List of census-designated places in Colorado

The U.S. State of Colorado has 210 census-designated places.^[1] The United States Census Bureau defines certain unincorporated communities as census-designated places (CDPs) for enumeration in each decennial census. The Census Bureau defined 187 CDPs in Colorado for the 2010 Census and 210 CDPs for the 2020 Census.^[1]

At the 2020 United States Census, 714,417 of the 5,773,714 Colorado residents (12.37%) lived in one of these 210 census-designated places. Another 4,299,942 residents (74.47%) lived in one of the 272 municipalities of the state, while the remaining 759,355 residents (13.15%) lived in the many rural and mountainous regions of the state.^[2]

Colorado CDPs range in population from Highlands Ranch with a 2020 population of 103,444 to Fulford which lost both of its residents before the 2020 Census. Black Forest is the most extensive CDP with 101 square miles (261 km²) of land area, while Blue Sky is the least extensive with 23 acres (0.093 km²) of land area. Orchard Mesa was the most densely populated with a 2020 population density of 41,840 residents per square mile (16,155/km²), while Cathedral was the lease densely populated of the populated CDPs with 0.70 resident per square mile (0.27/km²).

Five Colorado CDPs extend into more than one county: Brook Forest, Coal Creek, Columbine, Strasburg, and Watkins.

The Town of Keystone incorporated on March 28, 2023.