Front Range Urban Corridor

Front Range Urban Corridor
Megaregion of the United States
Denver, the largest city in the metropolitan area
Interactive map of the Front Range Urban Corridor of Colorado and Wyoming   Cheyenne, WY MSA   Fort Collins, CO MSA   Greeley, CO MSA   Boulder, CO MSA   City and County of Denver   Denver metropolitan area   Colorado Springs, CO MSA   Cañon City, CO MSA   Pueblo, CO MSA
Coordinates: 39°44′21″N 104°59′06″W / 39.7392°N 104.9850°W / 39.7392; -104.9850 (Front Range Urban Corridor)
Country	United States
States	Wyoming Colorado
Largest city	- Denver
Other principal cities	- Colorado Springs  - Aurora  - Fort Collins  - Lakewood  - Thornton  - Arvada  - Westminster  - Pueblo  - Greeley  - Centennial  - Boulder  - Longmont  - Cheyenne
Area
• Total	25,153 sq mi (65,150 km2)
Population  (2020 census)
• Total	5,055,344
GDP
• Total	$476.612 billion (2023)

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, and a population of approximately 5.3 million as of 2025 census estimates.

The corridor contains some of the West's largest cities, such as Denver and Colorado Springs. It also contains smaller but significant urban areas such as Pueblo, Fort Collins and Cheyenne. Its main transportation corridor is Interstate 25. There have been many proposals over the years for a single passenger rail connecting most of the major urban areas within the corridor, although none have come to fruition as of mid-2026. Plans are actively under development and moving forward for the Colorado Connector (CoCo), also known as the Front Range Passenger Rail. The first phase of service connecting Denver and Fort Collins could commence as soon as 2029, with full corridor service (sans Cheyenne, Wyoming) occurring just a few years after that.

Extent

The Front Range Urban Corridor stretches about 200 miles (320 km) from Pueblo, Colorado, north along Interstate 25 to Cheyenne, Wyoming, and includes the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area; the Colorado Springs, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area; the Boulder, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area; the Fort Collins, 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, several Colorado mountain communities and counties, the 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.^{[citation needed]}

The definition included here is not used for the greater Southern Rocky Mountain Front, one of the 11 proposed megaregions of the United States. That megaregion's area is larger and extends beyond, south from Pueblo along the I-25 corridor into New Mexico. That 330-mile extension (530 km) including Albuquerque and Santa Fe isn't agreed upon by some planners due to the lack of population and other attributes the megaregion concept is based on.

Counties

Municipalities

Wyoming jurisdictions

In 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.

Colorado jurisdictions

In Colorado, the Front Range Urban Corridor includes:

Gallery of the most populous municipalities

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  1. The Denver Art Museum in Denver.
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  2. The United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs.
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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. The Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities in Arvada.
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  8. Westminster Castle in Westminster.
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  9. Downtown Pueblo.
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  10. City Hall in Greeley.
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  11. The Dry Creek Station in Centennial.
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  12. The National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder.
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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 Interlocken Office Park in Broomfield.
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  16. The Castle Rock Depot in Castle Rock.
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  17. The Wyoming State Capitol in Cheyenne.
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  18. Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City.
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  19. Mainstreet in downtown Parker.

See also

• Southern Rocky Mountain Front
  • Front Range Urban Corridor
    • Southeast Wyoming
    • North Central Colorado Urban Area
    • South Central Colorado Urban Area
• Colorado
  • Colorado statistical areas
• Wyoming
  • Wyoming statistical areas

References

External links

• United States Census Bureau
  • US population estimates