Colorado
Colorado became a state in 1876. Physically it is noted for its vivid landscape of mountains, forests, high plains, mesas, canyons, plateaus, rivers, and desert lands. Per the Census statistics for 2019, Colorado has a total population of 5.7M people of which 4.3M live in incorporated places (source: US Census Bureau 2010-19 data).
2.7M (64%) population live in 12 Cities >100K
1.1M (26%) population live in Medium 35 cities 10K-100K
398K (9%) population live in 102 Small towns 1K-10K
52K (1%) population live in 122 Villages 1-1K
Click the map below to see the location of Colorado's Small Towns (pop.1-10K).
Colorado State map show casing small towns with populations between 1K and 10K. Click on map dot icon to get information about each town. Click on the town photo to bring up even more photos. The star icon indicates more information is available.
More information is available for the Colorado towns linked below
State Income tax rate: 4.63%
Median State Property tax rate: 0.60%
State + local Sales tax rate: 7.44%
Colorado City / Town government definitions
Source: Colorado local government handbook
Colorado has 272 municipalities, including
172 statutory municipalities: statutory cities and towns, are limited to exercising powers specifically granted to them by state law. In general, ordinances of statutory towns and cities that conflict with state laws are invalid
97 home rule municipalities: home rule charter provides a city or town with greater authority to regulate local and municipal matters than is available to statutory municipalities. Most home rule municipalities have adopted the city council-city manager form of municipal government.
2 consolidated city and county governments, and
1 territorial charter municipality.