Colorado Springs metropolitan area explained

Official Name:	Colorado Springs, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area
Settlement Type:	Metropolitan Statistical Area
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	United States
Subdivision Type1:	State
Subdivision Name1:	Colorado
Subdivision Type2:	Largest city
Subdivision Name2:	- Colorado Springs
Timezone:	MST
Utc Offset:	−7
Timezone Dst:	MDT
Utc Offset Dst:	−6

The Colorado Springs, CO, Metropolitan Statistical Area is a United States Office of Management and Budget defined Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) located in the Colorado Springs region of the State of Colorado. The 2020 United States census counted a population of 755,105,^[1] an increase of 17.0% since the 2010 United States Census. The Colorado Springs MSA is the 79th-most populous MSA in the United States.^[2] The Colorado Springs MSA encompasses El Paso County and Teller County, Colorado. Approximately 88.40% percent of the MSA's population live in cities or CDPs. The Colorado Springs Metropolitan Statistical Area is the second-most populous component of the Front Range Urban Corridor.

Colorado Springs Metropolitan Statistical Area^[3]

County	2020 census	2010 census	Change
El Paso County
Teller County
Total

Metropolitan area cities and towns

Places in the Colorado Springs Metropolitan Statistical Area^[4] ! Place! Name! 2020 population! Notes

1	City of Colorado Springs	478,961
2	Security-Widefield	38,639	CDP
3	City of Fountain	29,802
4	Cimarron Hills	19,311	CDP
5	Fort Carson	17,693	CDP
6	Black Forest	15,097	CDP
12	Town of Monument	10,399
7	Woodmoor	9,536	CDP
8	City of Woodland Park	7,920
11	Gleneagle	6,649	CDP
10	Air Force Academy	6,608	CDP
9	Stratmoor	6,518	CDP
13	City of Manitou Springs	4,858
14	Town of Palmer Lake	2,636
15	Cascade-Chipita Park	1,628	CDP
17	Ellicott	1,248	CDP
16	City of Cripple Creek	1,155
18	Town of Calhan	762
19	Town of Green Mountain Falls	646
20	City of Victor	379
21	Peyton	214	CDP
22	Midland	182	CDP
23	Divide	143	CDP
25	Florissant	128	CDP
24	Town of Ramah	111
26	Rock Creek Park	68	CDP
27	Goldfield	63	CDP
	TOTAL	661,354

Unincorporated communities

• • Altman Cascade
• Crystola
• Falcon
• Rush
  • Truckton Yoder

See also

• El Paso County, Colorado
• Teller County, Colorado
• List of statistical areas in Colorado
• List of United States combined statistical areas
• List of United States metropolitan statistical areas
• List of United States micropolitan statistical areas
• List of United States primary statistical areas
• Larger urban regions that contain the Colorado Springs Metropolitan Statistical Area:
  • Front Range Urban Corridor
  • South Central Colorado Urban Area
• Census statistical areas adjacent to Colorado Springs Metropolitan Statistical Area:
  • Cañon City Micropolitan Statistical Area
  • Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Statistical Area
  • North Central Colorado Urban Area
  • Pueblo Metropolitan Statistical Area

Notes and References

1. Web site: Star. Indianapolis. Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area Demographics and Housing 2020 Decennial Census. 2022-01-27. Indianapolis Star. en.
2. Web site: Table 1. Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 (CBSA-EST2012-01). CSV. 2012 Population Estimates. United States Census Bureau, Population Division. 2012-03-23. 2013-11-05.
3. Web site: Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties of Colorado: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011. CSV. 2011 Population Estimates. United States Census Bureau, Population Division. April 2012. April 18, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121114040524/http://www.census.gov/popest/data/counties/totals/2011/tables/CO-EST2011-01-08.csv. November 14, 2012. dead.
4. Web site: SAS Output . 2011-04-25 . https://archive.today/20120711184447/http://mcdc.missouri.edu/webrepts/pl94trends/Colorado_stplace2.html . 2012-07-11 . dead .