[9] Wheat, corn, sorghum, and proso millet were the largest agricultural products by acres farmed.

[13] Other industries include food processing, transportation equipment, machinery, chemical products, minerals such as gold and molybdenum, and tourism.

The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and United States Air Force Academy are based in Colorado Springs; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Boulder; United States Geological Survey and other government agencies at the Denver Federal Center in Lakewood; the Denver Mint and United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in Denver.

There are also numerous private companies that have operations in Colorado that deal with the governmental agencies in states.

The most common special district taxes are: Real estate and personal business property are taxable in Colorado.

Denver is the location of federal, high-tech, educational, commercial, financial, cultural, tourist, storage, and distribution services to the Rocky Mountain States.

Eventually the oil prices dropped from $34 a barrel in 1981 to $9 a barrel in 1986, and the Denver economy dropped with it, leaving almost 15,000 oil industry workers in the area unemployed (including former mayor John Hickenlooper, a former geologist), and the highest office vacancy rate in the nation (30%).

Denver's west-central geographic location in the Mountain Time Zone (UTC −7) also benefits the telecommunications industry by allowing communication with both North American coasts, South America, Europe, and Asia in the same business day [citation needed] .

Denver's location on the 105th meridian west at over 1 mile in elevation also enables it to be the largest city in the U.S. to offer a 'one-bounce' real-time satellite uplink to six continents in the same business day [citation needed] .

Lumen Technologies, Dish Network, and Comcast are just a few of the telecommunications companies with operations in the Denver area [citation needed] .

"[32] Implementing regenerative agricultural practices in the state has the potential to remove 23.15 billion tons of CO2 from the atmosphere by 2050.

A collaboration between Boulder County Parks and Open Space and Colorado State University is working to develop techniques to improve soil health and carbon sequestration.

Higher evaporation rates will increase irrigation demands and reduce natural recharge of the aquifer, further lowering the water table.

[35] The aerospace industry thrives in Colorado owing to its geographical centrality, being away from possible foreign threats, support from Fort Carson, and a highly educated population.

[13] The University of Colorado Boulder also has one of the nation's top aerospace programs, receiving more NASA research funds than any other school.