Front Range Urban Corridor

Front Range Urban Corridor
—  Megaregion of the U.S.  —
Cheyenne looking toward the Wyoming State Capitol
The Colorado State Capitol in Denver
Pikes Peak from the Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs
Country	United States
Population	4,335,676

The Front Range Urban Corridor is an oblong region of urban population located along the eastern face of the Southern Rocky Mountains in the U.S. states of Colorado and Wyoming. The corridor derives its name from the Front Range, the mountain range that defines the west central boundary of the corridor. The Front Range Urban Corridor had a population of 4,333,742 at the 2010 United States Census, an increase of +17.50% since the 2000 United States Census.

Extent

The Front Range Urban Corridor stretches from Pueblo, Colorado, north along Interstate Highway 25 to Cheyenne, Wyoming, and includes the Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area, the Colorado Springs, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area, the Boulder, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area, the Fort Collins-Loveland, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area, the Greeley, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area, the Pueblo, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area, the Cheyenne, WY Metropolitan Statistical Area, and the Cañon City, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area. The corridor comprises three primary subregions: the South Central Colorado Urban Area, the North Central Colorado Urban Area, and the Cheyenne Metropolitan Area.

The influence of the Corridor extends well beyond its defined boundaries. The Colorado Eastern Plains, Nebraska Panhandle and Albany County, Wyoming, among other areas, are culturally and economically tied to the Corridor, though they are not considered to be a part of it.

The table below includes the following information:

1. The urban region.
2. The Core Based Statistical Area (CBSA) as designated by the United States Office of Management and Budget.
3. The CBSA population as of April 1, 2010, as counted by the 2010 United States Census.
4. The county.
5. The county population as of April 1, 2010, as counted by the 2010 United States Census.
6. The county population as of April 1, 2000, as counted by the 2000 United States Census.
7. The percent county population change from April 1, 2000, to April 1, 2010.

An enlargeable map of the Front Range Urban Corridor of Colorado and Wyoming

The Front Range Urban Corridor

Region	CBSA	2010 pop	County	2010 pop	2000 pop	Change
Southeast Wyoming	Cheyenne, WY Metropolitan Statistical Area	91,738	Laramie County	!B9885733080328 91,738	!B9886903296784 81,607	!D0020863150125 +12.41%
North Central Colorado	Fort Collins-Loveland, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area	299,630	Larimer County	!B9873896963408 299,630	!B9875648255886 251,494	!D0016533887944 +19.14%
	Greeley, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area	252,825	Weld County	!B9875595471712 252,825	!B9878941013434 180,936	!D0009230201148 +39.73%
	Boulder, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area	294,567	Boulder County	!B9874067382395 294,567	!B9874179322525 291,288	!D0044867739706 +1.13%
	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area	2,543,482	City and County of Denver	!B9866950517671 600,158	!B9867739326782 554,636	!D0025001163171 +8.21%
			Arapahoe County	!B9867431004848 572,003	!B9869019969404 487,967	!D0017590025021 +17.22%
			Jefferson County	!B9868108325447 534,543	!B9868249379162 527,056	!D0042541386215 +1.42%
			Adams County	!B9870018334325 441,603	!B9871954837877 363,857	!D0015433138305 +21.37%
			Douglas County	!B9874381252913 285,465	!B9879230911560 175,766	!D0004714133134 +62.41%
			City and County of Broomfield	!B9890688771401 55,889	!O NA	!O NA
			Elbert County	!B9899530183478 23,086	!B9901029330152 19,872	!D0018217954384 +16.17%
			Park County	!B9903068631769 16,206	!B9904165111213 14,523	!D0021551556844 +11.59%
			Clear Creek County	!B9908852898590 9,088	!B9908598675230 9,322	!H9963151886384 −2.51%
			Gilpin County	!B9913982818535 5,441	!B9915326275035 4,757	!D0019394145788 +14.38%
South Central Colorado	Colorado Springs, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area	645,613	El Paso County	!B9866588818880 622,263	!B9868443391866 516,929	!D0015907692803 +20.38%
			Teller County	!B9899416477369 23,350	!B9900691405006 20,555	!D0019952721137 +13.60%
	Cañon City, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area	46,824	Fremont County	!B9892458488290 46,824	!B9892604561083 46,145	!D0042189227641 +1.47%
	Pueblo, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area	159,063	Pueblo County	!B9880229443708 159,063	!B9881401429033 141,472	!D0020847144100 +12.43%
Total				!B9847180580699 4,333,742	!B9848793557883 3,688,182	!D0017427707755 +17.50%

Municipalities

The 25 most populous municipalities of the Front Range Urban Corridor

Rank	Municipality	State	County	CBSA	2010 pop	2000 pop	Change
1	DenvCity and County of Denver	Colorado	DenvCity and County of Denver	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO MSA	!B9866950517671 600,158	!B9867739326782 554,636	!D0025001163171 +8.21%
2	ColoCity of Colorado Springs	Colorado	El Paso County	Colorado Springs, CO MSA	!B9870605335448 416,427	!B9872036715182 360,890	!D0018715237374 +15.39%
3	AuroCity of Aurora	Colorado	Arapahoe County Adams County	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO MSA	!B9873081795674 325,078	!B9874704209550 276,393	!D0017364527915 +17.61%
4	FortCity of Fort Collins	Colorado	Larimer County	Fort Collins-Loveland, CO MSA	!B9881225286483 143,986	!B9883160498819 118,652	!D0015440474719 +21.35%
5	LakeCity of Lakewood	Colorado	Jefferson County	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO MSA	!B9881295399606 142,980	!B9881215568040 144,126	!H9951655897013 −0.80%
6	ThorCity of Thornton	Colorado	Adams County Weld County	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO MSA Greeley, CO MSA	!B9883150390321 118,772	!B9886808534777 82,384	!D0008171521933 +44.17%
7	PuebCity of Pueblo	Colorado	Pueblo County	Pueblo, CO MSA	!B9884232081147 106,595	!B9884660863362 102,121	!D0031278755216 +4.38%
8	ArvaCity of Arvada	Colorado	Jefferson County Adams County	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO MSA	!B9884247290418 106,433	!B9884657730316 102,153	!D0031725186798 +4.19%
9	WestCity of Westminster	Colorado	Adams County Jefferson County	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO MSA	!B9884277307331 106,114	!B9884777184401 100,940	!D0029708801971 +5.13%
10	CentCity of Centennial	Colorado	Arapahoe County	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO MSA	!B9884833116236 100,377	!O NA	!O NA
11	BoulCity of Boulder	Colorado	Boulder County	Boulder, CO MSA	!B9885135725263 97,385	!B9885418158723 94,673	!D0035527424785 +2.86%
12	GreeCity of Greeley	Colorado	Weld County	Greeley, CO MSA	!B9885608394890 92,889	!B9887493488035 76,930	!D0015728729840 +20.74%
13	LongCity of Longmont	Colorado	Boulder County Weld County	Boulder, CO MSA Greeley, CO MSA	!B9886347628079 86,270	!B9888282558419 71,093	!D0015442077551 +21.35%
14	LoveCity of Loveland	Colorado	Larimer County	Fort Collins-Loveland, CO MSA	!B9888896587967 66,859	!B9891681350544 50,608	!D0011359552212 +32.11%
15	CheyCity of Cheyenne	Wyoming	Laramie County	Cheyenne, WY MSA	!B9890068400003 59,466	!B9891217452818 53,011	!D0021056444148 +12.18%
16	BrooCity and County of Broomfield	Colorado	BrooCity and County of Broomfield	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO MSA	!B9890688771401 55,889	!B9894475261626 38,272	!D0007758542133 +46.03%
17	CastTown of Castle Rock	Colorado	Douglas County	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO MSA	!B9892162427531 48,231	!B9900853747030 20,224	!B9996744155390 +138.48%
18	CommCity of Commerce City	Colorado	Adams County	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO MSA	!B9892654964196 45,913	!B9900481509465 20,991	!B9998283428269 +118.73%
19	ParkTown of Parker	Colorado	Douglas County	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO MSA	!B9892790039158 45,297	!B9899327792554 23,558	!D0000803575830 +92.28%
20	LittCity of Littleton	Colorado	Arapahoe County Jefferson County Douglas County	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO MSA	!B9893608566954 41,737	!B9893949011884 40,340	!D0033630164522 +3.46%
21	NortCity of Northglenn	Colorado	Adams County Weld County	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO MSA Greeley, CO MSA	!B9895146041373 35,789	!B9896398790527 31,575	!D0020139533528 +13.35%
22	BrigCity of Brighton	Colorado	Adams County Weld County	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO MSA Greeley, CO MSA	!B9895851269804 33,352	!B9900522563562 20,905	!D0005185087347 +59.54%
23	EnglCity of Englewood	Colorado	Arapahoe County	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO MSA	!B9896825832609 30,255	!B9896350766676 31,727	!H9969294539669 −4.64%
24	WheaCity of Wheat Ridge	Colorado	Jefferson County	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO MSA	!B9896855292586 30,166	!B9895983770045 32,913	!H9975166416906 −8.35%
25	LafaCity of Lafayette	Colorado	Boulder County	Boulder, CO MSA	!B9898954918132 24,453	!B9899482217610 23,197	!D0029160908919 +5.41%

Colorado jurisdictions

In the State of Colorado, the Front Range Urban Corridor includes:

Town of Alma City of Arvada Town of Ault City of Aurora Town of Bennett Town of Berthoud City of Black Hawk Town of Boone City of Boulder Town of Bow Mar City of Brighton Town of Brookside City and County of Broomfield Town of Calhan City of Cañon City City of Castle Pines North Town of Castle Rock City of Centennial Central City City of Cherry Hills Village Town of Coal Creek City of Colorado Springs Town of Columbine Valley City of Commerce City City of Cripple Creek City of Dacono Town of Deer Trail City and County of Denver Town of Eaton City of Edgewater Town of Elizabeth Town of Empire City of Englewood Town of Erie Town of Estes Park City of Evans Town of Fairplay City of Federal Heights Town of Firestone City of Florence City of Fort Collins

City of Fort Lupton City of Fountain Town of Foxfield Town of Frederick Town of Garden City Town of Georgetown Town of Gilcrest City of Glendale City of Golden City of Greeley Town of Green Mountain Falls City of Greenwood Village Town of Grover Town of Hudson City of Idaho Springs Town of Jamestown Town of Johnstown Town of Keenesburg Town of Kersey Town of Kiowa Town of La Salle City of Lafayette Town of Lakeside City of Lakewood Town of Larkspur City of Littleton Town of Lochbuie City of Lone Tree City of Longmont City of Louisville City of Loveland Town of Lyons City of Manitou Springs Town of Mead Town of Milliken Town of Monument Town of Morrison Town of Mountain View Town of Nederland City of Northglenn Town of Nunn

Town of Palmer Lake Town of Parker Town of Pierce Town of Platteville City of Pueblo Town of Ramah Town of Raymer Town of Rockvale Town of Rye Town of Severance City of Sheridan Town of Silver Plume Town of Simla Town of Superior City of Thornton Town of Timnath City of Victor Town of Ward Town of Wellington City of Westminster City of Wheat Ridge Town of Williamsburg Town of Windsor City of Woodland Park unincorporated Adams County unincorporated Arapahoe County unincorporated Boulder County unincorporated Clear Creek County unincorporated Douglas County unincorporated El Paso County unincorporated Elbert County unincorporated Fremont County unincorporated Gilpin County unincorporated Jefferson County unincorporated Larimer County unincorporated Park County unincorporated Pueblo County unincorporated Teller County unincorporated Weld County

Wyoming jurisdictions

In the State of Wyoming, the Front Range Urban Corridor includes the Town of Albin, the Town of Burns, the City of Cheyenne, the Town of Pine Bluffs, and unincorporated Laramie County.

Gallery of the most populous Front Range municipalities

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  1. The Denver Art Museum in Denver.

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  2. Colorado Springs from the northeast.

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  3. The University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora.

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  4. Downtown Fort Collins.

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  5. The Lakewood Civic Center in Lakewood.

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  6. Thornton welcome sign from Interstate 25.

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  7. Downtown Pueblo.

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  8. The Arvada Flour Mill Museum in Arvada.

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  9. Belleview College in Westminster.

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  10. The Dry Creek Station in Centennial.

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  11. The National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder.

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  12. Downtown Greeley.

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  13. The Longmont Safety and Justice Center in Longmont.

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  14. The Budweiser Events Center in Loveland.

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  15. The Wyoming State Capitol in Cheyenne.

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  16. The Interlocken Office Park in Broomfield.

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  17. The Castle Rock Depot in Castle Rock.

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  18. Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City.

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