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Denver metropolitan area

FieldValue
official_nameDenver–Aurora–Centennial, CO
Metropolitan Statistical Area
settlement_typeMetropolitan Statistical Area
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population_total2963821
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Metropolitan Statistical Area

Aurora Broomfield Centennial Lakewood Thornton

Denver is the central city of a conurbation region in the U.S. state of Colorado. The conurbation includes one continuous region consisting of the six central counties of Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, and Jefferson. The Denver region is part of the Front Range Urban Corridor and its metropolitan planning organization is the Denver Regional Council of Governments. The area is also referred to as Greater Denver.

The United States Office of Management and Budget has delineated the Denver–Aurora–Centennial, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area consisting of ten Colorado counties: the City and County of Denver, Arapahoe County, Jefferson County, Adams County, Douglas County, the City and County of Broomfield, Elbert County, Park County, Clear Creek County, and Gilpin County. The population, as of the 2020 Census, is 2,963,821, an increase of 16.5% since 2010.

The Office of Management and Budget also delineated the more extensive 12-county Denver–Aurora–Greeley, CO Combined Statistical Area comprising the Denver–Aurora–Centennial Metropolitan Statistical Area, the Boulder, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area, and the Greeley, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The central part of the metropolitan statistical area (MSA) includes Denver and three immediately adjacent counties: Jefferson County to the west, Adams County to the north and east, and Arapahoe County to the south and east. The continuously urbanized area extends northwest into the City and County of Broomfield, bordering Jefferson and Adams counties, and south into Douglas County, adjoining Arapahoe County. Also included in the federally defined MSA are four rural counties: Elbert County on the southeastern prairie and Clear Creek, Gilpin, and Park counties in the Rocky Mountains.

Counties

The Denver–Aurora–Centennial Metropolitan Statistical Area comprises ten counties. The sortable table below includes the following information:

  1. The official name of the county,
  2. The county population as of April 1, 2020, as enumerated by the 2020 United States census
  3. The county population as of April 1, 2010, as enumerated by the 2010 United States census,
  4. The percent population change from April 1, 2010, to April 1, 2020.
County2010 Census2020 CensusChange
City and County of Denver
Arapahoe County
Jefferson County
Adams County
Douglas County
City and County of Broomfield
Elbert County
Park County
Clear Creek County
Gilpin County
Total

Metropolitan area cities and towns

Places with over 100,000 inhabitants

  • Arvada
  • Aurora (Principal City)
  • Centennial
  • Denver (Principal city)
  • Highlands Ranch (CDP)
  • Lakewood
  • Thornton
  • Westminster

Places with 10,000 to 100,000 inhabitants

  • Berkley (CDP)
  • Brighton
  • Broomfield
  • Castle Pines
  • Castle Rock
  • Columbine (CDP)
  • Commerce City
  • Englewood
  • Federal Heights
  • Golden
  • Greenwood Village
  • Ken Caryl (CDP)
  • Littleton
  • Lone Tree
  • Northglenn
  • Parker
  • Sherrelwood (CDP)
  • The Pinery (CDP)
  • Welby (CDP)
  • Wheat Ridge

Places with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants

  • Acres Green (CDP)
  • Applewood (CDP)
  • Alma
  • Aspen Park (CDP)
  • Bailey
  • Bennett
  • Black Hawk
  • Bow Mar
  • Byers (CDP)
  • Carriage Club (CDP)
  • Pines (CDP)
  • Central City
  • Cherry Hills Village
  • Coal Creek
  • Columbine Valley
  • Conifer
  • Cottonwood (CDP)
  • Deer Trail
  • Derby (CDP)
  • Downieville-Lawson-Dumont
  • East Pleasant View (CDP)
  • Edgewater
  • Elizabeth
  • Empire
  • Evergreen (CDP)
  • Fairplay
  • Foxfield
  • Franktown (CDP)
  • Genesee (CDP)
  • Georgetown
  • Glendale
  • Grand View Estates (CDP)
  • Hartsel (CDP)
  • Heritage Hills (CDP)
  • Idaho Springs
  • Indian Hills (CDP)
  • Kiowa
  • Kittredge (CDP)
  • Lakeside
  • Larkspur
  • Lochbuie
  • Louviers (CDP)
  • Meridian (CDP)
  • Montbello (CDP)
  • Morrison
  • Mountain View
  • North Washington (CDP)
  • Perry Park (CDP)
  • Ponderosa Park (CDP)
  • Roxborough Park (CDP)
  • Sedalia (CDP)
  • Sheridan
  • Silver Plume
  • Simla
  • St. Mary's
  • Stonegate (CDP)
  • Strasburg (CDP)
  • Todd Creek (CDP)
  • Twin Lakes (CDP)
  • Watkins
  • Westcreek (CDP)
  • West Pleasant View (CDP)

Communities previously part of the Denver metro area

Now part of the Boulder metropolitan area

  • Boulder
  • Longmont
  • Lafayette
  • Louisville
  • Superior

Now part of the Greeley metropolitan area

  • Dacono
  • Firestone
  • Fort Lupton
  • Frederick

Regional cooperation

The Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG, pronounced Doctor Cog) is a regional planning and inter-governmental coordination organization in a nine-county region. The Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) provides funding for scientific and cultural facilities in a seven-county region including:

  • The Denver Museum of Nature and Science
  • The Denver Zoo
  • The Denver Art Museum
  • The Denver Center for the Performing Arts
  • The Denver Botanic Gardens In addition, the Regional Transportation District (RTD) provides mass transit, including a light rail system. In 2005 the RTD developed a twelve-year comprehensive plan, called "FasTracks", to build and operate rail transit lines and expand and improve bus service throughout the region.

Economy

The most prosperous parts of the area are in the south and the northwest, while the most industrialized areas are in the northeast, specifically in the northern part of Denver proper and extending to areas such as Commerce City in Adams County.

Changes in house prices for the area are publicly tracked on a regular basis using the Case–Shiller index; the statistic is published by Standard & Poor's and is also a component of S&P's 10-city composite index of the value of the residential real estate market. The Denver MSA is also home to one of the fastest growing tech scenes outside of Silicon Valley in the country.

Electricity is provided by Xcel Energy. Cable television is provided by Comcast.

Sports

The following table shows sports teams in the Denver metropolitan area that average more than 12,000 fans per game:

ClubSportLeagueVenueCityCapacityAttendanceSinceTitles
Denver BroncosFootballNFLMile HighDenver76,12576,93919603 (1998, 1999, 2016)
Colorado RockiesBaseballMLBCoors FieldDenver50,39831,33419930
Colorado AvalancheIce hockeyNHLBall ArenaDenver18,00716,17619953 (1996, 2001, 2022)
Colorado RapidsSoccerMLSDick's Sporting Goods ParkCommerce City18,06115,65719961 (2010)
Denver NuggetsBasketballNBABall ArenaDenver19,11514,70019671 (2023)
Colorado MammothBox LacrosseNLLBall ArenaDenver18,00714,07720032 (2006, 2022)

Air quality

The center of the metropolitan area sits in a valley, the Denver Basin, and suffers from air pollution known colloquially as the brown cloud, building up if the air is stagnant as it often is in the winter. Severity of pollution in this area has varied enormously over the years. In the late 1980s the area was frequently in violation of multiple National Ambient Air Quality Standards established by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The Regional Air Quality Council (RAQC) was formed in 1989 to create plans to address the problem. Through a variety of measures the area's air quality was improved and in 2002 the EPA designated the area in compliance with all federal health-based air quality standards. Denver was the first major city in the United States to reach compliance with all six of these standards after previously violating five of them. Since then the EPA introduced a new standard for small particulates and made the existing ozone standard stricter. In 2003, the new ozone standard was frequently exceeded in the area and was occasionally exceeded as far away as Rocky Mountain National Park. The RAQC hopes to implement plans enabling the area to comply with the new standards by 2007.

Sister cities

Though Aurora, Brighton, Broomfield, Denver, Lakewood, and Longmont have their own individual sister city relationships, the Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG) as a whole has a sister city relationship with the Baghdad Governorate of Iraq.

References

References

  1. "Total Gross Domestic Product for Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO (MSA)". [[Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis]].
  2. (July 21, 2023). "OMB BULLETIN NO. 23-01". [[Office of Management and Budget]].
  3. Star, Indianapolis. "Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area Demographics and Housing 2020 Decennial Census".
  4. (2008-03-27). "Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2007". [[United States Census Bureau]], Population Division.
  5. (May 1, 2011). "Colorado Counties as of May 1, 2011". [[Colorado.
  6. (April 2012). "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties of Colorado: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011". [[United States Census Bureau]], Population Division.
  7. DIvision, US Census Bureau Systems Support. "Ranking Tables for Metropolitan Areas (PHC-T-3)".
  8. "About Provider - Comcast Corporation - Nationwide - National Broadband Map". National Broadband Map.
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  10. "Bagdad–Denver region partnership". Denver Regional Council of Governments.
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