Colorado's Cannabis Economy

Colorado was the first state in the U.S. to legalize retail marijuana in 2014. This is every dollar of sales reported to the Department of Revenue since December 2014 — by month, by county.

Total sales since 2014

$18.8B

2014 → 2025 annual sales

$683.5M → $1.32B

Biggest retail month ever

$55.6M

Denver · Jul 2020

Data range

Jan 2014 – Jun 2026

County leaderboard race

Cumulative sales since Dec 2014 · retail weed

1 Denver
$8.48M
2 Summit
$1.27M
3 Jefferson
$854k
4 Clear Creek
$460k
5 San Miguel
$339k
6 Gilpin
$197k
7 Adams
$0
8 Alamosa
$0
9 Arapahoe
$0
10 Archuleta
$0
11 Boulder
$0
12 Chaffee
$0
13 Costilla
$0
14 Eagle
$0
15 El Paso
$0
16 Fremont
$0
17 Garfield
$0
18 Grand
$0
19 Gunnison
$0
20 La Plata
$0
21 Lake
$0
22 Larimer
$0
23 Mesa
$0
24 Moffat
$0
25 Montezuma
$0
26 Montrose
$0
27 Ouray
$0
28 Park
$0
29 Pitkin
$0
30 Pueblo
$0
31 Routt
$0
32 Sedgwick
$0
33 Teller
$0
34 Weld
$0
Jan 2014
Annual sales by market

Statewide, full calendar years only

$500.0M$1.00B$1.50B2014201620182020202220242025
Retail Medical
The long collapse of medical marijuana

Medical weed's share of total Colorado sales — 56% in 2014 down to 10% in 2025

10%20%30%40%50%2014201620182020202220242025

Once retail licenses opened in 2014, medical sales never recovered their share.

Source: "Marijuana Sales by County in Colorado" (j7a3-jgd3), Colorado Department of Revenue via data.colorado.gov. Sales are gross dollar amounts; counties with zero reported sales in a month are omitted from that month upstream.