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This page was last updated: September 29, 2011

Tier One

Alamosa State Bank—Alamosa

Citizens State Bank of Ouray—Ouray

First National Bank of Estes Park—Estes Park

Tier Two

AMG National Trust Bank—Boulder, Englewood

Bank of Burlington—Burlington

Colorado State Bank—Walsh

Community State Bank—Lamar

Dolores State Bank—Dolores

First Farm Bank—Greeley

McClave State Bank—McClave

Points West Community Bank—Julesburg

San Luis Federal Bank—San Luis

Trust Company of America—Centennial

Tier Three

5 Star Bank—Colorado Springs

Collegiate Peaks Bank—Buena Vista

Colorado Federal Savings Bank—Greenwood Village

Eastern Colorado Bank—Cheyenne Wells

Equitable Savings and Loan—Sterling

Farmers State Bank of Brush—Brush

First National Bank of Hugo—Hugo

Frontier Bank—Lamar

Morgan Federal Bank—Fort Morgan

Redstone Bank—Redstone

Steele Street Bank and Trust—Denver

Young Americans Bank—Denver

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Colorado's Healthiest Elite Banks

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The strongest Denver-area banks

Tier One--None

Tier Two--AMG National Trust Bank, Trust Company of America

Tier Three--Colorado Federal Savings, Steele Street Bank and Trust, Young Americans Bank

Tier Four--Bank of Denver, Centennial Bank,

FirstBank, Flatirons Bank

Higher-tier banks meet a greater number of ratings criteria, as set by Bank Failures Watch.

US banks and credit unions are subject to federal and state regulators. Every US bank and credit union is required to file a detailed publicly-accessible financial report with federal regulators four times a year. The raw data from these regulatory filings help analysts determine the health, strength, and safety of these financial institutions.

The soundness of a bank is determined by multiple criteria, including asset size, capital (net worth), tangible and risk-based capital ratio, deposit growth, liquidity, and net income.

Tier Four

Bank of Colorado—Fort Collins

Bank of Denver—Denver

Bank of the San Juans—Durango

Cache Bank and Trust—Greeley

Centennial Bank—Centennial

Colorado Community Bank—Yuma

Del Norte Federal Bank—Del Norte

Farmers State Bank of Calhan—Calhan

FirstBank—metro Denver and Colorado

First National Bank Cortez—Cortez

First National Bank in Lamar—Lamar

First National Bank in Trinidad—Trinidad

First National Bank of Las Animas—Las Animas

First National Pioneer Bank—Wray

Flatirons Bank—Boulder

Fort Morgan State Bank—Fort Morgan

Gunnison Savings and Loan—Gunnison

Home Loan State Bank—Grand Junction

Kit Carson State Bank—Kit Carson

Montrose Bank—Montrose

The Palisades National Bank—Palisade

Rio Grande Savings and Loan—Monte Vista

Wray State Bank—Wray

These safety rankings are for a bank's financial structure, but does not rate cybersecurity.

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Colorado's five bank failures is the fourth-highest number of bank failures among states in 2011.

Weiss, a leading bank rating service, lists 52 Colorado banks with a "D" grade, and eight banks with an "E" grade. (Five Colorado banks have failed in 2011 as of July 22.)

Many Colorado banks are financially weak and in danger