Counties in Colorado

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Ballotpedia provides comprehensive coverage of elections in the 100 largest cities in America by population and the largest counties that overlap those cities. This encompasses all city, county, judicial, school district, and special district offices appearing on the ballot within those cities.

This page includes the following resources:

* The county governments covered by Ballotpedia in Colorado
* A list and map of counties in Colorado
* An overview of local elections in Colorado
* An overview of the initiative process in Colorado

## Contents

* 1 Counties
* 1.1 County government
* 1.2 Full list of counties
* 1.3 Map of counties
* 2 Elections
* 2.1 2024
* 2.2 2023
* 2.3 2022
* 2.4 2021
* 2.5 2020
* 2.6 2019
* 2.7 2018
* 2.8 2017
* 2.9 2016
* 2.10 2015
* 3 Initiative process availability
* 4 See also
* 5 External links
* 6 Footnotes

## Counties[edit]

### County government[edit]

Click the links below for information about the county governments in Ballotpedia's coverage scope:

* Government of Adams County
* Government of Arapahoe County
* Government of Denver County
* Government of El Paso County

### Full list of counties[edit]

According to a 2022 study from the U.S. Census Bureau, this state's local governments consist of 62 counties, 272 cities, towns, and villages, and 3,201 special districts.[1] Broomfield and Denver operate as consolidated city-county governments.

The following table defaults to displaying only 25 counties at a time. To change the number of counties displayed, use the drop-down menu above the upper left-hand corner of the table. You can also use the search bar above the upper-right corner of the table to look up a specific county.

County

Adams
Alamosa
Arapahoe
Archuleta
Baca
Bent
Broomfield
Chaffee
Cheyenne
Clear Creek
Conejos
Costilla
Crowley
Delta
Denver
Dolores
Douglas
Eagle
El Paso
Elbert
Fremont
Garfield
Gilpin
Grand
Gunnison
Hinsdale
Huerfano
Jackson
Jefferson
Kiowa
Kit Carson
La Plata
Lake
Larimer
Las Animas
Lincoln
Logan
Mesa
Mineral
Moffat
Montezuma
Montrose
Morgan
Otero
Ouray
Park
Phillips
Pitkin
Prowers
Pueblo
Rio Blanco
Rio Grande
Routt
Saguache
San Juan
San Miguel
Sedgwick
Summit
Teller
Washington
Weld
Yuma
Boulder
Custer

### Map of counties[edit]

Counties in blue on the map below are part of Ballotpedia's county coverage scope:

## Elections[edit]

Click the links below for information about the elections held in each municipality. Please note that this is not a comprehensive list of municipalities that held elections each year in this state; click here to learn more about Ballotpedia's local government coverage scope.

### 2024[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2024 and School board elections, 2024

* Denver, Colorado
* Adams County, Colorado
* Arapahoe County, Colorado
* El Paso County, Colorado

### 2023[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2023 and School board elections, 2023

* Aurora, Colorado
* Colorado Springs, Colorado
* Denver, Colorado
* Colorado school board elections

### 2022[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2022 and School board elections, 2022

* Adams County, Colorado
* Arapahoe County, Colorado
* El Paso County, Colorado
* Denver, Colorado

### 2021[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2021 and School board elections, 2021

* Aurora, Colorado
* Colorado Springs, Colorado

### 2020[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2020 and School board elections, 2020

* Adams County, Colorado
* Arapahoe County, Colorado
* El Paso County, Colorado
* Denver, Colorado

Past elections

* Click here for past election information

### 2019[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2019 and School board elections, 2019
* Aurora, Colorado
* Colorado Springs, Colorado
* Denver, Colorado
* Colorado school board elections

### 2018[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2018 and School board elections, 2018
* Adams County, Colorado
* Arapahoe County, Colorado
* El Paso County, Colorado
* Denver, Colorado

### 2017[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2017 and School board elections, 2017
* Aurora, Colorado
* Colorado Springs, Colorado
* Colorado school board elections

### 2016[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2016 and School board elections, 2016

Ballotpedia did not cover any local elections in Colorado that year.

### 2015[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2015 and School board elections, 2015
* Aurora, Colorado
* Colorado Springs, Colorado
* Denver, Colorado
* Colorado school board elections

## Initiative process availability[edit]

See also: Laws governing local ballot measures in Colorado

An initiative process is available in all cities and towns. In charter cities, initiative is also available for charter amendments.

In charter counties (Weld and Pitkin) initiative is available for county measures and charter amendments.

Citizens in general law counties do not have broad initiative authority to propose county measures. However, specific state statutes grant a petition process for limited subject matters. For example:

Recall of county elected officials, C.R.S. §1-12-103 & 104; Formation of a home rule charter committee, C.R.S. §30-11-502(1) et seq.; Increasing the number of county commissioners from three to five (in counties having a population greater than 70,000), C.R.S. §30-10-306.5(3)(a); Decreasing the number of county commissioners from five to three (in counties having a population greater than 70,000), C.R.S. §30-10-306.7 (2)(b); Enacting a countywide sales tax ordinance, C.R.S. §29-2-104; Establishment of a county library, C.R.S. §24-90-107(1),(3); Establishment of public improvement district (PID) or a local improvement district (LID), C.R.S. §30-20-501 et seq. and C.R.S. §30-20-601 et seq., respectively; Establishment of various districts, C.R.S. §30-20-801 et seq.[2]

## See also[edit]

Colorado | Municipal government | Other local coverage

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## External links[edit]

* Search Google News for this topic
* Colorado municipal code library
* Colorado state government website

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ U.S. Census Bureau, "2022 Census of Governments – Organization," accessed October 16, 2023
2. ↑ Ballotpedia, "Types & #s of local government by state," September 2012

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