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Colorado Cities and Towns — Facts <br />Number of Incorporated Municipalities: 271 <br />Population (2002 estimates) <br />State: 4,516,847 <br />Municipal: 3,273,459 <br />Municipal as percent of state: 72.47% <br />Range in municipal population: <br />Bonanza City: 14 <br />Denver: 560,882 <br />Number of municipalities with 263 <br />membership in CML: <br />Percent of municipalities with 97.05% <br />membership in CML: <br />Percent of municipal population with 99.98% <br />membership in CML: <br />Structure of Colorado Municipal Governments <br />Structure <br /># Cities/ <br />Population <br />Percent of <br />67.6% <br />Towns <br />Served <br />Municipal <br />Average municipal sales tax rate: <br />2.82% <br />Population <br />Home Rule Cities <br />61 <br />2,828,711 <br />86.41% <br />Home Rule Towns <br />30 <br />122,754 <br />3.75% <br />Statutory Cities <br />13 <br />141,337 <br />4.32% <br />Statutory Towns <br />166 <br />179,553 <br />5.49% <br />Territorial Charter <br />1 <br />1,104 <br />0.03% <br />Number of municipalities with city /town 160 <br />manager or administrator: <br />Municipal Elected Officials (2002) <br />Mayors, councilmembers, trustees: 1,864 <br />Women: 530 <br />Prepared by Colorado Municipal League <br />August 2004 <br />Sources of Municipal Tax Revenue' (2001) <br />Total Tax Revenue: $2,314,897,388 <br />Property Taxes: $322,157,473 13.92% <br />Sales/Use Taxes: $1,700,273,151 73.45 0.b <br />Property TaxZ (2002) <br />Assessed Valuations <br />State: $60.56 billion <br />Municipal: $39.61 billion <br />Municipal as percent of state: .65.53% <br />Average municipal levy 13.012 <br />Sales Tax (July 2003) <br />197 <br />Total number of municipalities levying <br />214 <br />a local sales tax: <br />67.6% <br />Number of municipalities with self- <br />58 <br />collected sales tax: <br />Average municipal sales tax rate: <br />2.82% <br />Low: <br />1.0% <br />High: <br />5.0% <br />Municipal Elections (1993 -2004) <br />Ballot <br />Issues <br />Tabor Revenue and <br />Spending Changes <br />Municipal Tax/Tax Rate <br />Municipal Debt /Obligation <br />Term - Limits <br />Passed Failed <br />410 54 <br />Percent <br />Passed <br />88..4% <br />235 <br />197 <br />54.4% <br />198 <br />95 <br />67.6% <br />101 <br />68 <br />59.8% <br />Sources: Colorado Municipal League, unless otherwise <br />indicated. <br />1 2001Colorado Local Government Financial Compendium, <br />Colorado Department of Local Affairs. <br />22002 Thirty- second Annual Report, Colorado Department of Local <br />Affairs /Division of Property Taxation. <br />8 Colorado Municipal League <br />