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 United States Census Bureau estimates that the Front Range Urban Corridor had a population of 4,175,239 on 2007-07-01, an increase of +13.21% since United States Census 2000.

Extent

The Front Range Urban Corridor stretches from Pueblo, Colorado, north along Interstate Highway 25 to Cheyenne, Wyoming, and includes the Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Statistical Area, the Colorado Springs Metropolitan Statistical Area, the Boulder Metropolitan Statistical Area, the Fort Collins-Loveland Metropolitan Statistical Area, the Greeley Metropolitan Statistical Area, the Pueblo Metropolitan Statistical Area, the Cheyenne Metropolitan Statistical Area, and the Cañon City Micropolitan Statistical Area.

The corridor derives its name from the Front Range, a mountain range located along the western edge of the central portion of the corridor. The corridor consists of three primary subregions: the South Central Colorado Urban Area, the North Central Colorado Urban Area, and the Cheyenne Metropolitan Area. The table below includes the following information:

1. The name of the Core Based Statistical Area (CBSA).
2. The population of the CBSA as of 2007-07-01, as estimated by the United States Census Bureau.
3. The name of the county.
4. The population of the county as of 2007-07-01, as estimated by the United States Census Bureau.
5. The county population as of 2000-04-01, as counted by the United States Census 2000, and
6. The percent county population change from 2000-04-01, to 2007-07-01, as estimated by the United States Census Bureau.

Front Range Urban Corridor

Core Based Statistical Area	2007 Pop	County	2007 Pop	2000 Pop	Δ Pop
Denver-Aurora, CO MSA	2,464,866	City and County of Denver, Colorado	588,349	554,636	+6.08%
		Arapahoe County, Colorado	545,089	487,967	+11.71%
		Jefferson County, Colorado	529,354	527,056	+0.44%
		Adams County, Colorado	422,495	363,857	+16.12%
		Douglas County, Colorado	272,117	175,766	+54.82%
		City and County of Broomfield, Colorado	53,691	0	NA
		Elbert County, Colorado	22,720	19,872	+14.33%
		Park County, Colorado	17,004	14,523	+17.08%
		Clear Creek County, Colorado	8,956	9,322	-3.93%
		Gilpin County, Colorado	5,091	4,757	+7.02%
Colorado Springs, CO MSA	609,096	El Paso County, Colorado	587,272	516,929	+13.61%
		Teller County, Colorado	21,824	20,555	+6.17%
Boulder, CO MSA	290,262	Boulder County, Colorado	290,262	291,288	-0.35%
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO MSA	281,620	Larimer County, Colorado	281,620	251,494	+11.98%
Greeley, CO MSA	243,750	Weld County, Colorado	243,750	180,936	+34.72%
Pueblo, CO MSA	152,081	Pueblo County, Colorado	152,081	141,472	+7.50%
Cheyenne, WY MSA	86,353	Laramie County, Wyoming	86,353	81,607	+5.82%
Cañon City, CO μSA	47,211	Fremont County, Colorado	47,211	46,145	+2.31%
Total			4,175,239	3,688,182	+13.21%

Largest cities

Largest Cities of the Front Range Urban Corridor

Rank	City	County	MSA	2005 Population
1	DenvCity and County of Denver	DenverCity and County of Denver	Denver-Aurora MSA	557,917
2	ColoCity of Colorado Springs	El Paso County, Colorado	Colorado Springs MSA	369,815
3	AuroCity of Aurora	Arapahoe & Adams & Douglas	Denver-Aurora MSA	297,235
4	LakeCity of Lakewood	Jefferson County, Colorado	Denver-Aurora MSA	140,671
5	FortCity of Fort Collins	Larimer County, Colorado	Fort Collins-Loveland MSA	128,026
6	ThorCity of Thornton	Adams & Weld	Denver-Aurora & Greeley	105,182
7	WestCity of Westminster	Adams & Jefferson	Denver-Aurora MSA	105,084
8	ArvaCity of Arvada	Jefferson & Adams	Denver-Aurora MSA	103,966
9	PuebCity of Pueblo	Pueblo County, Colorado	Pueblo MSA	103,495
10	CentCity of Centennial	Arapahoe County, Colorado	Denver-Aurora MSA	98,243
11	BoulCity of Boulder	Boulder County, Colorado	Boulder MSA	91,685
12	GreeCity of Greeley	Weld County, Colorado	Greeley MSA	87,596
13	LongCity of Longmont	Boulder & Weld	Boulder MSA & Greeley MSA	81,818
14	LoveCity of Loveland	Larimer County, Colorado	Fort Collins-Loveland MSA	59,563
15	CheyCity of Cheyenne	Laramie County, Wyoming	Cheyenne MSA	55,731
16	BrooCity and County of Broomfield	BroomfieldCity and County of Broomfield	Denver-Aurora MSA	43,478
17	LittCity of Littleton	Arapahoe & Jefferson & Douglas	Denver-Aurora MSA	40,396
18	ParkTown of Parker	Douglas County, Colorado	Denver-Aurora MSA	38,428
19	CastTown of Castle Rock	Douglas County, Colorado	Denver-Aurora MSA	35,745
20	CommCity of Commerce City	Adams County, Colorado	Denver-Aurora MSA	34,189
21	NortCity of Northglenn	Adams & Weld	Denver-Aurora & Greeley	32,906
22	EnglCity of Englewood	Arapahoe County, Colorado	Denver-Aurora MSA	32,350
23	WheaCity of Wheat Ridge	Jefferson County, Colorado	Denver-Aurora MSA	31,242
24	BrigCity of Brighton	Adams & Weld	Denver-Aurora & Greeley	28,013

Colorado jurisdictions

In the State of Colorado, the Front Range Urban Corridor includes the Town of Alma, the City of Arvada, the Town of Ault, the City of Aurora, the Town of Bennett, the Town of Berthoud, the City of Black Hawk, the Town of Boone, the City of Boulder, the Town of Bow Mar, the City of Brighton, the Town of Brookside, the City and County of Broomfield, the Town of Calhan, the City of Cañon City, the City of Castle Pines North, the Town of Castle Rock, the City of Centennial, Central City, the City of Cherry Hills Village, the Town of Coal Creek, the City of Colorado Springs, the Town of Columbine Valley, the City of Commerce City, the City of Cripple Creek, the City of Dacono, the Town of Deer Trail, the City and County of Denver, the Town of Eaton, the City of Edgewater, the Town of Elizabeth, the Town of Empire, the City of Englewood, the Town of Erie, the Town of Estes Park, the City of Evans, the Town of Fairplay, the City of Federal Heights, the Town of Firestone, the City of Florence, the City of Fort Collins, the City of Fort Lupton, the City of Fountain, the Town of Foxfield, the Town of Frederick, the Town of Garden City, the Town of Georgetown, the Town of Gilcrest, the City of Glendale, the City of Golden, the City of Greeley, the Town of Green Mountain Falls, the City of Greenwood Village, the Town of Grover, the Town of Hudson, the City of Idaho Springs, the Town of Jamestown, the Town of Johnstown, the Town of Keenesburg, the Town of Kersey, the Town of Kiowa, the Town of La Salle, the City of Lafayette, the Town of Lakeside, the City of Lakewood, the Town of Larkspur, the City of Littleton, the Town of Lochbuie, the City of Lone Tree, the City of Longmont, the City of Louisville, the City of Loveland, the Town of Lyons, the City of Manitou Springs, the Town of Mead, the Town of Milliken, the Town of Monument, the Town of Morrison, the Town of Mountain View, the Town of Nederland, the City of Northglenn, the Town of Nunn, the Town of Palmer Lake, the Town of Parker, the Town of Pierce, the Town of Platteville, the City of Pueblo, the Town of Ramah, the Town of Raymer, the Town of Rockvale, the Town of Rye, the Town of Severance, the City of Sheridan, the Town of Silver Plume, the Town of Simla, the Town of Superior, the City of Thornton, the Town of Timnath, the City of Victor, the Town of Ward, the Town of Wellington, the City of Westminster, the City of Wheat Ridge, the Town of Williamsburg, the Town of Windsor, the 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, and 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.

See also

• Table of United States primary census statistical areas (PCSA)
• Table of United States Combined Statistical Areas (CSA)
• Table of United States Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA)
• Table of United States Micropolitan Statistical Areas (μSA)
• Colorado census statistical areas
• Colorado metropolitan areas
• Wyoming census statistical areas
• List of U.S. interstate metropolitan areas
• megacity

References

External links

• United States Census Bureau
• U.S. population estimates