"Colorado Employment by County: 2000 vs. 2017" "County","2000 Jobs","2000 Percent of State Total","2017 Jobs","2017 Percent of State Total","2000-2017 Net Percent Change","2000-2017 Net Change","2000-2017 Share (%) of State Change","Share Shift" "Adams","188,215","6.45","275,832","7.33","46.55","87,617","10.40","0.88" "Alamosa","9,718","0.33","11,202","0.30","15.27","1,484","0.18","-0.04" "Arapahoe","388,642","13.32","460,303","12.24","18.44","71,661","8.50","-1.08" "Archuleta","5,959","0.20","8,449","0.22","41.79","2,490","0.30","0.02" "Baca","2,806","0.10","2,586","0.07","-7.84","-220","-0.03","-0.03" "Bent","2,551","0.09","1,915","0.05","-24.93","-636","-0.08","-0.04" "Boulder","237,310","8.13","269,048","7.15","13.37","31,738","3.77","-0.98" "Broomfield","N","N","50,678","1.35","N","N","N", "Chaffee","9,478","0.32","12,918","0.34","36.29","3,440","0.41","0.02" "Cheyenne","1,529","0.05","1,616","0.04","5.69","87","0.01","-0.01" "Clear Creek","5,811","0.20","4,936","0.13","-15.06","-875","-0.10","-0.07" "Conejos","3,067","0.11","3,322","0.09","8.31","255","0.03","-0.02" "Costilla","1,374","0.05","1,677","0.04","22.05","303","0.04","0.00" "Crowley","1,780","0.06","1,746","0.05","-1.91","-34","0.00","-0.01" "Custer","1,869","0.06","2,245","0.06","20.12","376","0.04","0.00" "Delta","12,943","0.44","15,678","0.42","21.13","2,735","0.32","-0.03" "Denver","561,928","19.26","675,350","17.96","20.18","113,422","13.46","-1.30" "Dolores","975","0.03","1,196","0.03","22.67","221","0.03","0.00" "Douglas","77,333","2.65","193,351","5.14","150.02","116,018","13.77","2.49" "Eagle","38,381","1.32","47,606","1.27","24.04","9,225","1.09","-0.05" "Elbert","7,591","0.26","9,902","0.26","30.44","2,311","0.27","0.00" "El Paso","334,881","11.48","413,831","11.00","23.58","78,950","9.37","-0.47" "Fremont","19,322","0.66","20,092","0.53","3.99","770","0.09","-0.13" "Garfield","29,300","1.00","39,223","1.04","33.87","9,923","1.18","0.04" "Gilpin","5,920","0.20","6,056","0.16","2.30","136","0.02","-0.04" "Grand","9,864","0.34","11,480","0.31","16.38","1,616","0.19","-0.03" "Gunnison","11,309","0.39","13,781","0.37","21.86","2,472","0.29","-0.02" "Hinsdale","619","0.02","606","0.02","-2.10","-13","0.00","-0.01" "Huerfano","3,581","0.12","3,338","0.09","-6.79","-243","-0.03","-0.03" "Jackson","1,054","0.04","1,049","0.03","-0.47","-5","0.00","-0.01" "Jefferson","282,376","9.68","348,111","9.26","23.28","65,735","7.80","-0.42" "Kiowa","1,151","0.04","1,292","0.03","12.25","141","0.02","-0.01" "Kit Carson","4,989","0.17","5,118","0.14","2.59","129","0.02","-0.03" "Lake","2,946","0.10","3,528","0.09","19.76","582","0.07","-0.01" "La Plata","31,137","1.07","41,570","1.11","33.51","10,433","1.24","0.04" "Larimer","166,868","5.72","233,079","6.20","39.68","66,211","7.86","0.48" "Las Animas","7,664","0.26","7,698","0.20","0.44","34","0.00","-0.06" "Lincoln","3,299","0.11","3,588","0.10","8.76","289","0.03","-0.02" "Logan","12,574","0.43","12,672","0.34","0.78","98","0.01","-0.09" "Mesa","69,890","2.40","88,780","2.36","27.03","18,890","2.24","-0.03" "Mineral","693","0.02","887","0.02","27.99","194","0.02","0.00" "Moffat","7,252","0.25","7,302","0.19","0.69","50","0.01","-0.05" "Montezuma","13,638","0.47","14,936","0.40","9.52","1,298","0.15","-0.07" "Montrose","19,959","0.68","23,708","0.63","18.78","3,749","0.44","-0.05" "Morgan","15,158","0.52","17,164","0.46","13.23","2,006","0.24","-0.06" "Otero","10,192","0.35","9,040","0.24","-11.30","-1,152","-0.14","-0.11" "Ouray","2,520","0.09","3,611","0.10","43.29","1,091","0.13","0.01" "Park","5,195","0.18","5,983","0.16","15.17","788","0.09","-0.02" "Phillips","2,789","0.10","2,890","0.08","3.62","101","0.01","-0.02" "Pitkin","21,393","0.73","24,604","0.65","15.01","3,211","0.38","-0.08" "Prowers","8,174","0.28","6,904","0.18","-15.54","-1,270","-0.15","-0.10" "Pueblo","70,788","2.43","80,215","2.13","13.32","9,427","1.12","-0.29" "Rio Blanco","4,097","0.14","4,305","0.11","5.08","208","0.02","-0.03" "Rio Grande","6,815","0.23","6,517","0.17","-4.37","-298","-0.04","-0.06" "Routt","18,588","0.64","23,486","0.62","26.35","4,898","0.58","-0.01" "Saguache","2,706","0.09","3,253","0.09","20.21","547","0.06","-0.01" "San Juan","406","0.01","594","0.02","46.31","188","0.02","0.00" "San Miguel","7,218","0.25","9,056","0.24","25.46","1,838","0.22","-0.01" "Sedgwick","1,642","0.06","1,460","0.04","-11.08","-182","-0.02","-0.02" "Summit","25,551","0.88","29,623","0.79","15.94","4,072","0.48","-0.09" "Teller","10,336","0.35","12,331","0.33","19.30","1,995","0.24","-0.03" "Washington","2,994","0.10","2,937","0.08","-1.90","-57","-0.01","-0.02" "Weld","95,735","3.28","156,081","4.15","63.03","60,346","7.16","0.87" "Yuma","6,159","0.21","7,373","0.20","19.71","1,214","0.14","-0.02" "Colorado","2,918,002","100.00","3,760,708","100.00","28.88","842,706","100.00","0.00" " Metropolitan","2,508,819","85.98","3,283,867","87.32","30.89","775,048","91.97","1.34" " Nonmetropolitan","409,183","14.02","476,841","12.68","16.53","67,658","8.03","-1.34" "United States","165,370,800",,"196,394,100",,"18.76","31,023,300",, " Metropolitan U.S.","142,396,424",,"172,909,128",,"21.43","30,512,704",, " Nonmetropolitan U.S.","22,974,376",,"23,484,972",,"2.22","510,596",, "N","Data not available for this year or not meaningful." "Source: Calculations by the Colorado Regional Economic Analysis Project (CO-REAP) with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis" "Published: November 2023" "Table: REAP_PI_CA1400_YRVYR_1000"