Front Range urban corridor

Front Range Urban Corridor
Front Range Urban Corridor
Megaregion of the United States
	Pikes Peak from the Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs
Interactive map of the Front Range Urban Corridor of; Colorado and Wyoming	City and County of Denver Denver–Aurora–Centennial, CO MSA Boulder, CO MSA Greeley, CO MSA Fort Collins, CO MSA Colorado Springs, CO MSA Pueblo, CO MSA Cañon City, CO µSA Cheyenne, WY MSA
	City and County of Denver Denver–Aurora–Centennial, CO MSA Boulder, CO MSA Greeley, CO MSA Fort Collins, CO MSA Colorado Springs, CO MSA Pueblo, CO MSA Cañon City, CO µSA Cheyenne, WY MSA
	Coordinates: 39°44′21″N 104°59′06″W / 39.7392°N 104.9850°W
Country	United States
States	Wyoming; Colorado
Largest city	- Denver
Other principal cities	- Aurora; - Lakewood; - Thornton; - Boulder; - Greeley; - Longmont; - Fort Collins; - Colorado Springs; - Pueblo; - Cheyenne, WY;
Area
• Total	65,150 km2 (25,153 sq mi)
Population (2020 Census)	5,055,344
GDP
• Total	$378.020 billion (2022)

The Front Range Urban Corridor is an oblong region of urban population located along the eastern face of the Southern Rocky Mountains, encompassing 18 counties in the US states of Colorado and Wyoming. The corridor derives its name from the Front Range, the mountain range that defines the western boundary of the corridor which serves as a gateway to the Rocky Mountains. The region comprises the northern portion of the Southern Rocky Mountain Front geographic area, which in turn comprises the southern portion of the Rocky Mountain Front geographic area of Canada and the United States. The Front Range Urban Corridor had a population of 5,055,344 at the 2020 Census, an increase of +16.65% since the 2010 Census.^[2]

The corridor contains some of the West's largest cities, such as Denver and Colorado Springs. It also contains smaller cities such as Pueblo and Cheyenne. Its main transportation corridor is Interstate 25. There have been many proposals for Front Range Passenger Rail. None have come to fruition as of 2021^[update], though plans are under development.^[3]

Extent

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 definition included here is not used for the greater Southern Rocky Mountain Front, one of the 11 megaregions of the United States. The megaregion's area is larger, extending south from Pueblo along the I-25 corridor into New Mexico, including Albuquerque and Santa Fe, and also including the Wasatch Front of Utah, separated by hundreds of miles from the regional core.^[4]

Counties

The 18 counties of the Front Range Urban Corridor
2020 rank	County	2020 census	Change	2010 census	Change	2000 census	Area (mi²)	Core-based statistical area	Urban region
1	El Paso County, Colorado	730,395	+17.38%	622,263	+20.38%	516,934	2,130	Colorado Springs, CO MSA	South Central Colorado
2	City and County of Denver, Colorado	715,522	+19.22%	600,158	+8.37%	553,805	155	Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO MSA	North Central Colorado
3	Arapahoe County, Colorado	655,070	+14.52%	572,003	+17.01%	488,829	855
4	Jefferson County, Colorado	582,910	+9.05%	534,543	+1.73%	525,449	774
5	Adams County, Colorado	519,572	+17.66%	441,603	+26.87%	348,076	1,184
6	Larimer County, Colorado	359,066	+19.84%	299,630	+19.14%	251,494	2,634	Fort Collins, CO MSA
7	Douglas County, Colorado	357,978	+25.40%	285,465	+62.44%	175,732	843	Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO MSA
8	Boulder County, Colorado	330,758	+12.29%	294,567	+9.19%	269,784	740	Boulder, CO MSA
9	Weld County, Colorado	328,981	+30.12%	252,825	+39.86%	180,766	4,017	Greeley, CO MSA
10	Pueblo County, Colorado	168,162	+5.72%	159,063	+12.42%	141,490	2,398	Pueblo, CO MSA	South Central Colorado
11	Laramie County, Wyoming	100,512	+9.56%	91,738	+12.41%	81,607	2,688	Cheyenne, WY MSA	Southeast Wyoming
12	City and County of Broomfield, Colorado	74,112	+32.61%	55,889	+42.57%	39,202	34	Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO MSA	North Central Colorado
13	Fremont County, Colorado	48,939	+4.52%	46,824	+1.47%	46,145	1,534	Cañon City, CO MSA	South Central Colorado
14	Elbert County, Colorado	26,062	+12.89%	23,086	+16.17%	19,872	1,851	Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO MSA	North Central Colorado
15	Teller County, Colorado	24,710	+5.82%	23,350	+13.60%	20,555	559	Colorado Springs, CO MSA	South Central Colorado
16	Park County, Colorado	17,390	+7.31%	16,206	+11.59%	14,523	2,211	Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO MSA	North Central Colorado
17	Clear Creek County, Colorado	9,397	+3.40%	9,088	−2.51%	9,322	396
18	Gilpin County, Colorado	5,808	+6.75%	5,441	+14.38%	4,757	150
Total	18 counties	5,055,344	+16.65%	4,333,742	+17.50%	3,688,342	25,153	8 core-based statistical areas	3 urban regions

Municipalities

The 19 municipalities of the Front Range Urban Corridor with a population of at least 50,000
2020 rank	Municipality	2020 census	Change	2010 census	Change	2000 census
1	City and County of Denver, Colorado	715,522	+19.22%	600,158	+8.21%	554,636
2	City of Colorado Springs, Colorado	478,961	+15.02%	416,427	+15.39%	360,890
3	City of Aurora, Colorado	386,261	+18.82%	325,078	+17.61%	276,393
4	City of Fort Collins, Colorado	169,810	+17.94%	143,986	+21.35%	118,652
5	City of Lakewood, Colorado	155,984	+9.09%	142,980	−0.80%	144,126
6	City of Thornton, Colorado	141,867	+19.44%	118,772	+44.17%	82,384
7	City of Arvada, Colorado	124,402	+16.88%	106,433	+4.19%	102,153
8	City of Westminster, Colorado	116,317	+9.62%	106,114	+5.13%	100,940
9	City of Pueblo, Colorado	111,876	+4.95%	106,595	+4.38%	102,121
10	City of Greeley, Colorado	108,795	+17.12%	92,889	+20.74%	76,930
11	City of Centennial, Colorado	108,418	+8.01%	100,377	NA	NA
12	City of Boulder, Colorado	108,250	+11.16%	97,385	+2.86%	94,673
13	City of Longmont, Colorado	98,885	+14.62%	86,270	+21.35%	71,093
14	City of Loveland, Colorado	76,378	+14.24%	66,859	+32.11%	50,608
15	City and County of Broomfield, Colorado	74,112	+32.61%	55,889	+46.03%	38,272
16	Town of Castle Rock, Colorado	73,158	+51.68%	48,231	+138.48%	20,224
17	City of Cheyenne, Wyoming	65,132	+9.53%	59,466	+12.18%	53,011
18	City of Commerce City, Colorado	62,418	+35.95%	45,913	+118.73%	20,991
19	Town of Parker, Colorado	58,512	+29.17%	45,297	+92.28%	23,558