South Central Colorado Urban Area#Municipalities

{{Short description|Metropolitan area of Colorado}}

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| name = South Central Colorado Urban Area

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| image_skyline = Pikes Peak from the Garden of the Gods.jpg

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| imagesize = 290px

| image_caption = Pikes Peak from the Garden of the Gods in {{nowrap|Colorado Springs}}

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|type4=shape|id4=Q492819|title4=City and County of Broomfield, CO|stroke-color4=#D3B683|stroke-width4=0.5|fill4=#D3B683|fill-opacity4=0.4

|type5=shape|id5=Q112977|title5=Clear Creek County, CO|stroke-color5=#D3B683|stroke-width5=0.5|fill5=#D3B683|fill-opacity5=0.4

|type6=shape|id6=Q16554|title6=City and County of Denver|stroke-color6=#D3B683|stroke-width6=0.5|fill6=#D3B683|fill-opacity6=0.4

|type7=shape|id7=Q115556|title7=Douglas County, CO|stroke-color7=#D3B683|stroke-width7=0.5|fill7=#D3B683|fill-opacity7=0.4

|type8=shape|id8=Q115563|title8=Elbert County, CO|stroke-color8=#D3B683|stroke-width8=0.5|fill8=#D3B683|fill-opacity8=0.4

|type9=shape|id9=Q115577|title9=Gilpin County, CO|stroke-color9=#D3B683|stroke-width9=0.5|fill9=#D3B683|fill-opacity9=0.4

|type10=shape|id10=Q127978|title10=Jefferson County, CO|stroke-color10=#D3B683|stroke-width10=0.5|fill10=#D3B683|fill-opacity10=0.4

|type11=shape|id11=Q312742|title11=Park County, CO|stroke-color11=#D3B683|stroke-width11=0.5|fill11=#D3B683|fill-opacity11=0.4

|type12=shape|id12=Q113029|title12=Boulder County, CO|stroke-color12=#D3B683|stroke-width12=0.5|fill12=#D3B683|fill-opacity12=0.4

| type13=shape|id13=Q94783|title13=Weld County, CO|stroke-color13=#D3B683|stroke-width13=0.5|fill13=#D3B683|fill-opacity13=0.4

| type14=shape|id14=Q127970|title14=Larimer County, CO|stroke-color14=#D3B683|stroke-width14=0.5|fill14=#D3B683|fill-opacity14=0.4

| type15=shape|id15=Q111774|title15=El Paso County, CO|stroke-color15=#8A8D8F|stroke-width15=0.5|fill15=#8A8D8F|fill-opacity15=0.4

| type16=shape|id16=Q312746|title16=Teller County, CO|stroke-color16=#8A8D8F|stroke-width16=0.5|fill16=#8A8D8F|fill-opacity16=0.4

| type17=shape|id17=Q312731|title17=Pueblo County, CO|stroke-color17=#FBBF00|stroke-width17=0.5|fill17=#FFFE00|fill-opacity17=0.4

| type18=shape|id18=Q115583|title18=Fremont County, CO|stroke-color18=#FF9200|stroke-width18=0.5|fill18=#FF9200|fill-opacity18=0.4

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| map_caption = Interactive map of the
South Central Colorado Urban Area

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{{leftlegend|#8A8D8F|Colorado Springs, CO MSA}}

{{leftlegend|#FFFE00|Pueblo, CO MSA}}

{{leftlegend|#FF9200|Cañon City, CO µSA}}

{{leftlegend|#D3B683|Other Counties in the Front Range corridor}}

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| coordinates = {{coord|38|33|N|104|49|W|region:US-CO_dim:100000|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = File:Flag of United States.svg United States

| subdivision_type1 = States

| subdivision_name1 = File:Flag of Colorado.svg Colorado

| subdivision_type2 = Largest city

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 - Colorado Springs

| subdivision_type3 = Other principal cities

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•  - Pueblo
•  - Cañon City

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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.{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|title=U.S. Census website|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=May 11, 2011}} In 2010, 16.93% of Coloradans lived in the South Central Colorado Urban Area.