US church locations from public map data: church office contacts, fields, by-state counts and prices.
How many churches are in Colorado?
Colorado had 4,333 congregations of all faiths in the 2020 U.S. Religion Census (Grammich et al., Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies, 2022). The census counts synagogues, temples and mosques in the same total.
Overture Maps places (release of 2026-09-23) lists ~4,900 church locations in Colorado, 13% more than the census figure, which puts the state at number 28 of 51 (states and DC) for the gap in percentage terms. That is 1.1% of the US map count, number 31 of 51. Per resident Colorado is near the bottom: 81.6 church locations per 100,000 residents, against 129.3 for the US, number 46 of 51. Utah, its neighbour to the west, is lower still at 46.0.
The 2020 U.S. Religion Census counted 4,333 congregations of all faiths in Colorado.
4,333Overture Maps lists ~4,900 church locations in Colorado, number 31 of 51 (states and DC).
~4,900The 15 largest city rows hold 56% of Colorado's church locations.
56%Colorado has 81.6 church locations per 100,000 residents, number 46 of 51.
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Where churches in Colorado are
Fourteen of the 15 cities in the table lie along the Front Range, from Fort Collins and Greeley in the north to Pueblo in the south. Together the 15 rows hold 56% of Colorado's church locations, more than half.
| City | Listed on public maps |
|---|---|
| Denver | ~630 |
| Colorado Springs | ~550 |
| Aurora | ~320 |
| Pueblo | ~160 |
| Fort Collins | ~140 |
| Grand Junction | ~120 |
| Lakewood | ~120 |
| Littleton | ~120 |
| Greeley | ~110 |
| Longmont | ~90 |
| Arvada | ~90 |
| Boulder | ~90 |
| Loveland | ~80 |
| Centennial | ~70 |
| Thornton | ~70 |
Counts are rounded.
Denver has 13% of the state's listings, and Colorado Springs is close behind it, with not quite nine for every ten in Denver. Aurora, Lakewood, Littleton, Arvada, Centennial and Thornton are Denver-area cities with rows of their own, and Boulder, Longmont and Loveland sit between Denver and Fort Collins. Grand Junction is the only city west of the mountains in the top 15.
Colorado compared with the US
Colorado's denomination tags run in the same order as on the US map: Baptist, then Roman Catholic, then Pentecostal. The "religious organization with a worship name" group, which names no denomination, sits between Baptist and Roman Catholic, as it does nationally. Jehovah's Witnesses and Anglican or Episcopal rows complete the eight largest tags.
Map category tags, not denominational shares.
| Category | Places |
|---|---|
| Christian, tradition not given | ~3,700 |
| Baptist | ~390 |
| Religious organization with a worship name | ~290 |
| Roman Catholic | ~270 |
| Pentecostal | ~90 |
| Protestant, denomination not given | ~40 |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | ~40 |
| Anglican or Episcopal | ~40 |
Counts are rounded.
86% of Colorado church listings name a website, well above the US share of 77%, and 84% are marked open by their source (US: 83%).
Questions about churches in Colorado
How many churches are in Colorado? The 2020 U.S. Religion Census counted 4,333 congregations of all faiths. Public maps list ~4,900 church locations, which count places, not congregations.
Does Denver or Colorado Springs have more churches? Denver, by a small margin. Denver addresses hold 13% of the state's church locations, and Colorado Springs has nearly as many.
Does Colorado have few churches per person? On the map, yes: 81.6 church locations per 100,000 residents, number 46 of 51, against 129.3 for the US.
Can I get a Colorado church email list? Yes. You can order Colorado churches as a state file from the order panel on this page. Each row holds one church location with the phone and website it publishes and, where it publishes one, the office email and its source page. We update and verify your list when you order, so you receive a fresh list. Delivered within 24 hours, usually much sooner.
Sources for Colorado
| Figure | Source | File or publication date |
|---|---|---|
| Congregations of all faiths in Colorado | 2020 U.S. Religion Census (Grammich et al., ASARB), 2020_USRC_Summaries.xlsx | Data year 2020; published 2022; file dated June 2023 |
| Colorado church locations, rank, share, cities, map tags, open and website shares | Overture Maps places, release 2026-09-23.1 | 2026-09-23 |
| Church locations per 100,000 residents in Colorado and Utah, and the rank | Overture Maps places; US Census Bureau Vintage 2025 population | 2026-09-23; July 1, 2025 |
| Map count against the census figure, and its rank | Our comparison of the census and map counts for the 50 states and DC | 2026-10-03 |
What these numbers don't show
Mountain and plains towns. Small rural churches are the ones a map most often misses.
Metro Denver as a whole. Its suburbs are split over many rows.
Which churches are open now. The open flag is the listing source's, and we have not checked it church by church.
Size. A megachurch and a small chapel each count once.
LimitsDownload the data
churches-register-2026-10.csvCSVCC BY 4.02026-10-03
nodilist.com, "How many churches are in Colorado?", church locations from Overture Maps places release 2026-09-23.1 with the 2020 U.S. Religion Census congregation count, https://nodilist.com/churches/colorado/.
- churches-register-2026-10.csv: church locations listed on public maps for Colorado, the other states and DC, with rates per 100,000 residents, shares of the US and ranks.
The census figures, copyright ASARB, are not part of the CSV. Contains data from Overture Maps Foundation, licensed under CDLA Permissive 2.0.