Metropolitan Area GDP by Industry in Colorado

Gross Domestic Product data tracks millions of 2009 dollars across industries for Colorado's Metropolitan Statistical Areas from 2001 to 2017. The dataset was produced by the Bureau of Economic Analysis and published by data.colorado.gov, but is noted as discontinued as of 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze temporal trends in `thousandsDollars` for a specific `industry` across different `msa_name` areas.
• Compare economic output between `msa_name` regions for a given `year` using the `thousandsDollars` column.
• Model the relationship between `industry` composition and `geoFips`-identified metropolitan economic performance over the 2001-2017 period.

Strengths

• 17 years of temporal coverage from 2001 to 2017
• Data includes industry-level granularity within metropolitan areas

Limitations

• Data is discontinued and stale, with no updates after 2017
• Sample size and row count are unknown
• Geographic scope is limited to the state of Colorado

Provenance

Source

Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)

Collection Method

Provided by the BEA, published by data.colorado.gov

Time Range

2001 to 2017

Freshness

Discontinued as of 2026; last data point is from 2017.

Geography

Metropolitan Statistical Areas within Colorado, USA