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BSA Councils in Colorado

The state of Colorado is served by four of the BSA's 243 local councils. It is these councils that are directly responsible for the BSA program within their assigned territories.

The "West Slope" (Colorado west of the Continental Divide) is served by two councils:

The Colorado "Front Range" plus the state's eastern plains are divided into three councils, from north to south:

Of the three councils headquartered in Colorado, only Adventure West Council extends beyond the state borders, covering much of Wyoming plus the Nebraska panhandle.

BSA Councils Covering Colorado
Colorado BSA Councils
(showing the full extent of Adventure West into Wyoming & Nebraska, and Great Southwest in New Mexico)

BSA Councils in Colorado
Colorado BSA Councils
(showing just Colorado)

Colorado Scout Council Summary (listed from north to south)
Membership numbers will continue to fluctuate for a while, with the loss of the involvement of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and with an unknown number of girls joining Cub Scout packs (since 2018) and Scout troops (since 2019), plus recovering from the losses during the 2020-22 Covid pandemic and the BSA bankruptcy (emerged 3/2023). Youth membership shown covers traditional Scouting (Cub Scouts, Scouts, Venturers/Sea Scouts) plus the non-traditional work-based Explorers; the non-traditional in-school Learning for Life program is not shown (and BSA may be eliminating that program), and the non-traditional STEM Scouts program is not shown since it is still in limited pilot phase. Annual reports for 2022 should have been released about May or June 2023 (but none have to date), and the Pathway to the Rockies Council has not even released a 2021 annual report.

Since two of the four Councils serving Colorado have membership in multiple states, and do not report their membership by state, we've 'guesstimated' the total number of BSA youth members (Cub Scouts, Scouts, Sea Scouts/Venturers, & Explorers) in Colorado at roughly 16 000 (with Greater Colorado Council [Denver] representing over half the total).

 

GSUSA Councils in Colorado

For comparison, the state of Colorado is served by the Girl Scouts of Colorado Council, headquarters in Denver, 15 844 youth members [from 9/30/2022 annual report].

Girl Scouts of Colorado Council Identification Patch


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