income$920.7K
Assets$368.72M
$10.19
0.00%
Latest financials unavailable
Latest financials unavailable
Infleqtion, Inc. INFQ
$11.05
-0.99%
Revenue—
Net income-$66.93M
Assets$424.87M
$32.54
-2.53%
Revenue—
Net income$11.19M
Assets$632.18M
$28.16
+0.28%
Latest financials unavailable
$8.10
-7.59%
Revenue—
Net income-$611.20M
Assets$12.23B
Latest financials unavailable
Nepra Foods Inc. NPRFF
Latest financials unavailable
$3.37
-1.17%
Revenue—
Net income-$48.56M
Assets$466.90M
$2.41
+5.24%
Revenue—
Net income-$59.52M
Assets$62.12M
Powerlaw Corp. PWRL
$11.93
+3.07%
Latest financials unavailable
Latest financials unavailable
Quantinuum Inc. QNT
$41.33
-0.35%
Latest financials unavailable
$0.55
0.00%
Revenue—
Net income-$3.83M
Assets$25.03M
TaoWeave, Inc. TWAV
$1.46
+0.69%
Revenue—
Net income-$6.36M
Assets$8.22M
$4.18
+2.83%
Revenue—
Net income$40.25M
Assets$373.32M
VOX ROYALTY CORP. VOXR
$5.12
+0.59%
Latest financials unavailable
$0.46
+1.55%
Revenue—
Net income-$27.33M
Assets$194.53M
$7.12
-1.45%
Latest financials unavailable
Latest financials unavailable
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Showing top 10 of 135 companies by latest annual revenue
Sources: SEC EDGAR submissions (company information) · SEC XBRL Company Facts (financials) State Ledger collected this data Sep 19, 2026, 15:11 UTC — fiscal year above reflects each company's own reporting period, not this collection time. Market data: Alpaca via IEX, latest completed session stored by State Ledger. See the Markets & Economy page for the full non-SIP coverage disclosure and national market activity.
Education Summary
High school graduate+
92.36%
population 25+
Bachelor’s degree+
42.83%
population 25+
Public K-12 enrollment
870,871
1,932 schools
Student/teacher ratio
16.3 : 1
K-12 public schools
Educational Attainment
Attainment among population 25 and older
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates · 2021 ACS 5-year · 3,937,040 people
K-12 Education
Public schools
1,932
Teachers (FTE)
53,553
Graduation rate
82.00%
class of 2022
Per-pupil spending
$12,233
2021
Average teacher salary
$58,481
2022
National Center for Education Statistics, Digest of Education Statistics · reference year 2023
Higher Education
College enrollment
346,716
Degree-granting institutions
59
Avg. published tuition, public 4-yr
$9,798
Public
28
Private nonprofit
9
Private for-profit
22
National Center for Education Statistics, Digest of Education Statistics · reference year 2023
Schools & Institutions
27J Online Academy
Regular School
297 enrolled
5280 High School
Regular School
104 enrolled
70 Online
Alternative School
163 enrolled
Abraham Lincoln High School
Regular School
986 enrolled
Abrams Elementary School
Regular School
419 enrolled
Academia Ana Marie Sandoval
Regular School
401 enrolled
Academy 360
Regular School
210 enrolled
Academy Charter School
Regular School
582 enrolled
Academy Endeavour Elementary School
Regular School
349 enrolled
Academy for Advanced and Creative Learning
Regular School
287 enrolled
Academy High School
Regular School
420 enrolled
Academy International Elementary School
Regular School
394 enrolled
Academy of Advanced Learning
Regular School
789 enrolled
Academy of Arts and Knowledge Elementary
Regular School
176 enrolled
Academy of Charter Schools
Regular School
1,890 enrolled
Academy of Las Animas Online School
Alternative School
331 enrolled
Achieve Academy
Regular School
384 enrolled
Achieve Online
Alternative School
354 enrolled
Acres Green Elementary School
Regular School
404 enrolled
Adams City High School
Regular School
1,666 enrolled
Showing 1–20 of 1,928
Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) · Common Core of Data (K-12) / IPEDS (higher education) State Ledger collected this directory Sep 21, 2026, 19:14 UTC — reference year above reflects NCES's own collection period, not this collection time.