South Central Colorado Urban Area

An enlargeable map of the four-county South Central Colorado Urban Area

The South Central Colorado Urban Area comprises the Colorado Springs Metropolitan Statistical Area, the Pueblo Metropolitan Statistical Area, and the Cañon City Micropolitan Statistical Area in the central and south central region of the State of Colorado. With the exception of northern Teller County and small portions of northern El Paso County, the entire South Central Colorado Urban Area is drained by the Arkansas River and its tributaries. The South Central Colorado Urban Area is the southernmost of the three primary subregions of the Front Range Urban Corridor.

The South Central Colorado Urban Area had a population of 851,500 at the 2010 United States Census, and increase of 17.43% from the 2000 United States Census.^[1] In 2010, 16.93% of Coloradans lived in the South Central Colorado Urban Area.

Extent

South Central Colorado Urban Area^[1]

Core Based Statistical Area	2010 Census	County	2010 Census	2000 Census	Pop Change
Colorado Springs, CO MSA	645,613	El Paso County, Colorado	622,263	516,929	+20.38%
		Teller County, Colorado	23,350	20,555	+13.60%
Pueblo, CO MSA	159,063	Pueblo County, Colorado	159,063	141,472	+12.43%
Cañon City, CO μSA	46,824	Fremont County, Colorado	46,824	46,145	+1.47%
Total			851,500	725,101	+17.43%

Municipalities

The 20 Municipalities of the South Central Colorado Urban Area^[2]

Rank	Municipality	County	CBSA	2010 Population
1	ColoCity of Colorado Springs	El Paso County	Colorado Springs MSA	416,427
2	PuebCity of Pueblo	Pueblo County	Pueblo MSA	106,595
3	FounCity of Fountain	El Paso County	Colorado Springs MSA	25,846
4	CañoCity of Cañon City	Fremont County	Cañon City μSA	16,400
5	WoodCity of Woodland Park	Teller County	Colorado Springs MSA	7,200
6	MonuTown of Monument	El Paso County	Colorado Springs MSA	5,530
7	ManiCity of Manitou Springs	El Paso County	Colorado Springs MSA	4,992
8	FlorCity of Florence	Fremont County	Cañon City μSA	3,881
9	PalmTown of Palmer Lake	El Paso County	Colorado Springs MSA	2,240
10	CripCity of Cripple Creek	Teller County	Colorado Springs MSA	1,189
11	CalhTown of Calhan	El Paso County	Colorado Springs MSA	780
12	GreeTown of Green Mountain Falls	El Paso County Teller County	Colorado Springs MSA	773
13	WillTown of Williamsburg	Fremont County	Cañon City μSA	662
14	RockTown of Rockvale	Fremont County	Cañon City μSA	487
15	VictCity of Victor	Teller County	Colorado Springs MSA	397
16	CoalTown of Coal Creek	Fremont County	Cañon City μSA	343
17	BoonTown of Boone	Pueblo County	Pueblo MSA	339
18	BrooTown of Brookside	Fremont County	Cañon City μSA	233
19	Rye Town of Rye	Pueblo County	Pueblo MSA	153
20	RamaTown of Ramah	El Paso County	Colorado Springs MSA	123

Constituent jurisdictions

The South Central Colorado Urban Area includes

Places over 100,000 inhabitants

• Colorado Springs
• Pueblo

Places with 10,000 to 100,000 inhabitants

• Cañon City
• Fountain

Places with 1,000 to 10,000 inhabitants

• Cripple Creek
• Florence
• Manitou Springs
• Monument
• Palmer Lake
• Woodland Park

Places with less than 1,000 inhabitants

• Brookside
• Boone
• Calhan
• Coal Creek
• Green Mountain Falls
• Ramah
• Rockvale
• Rye
• Williamsburg
• Victor

and-

• unincorporated El Paso County
• unincorporated Fremont County
• unincorporated Pueblo County
• unincorporated Teller County, Colorado.

See also

• Cheyenne, WY Metropolitan Statistical Area
• Colorado metropolitan areas
• Colorado municipalities
• Front Range Urban Corridor
• North Central Colorado Urban Area
• State of Colorado

References

1. "American Factfinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
2. http://mcdc.missouri.edu/webrepts/pl94trends/Colorado_stplace2.html