Colorado has 11 military installations: 1.4% of the US total of 767. That ranks #26 by count and #35 per person (0.18 per 100,000 residents) of 51.
Source: DoD Military Installations, Ranges and Training Areas (MIRTA), via the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, 2026. Each active installation at the centre of its boundary. Large ranges are one dot each. Sites the DoD doesn’t publish are not here.
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