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avoid;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/City_and_County_of_Denver" class="mw-redirect" title="City and County of Denver">City and County of Denver</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend" style="text-align:left;"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#C39290; color:black; -webkit-column-break-inside: avoid;"> </span> Denver–Aurora–Centennial <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Statistical_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan Statistical Area">MSA</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend" style="text-align:left;"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FFFE00; color:black; -webkit-column-break-inside: avoid;"> </span> Boulder MSA</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend" style="text-align:left;"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#0000FF; color:white; -webkit-column-break-inside: avoid;"> </span> Greeley MSA</div> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_United_States.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">State</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Colorado.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Flag_of_Colorado.svg/23px-Flag_of_Colorado.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Flag_of_Colorado.svg/35px-Flag_of_Colorado.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Flag_of_Colorado.svg/46px-Flag_of_Colorado.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Colorado" title="Colorado">Colorado</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Largest city</th><td class="infobox-data"> - <a href="/wiki/Denver,_Colorado" class="mw-redirect" title="Denver, Colorado">Denver</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other principal cities</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li> - <a href="/wiki/Aurora,_Colorado" title="Aurora, Colorado">Aurora</a></li> <li> - <a href="/wiki/Lakewood,_Colorado" title="Lakewood, Colorado">Lakewood</a></li> <li> - <a href="/wiki/Thornton,_Colorado" title="Thornton, Colorado">Thornton</a></li> <li> - <a href="/wiki/Arvada,_Colorado" title="Arvada, Colorado">Arvada</a></li> <li> - <a href="/wiki/Westminster,_Colorado" title="Westminster, Colorado">Westminster</a></li> <li> - <a href="/wiki/Centennial,_Colorado" title="Centennial, Colorado">Centennial</a></li> <li> - <a href="/wiki/Highlands_Ranch,_Colorado" title="Highlands Ranch, Colorado">Highlands Ranch</a></li> <li> - <a href="/wiki/Castle_Rock,_Colorado" title="Castle Rock, Colorado">Castle Rock</a></li> <li> - <a href="/wiki/Broomfield,_Colorado" title="Broomfield, Colorado">Broomfield</a></li> <li> - <a href="/wiki/Commerce_City,_Colorado" title="Commerce City, Colorado">Commerce City</a></li> <li> - <a href="/wiki/Boulder,_Colorado" title="Boulder, Colorado">Boulder</a></li> <li> - <a href="/wiki/Greeley,_Colorado" title="Greeley, Colorado">Greeley</a></li> <li> - <a href="/wiki/Longmont,_Colorado" title="Longmont, Colorado">Longmont</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">21,770 km<sup>2</sup> (8,405 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">April 1, 2020</a>)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">2,963,821</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">GDP<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Total</th><td class="infobox-data">$288.8 billion (2022)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%927" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−7">UTC−7</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mountain_Time_Zone" title="Mountain Time Zone">MST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%926" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−6">UTC−6</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mountain_Time_Zone" title="Mountain Time Zone">MDT</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/Denver" title="Denver">Denver</a> is the central city of a <a href="/wiki/Conurbation" title="Conurbation">conurbation</a> region in the U.S. state of <a href="/wiki/Colorado" title="Colorado">Colorado</a>. 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 <a href="/wiki/Front_Range_Urban_Corridor" class="mw-redirect" title="Front Range Urban Corridor">Front Range Urban Corridor</a> and its metropolitan planning organization is the <a href="/wiki/Denver_Regional_Council_of_Governments" title="Denver Regional Council of Governments">Denver Regional Council of Governments</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Office_of_Management_and_Budget" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Office of Management and Budget">United States Office of Management and Budget</a> has delineated the <b>Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area</b> consisting of ten Colorado <a href="/wiki/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)">counties</a>: the <a href="/wiki/Denver" title="Denver">City and County of Denver</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arapahoe_County,_Colorado" title="Arapahoe County, Colorado">Arapahoe County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jefferson_County,_Colorado" title="Jefferson County, Colorado">Jefferson County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Adams_County,_Colorado" title="Adams County, Colorado">Adams County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Douglas_County,_Colorado" title="Douglas County, Colorado">Douglas County</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Broomfield,_Colorado" title="Broomfield, Colorado">City and County of Broomfield</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elbert_County,_Colorado" title="Elbert County, Colorado">Elbert County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Park_County,_Colorado" title="Park County, Colorado">Park County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Clear_Creek_County,_Colorado" title="Clear Creek County, Colorado">Clear Creek County</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Gilpin_County,_Colorado" title="Gilpin County, Colorado">Gilpin County</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-OMB_13-01_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OMB_13-01-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The population, as of the 2020 Census, is 2,963,821, an increase of 16.5% since 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Office of Management and Budget also delineated the more extensive 12-county <a href="/wiki/Denver%E2%80%93Aurora,_CO_Combined_Statistical_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Denver–Aurora, CO Combined Statistical Area">Denver–Aurora, CO Combined Statistical Area</a> comprising the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood Metropolitan Statistical Area, the <a href="/wiki/Boulder,_CO_Metropolitan_Statistical_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Boulder, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area">Boulder, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Greeley,_CO_Metropolitan_Statistical_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Greeley, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area">Greeley, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-OMB_13-01_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OMB_13-01-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>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 <a href="/wiki/Broomfield,_Colorado" title="Broomfield, Colorado">City and County of Broomfield</a>, bordering Jefferson and Adams counties, and south into Douglas County, adjoining Arapahoe County. Also included in the federally defined MSA are four rural counties: <a href="/wiki/Elbert_County,_Colorado" title="Elbert County, Colorado">Elbert County</a> on the southeastern prairie and <a href="/wiki/Clear_Creek_County,_Colorado" title="Clear Creek County, Colorado">Clear Creek</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gilpin_County,_Colorado" title="Gilpin County, Colorado">Gilpin</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Park_County,_Colorado" title="Park County, Colorado">Park</a> counties in the <a href="/wiki/Rocky_Mountains" title="Rocky Mountains">Rocky Mountains</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Counties">Counties</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Denver_metropolitan_area&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Counties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Denver-Aurora-Lakewood Metropolitan Statistical Area comprises ten counties.<sup id="cite_ref-PopEstCBSA2007_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PopEstCBSA2007-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The sortable table below includes the following information: </p> <ol><li>The official name of the county,<sup id="cite_ref-US-CO-Counties_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-US-CO-Counties-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The county population as of April 1, 2020, as enumerated by the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 United States census</a></li> <li>The county population as of April 1, 2010, as enumerated by the <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2010 United States Census">2010 United States Census</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-PopEstCO_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PopEstCO-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The percent population change from April 1, 2010, to April 1, 2020.</li></ol> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption><big>The Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area</big><br /><br /> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>County </th> <th>2010 Census </th> <th>2020 Census </th> <th>Change </th></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Den" style="display:none;"></span><a href="/wiki/Denver" title="Denver">City and County of Denver</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">600,158 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">715,522 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span style="display:none" data-sort-value="7001192200000000000♠"></span><span style="color:green">+19.22%</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Arapahoe_County,_Colorado" title="Arapahoe County, Colorado">Arapahoe County</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">572,003 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">655,070 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span style="display:none" data-sort-value="7001145200000000000♠"></span><span style="color:green">+14.52%</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_County,_Colorado" title="Jefferson County, Colorado">Jefferson County</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">534,543 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">582,910 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span style="display:none" data-sort-value="7000905000000000000♠"></span><span style="color:green">+9.05%</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Adams_County,_Colorado" title="Adams County, Colorado">Adams County</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">441,603 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">519,572 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span style="display:none" data-sort-value="7001176600000000000♠"></span><span style="color:green">+17.66%</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Douglas_County,_Colorado" title="Douglas County, Colorado">Douglas County</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">285,465 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">357,978 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span style="display:none" data-sort-value="7001254000000000000♠"></span><span style="color:green">+25.40%</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Bro" style="display:none;"></span><a href="/wiki/Broomfield,_Colorado" title="Broomfield, Colorado">City and County of Broomfield</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">55,889 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">74,112 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span style="display:none" data-sort-value="7001326100000000000♠"></span><span style="color:green">+32.61%</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Elbert_County,_Colorado" title="Elbert County, Colorado">Elbert County</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">23,086 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">26,062 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span style="display:none" data-sort-value="7001128900000000000♠"></span><span style="color:green">+12.89%</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Park_County,_Colorado" title="Park County, Colorado">Park County</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">16,206 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">17,390 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span style="display:none" data-sort-value="7000731000000000000♠"></span><span style="color:green">+7.31%</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Clear_Creek_County,_Colorado" title="Clear Creek County, Colorado">Clear Creek County</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">9,088 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">9,397 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span style="display:none" data-sort-value="7000340000000000000♠"></span><span style="color:green">+3.40%</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gilpin_County,_Colorado" title="Gilpin County, Colorado">Gilpin County</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">5,441 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">5,808 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span style="display:none" data-sort-value="7000675000000000000♠"></span><span style="color:green">+6.75%</span> </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td align="right"><b>Total</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>2,543,482</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>2,963,821</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span style="display:none" data-sort-value="7001165300000000000♠"></span><span style="color:green"><b>+16.53%</b></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Metropolitan_area_cities_and_towns">Metropolitan area cities and towns</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Denver_metropolitan_area&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Metropolitan area cities and towns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224496135">.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop{border-spacing:1px;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0.3em;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop caption{background-color:lavender;color:black;padding-right:0.2em;padding-left:0.2em;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-bottom:none}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop th[scope=col]{border-bottom:1px solid black}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(2){text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td.us-census-pop-estimate{padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(3){padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(4){padding-left:0.5em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-footnote{border-top:1px solid black;font-size:85%;text-align:center}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-right{float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 1em 1em}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-none{float:none;margin:0 1em 1em 0}}</style> <table class="us-census-pop us-census-pop-right"> <caption>Historical population</caption> <tbody><tr><th scope="col">Census</th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></th><th scope="col"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="sr-only">Note</span></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_census" title="1900 United States census">1900</a></th><td>162,323</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_census" title="1910 United States census">1910</a></th><td>246,767</td><td></td><td>52.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_census" title="1920 United States census">1920</a></th><td>299,087</td><td></td><td>21.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td>352,563</td><td></td><td>17.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td>407,768</td><td></td><td>15.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>563,832</td><td></td><td>38.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>868,953</td><td></td><td>54.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>1,116,226</td><td></td><td>28.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>1,450,768</td><td></td><td>30.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>1,650,489</td><td></td><td>13.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>2,157,756</td><td></td><td>30.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>2,543,482</td><td></td><td>17.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>2,963,821</td><td></td><td>16.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">2022 (est.)</th><td class="us-census-pop-estimate">2,985,871</td><td></td><td>0.7%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote">data source:<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Places_with_over_100,000_inhabitants"><span id="Places_with_over_100.2C000_inhabitants"></span>Places with over 100,000 inhabitants</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Denver_metropolitan_area&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Places with over 100,000 inhabitants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 18em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arvada,_Colorado" title="Arvada, Colorado">Arvada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aurora,_Colorado" title="Aurora, Colorado">Aurora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centennial,_Colorado" title="Centennial, Colorado">Centennial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denver" title="Denver">Denver</a> (Principal city)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highlands_Ranch,_Colorado" title="Highlands Ranch, Colorado">Highlands Ranch</a> (<abbr title="Census-designated place">CDP</abbr>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakewood,_Colorado" title="Lakewood, Colorado">Lakewood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thornton,_Colorado" title="Thornton, Colorado">Thornton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westminster,_Colorado" title="Westminster, Colorado">Westminster</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Places_with_10,000_to_100,000_inhabitants"><span id="Places_with_10.2C000_to_100.2C000_inhabitants"></span>Places with 10,000 to 100,000 inhabitants</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Denver_metropolitan_area&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Places with 10,000 to 100,000 inhabitants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 18em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Berkley,_Colorado" title="Berkley, Colorado">Berkley</a> (CDP)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brighton,_Colorado" title="Brighton, Colorado">Brighton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broomfield,_Colorado" title="Broomfield, Colorado">Broomfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castle_Pines,_Colorado" title="Castle Pines, Colorado">Castle Pines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castle_Rock,_Colorado" title="Castle Rock, Colorado">Castle Rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbine,_Colorado" title="Columbine, Colorado">Columbine</a> (CDP)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commerce_City,_Colorado" title="Commerce City, Colorado">Commerce City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Englewood,_Colorado" title="Englewood, Colorado">Englewood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Heights,_Colorado" title="Federal Heights, Colorado">Federal Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golden,_Colorado" title="Golden, Colorado">Golden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenwood_Village,_Colorado" title="Greenwood Village, Colorado">Greenwood Village</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Caryl,_Colorado" title="Ken Caryl, Colorado">Ken Caryl</a> (CDP)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Littleton,_Colorado" title="Littleton, Colorado">Littleton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lone_Tree,_Colorado" title="Lone Tree, Colorado">Lone Tree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northglenn,_Colorado" title="Northglenn, Colorado">Northglenn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parker,_Colorado" title="Parker, Colorado">Parker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sherrelwood,_Colorado" title="Sherrelwood, Colorado">Sherrelwood</a> (CDP)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Pinery,_Colorado" title="The Pinery, Colorado">The Pinery</a> (CDP)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welby,_Colorado" title="Welby, Colorado">Welby</a> (CDP)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wheat_Ridge,_Colorado" title="Wheat Ridge, Colorado">Wheat Ridge</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Places_with_fewer_than_10,000_inhabitants"><span id="Places_with_fewer_than_10.2C000_inhabitants"></span>Places with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Denver_metropolitan_area&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Places with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 18em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Acres_Green,_Colorado" title="Acres Green, Colorado">Acres Green</a> (CDP)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Applewood,_Colorado" title="Applewood, Colorado">Applewood</a> (CDP)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alma,_Colorado" title="Alma, Colorado">Alma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aspen_Park,_Colorado" title="Aspen Park, Colorado">Aspen Park</a> (CDP)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bailey,_Colorado" title="Bailey, Colorado">Bailey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bennett,_Colorado" title="Bennett, Colorado">Bennett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Hawk,_Colorado" title="Black Hawk, Colorado">Black Hawk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bow_Mar,_Colorado" title="Bow Mar, Colorado">Bow Mar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byers,_Colorado" title="Byers, Colorado">Byers</a> (CDP)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carriage_Club,_Colorado" title="Carriage Club, Colorado">Carriage Club</a> (CDP)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castle_Pines,_Colorado" title="Castle Pines, Colorado">Pines</a> (CDP)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_City,_Colorado" title="Central City, Colorado">Central City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cherry_Hills_Village,_Colorado" title="Cherry Hills Village, Colorado">Cherry Hills Village</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coal_Creek,_Boulder_County,_Colorado" class="mw-redirect" title="Coal Creek, Boulder County, Colorado">Coal Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbine_Valley,_Colorado" title="Columbine Valley, Colorado">Columbine Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conifer,_Colorado" title="Conifer, Colorado">Conifer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cottonwood,_Colorado" title="Cottonwood, Colorado">Cottonwood</a> (CDP)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deer_Trail,_Colorado" title="Deer Trail, Colorado">Deer Trail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derby,_Colorado" title="Derby, Colorado">Derby</a> (CDP)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Downieville-Lawson-Dumont,_Colorado" title="Downieville-Lawson-Dumont, Colorado">Downieville-Lawson-Dumont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Pleasant_View,_Colorado" title="East Pleasant View, Colorado">East Pleasant View</a> (CDP)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgewater,_Colorado" title="Edgewater, Colorado">Edgewater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth,_Colorado" title="Elizabeth, Colorado">Elizabeth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Empire,_Colorado" title="Empire, Colorado">Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evergreen,_Colorado" title="Evergreen, Colorado">Evergreen</a> (CDP)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairplay,_Colorado" title="Fairplay, Colorado">Fairplay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foxfield,_Colorado" title="Foxfield, Colorado">Foxfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franktown,_Colorado" title="Franktown, Colorado">Franktown</a> (CDP)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Genesee,_Colorado" title="Genesee, Colorado">Genesee</a> (CDP)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgetown,_Colorado" title="Georgetown, Colorado">Georgetown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glendale,_Colorado" title="Glendale, Colorado">Glendale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_View_Estates,_Colorado" title="Grand View Estates, Colorado">Grand View Estates</a> (CDP)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hartsel,_Colorado" title="Hartsel, Colorado">Hartsel</a> (CDP)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heritage_Hills,_Colorado" title="Heritage Hills, Colorado">Heritage Hills</a> (CDP)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Idaho_Springs,_Colorado" title="Idaho Springs, Colorado">Idaho Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Hills,_Colorado" title="Indian Hills, Colorado">Indian Hills</a> (CDP)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiowa,_Colorado" title="Kiowa, Colorado">Kiowa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kittredge,_Colorado" title="Kittredge, Colorado">Kittredge</a> (CDP)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakeside,_Colorado" title="Lakeside, Colorado">Lakeside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larkspur,_Colorado" title="Larkspur, Colorado">Larkspur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lochbuie,_Colorado" title="Lochbuie, Colorado">Lochbuie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louviers,_Colorado" title="Louviers, Colorado">Louviers</a> (CDP)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meridian,_Colorado" title="Meridian, Colorado">Meridian</a> (CDP)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montbello,_Denver" title="Montbello, Denver">Montbello</a> (CDP)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morrison,_Colorado" title="Morrison, Colorado">Morrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mountain_View,_Colorado" title="Mountain View, Colorado">Mountain View</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Washington,_Colorado" title="North Washington, Colorado">North Washington</a> (CDP)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perry_Park,_Colorado" title="Perry Park, Colorado">Perry Park</a> (CDP)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ponderosa_Park,_Colorado" title="Ponderosa Park, Colorado">Ponderosa Park</a> (CDP)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roxborough_Park,_Colorado" title="Roxborough Park, Colorado">Roxborough Park</a> (CDP)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sedalia,_Colorado" title="Sedalia, Colorado">Sedalia</a> (CDP)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheridan,_Colorado" title="Sheridan, Colorado">Sheridan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silver_Plume,_Colorado" title="Silver Plume, Colorado">Silver Plume</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simla,_Colorado" title="Simla, Colorado">Simla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Mary%27s,_Colorado" title="St. Mary's, Colorado">St. Mary's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stonegate,_Colorado" title="Stonegate, Colorado">Stonegate</a> (CDP)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strasburg,_Colorado" title="Strasburg, Colorado">Strasburg</a> (CDP)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Todd_Creek,_Colorado" title="Todd Creek, Colorado">Todd Creek</a> (CDP)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twin_Lakes,_Adams_County,_Colorado" title="Twin Lakes, Adams County, Colorado">Twin Lakes</a> (CDP)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watkins,_Colorado" title="Watkins, Colorado">Watkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westcreek,_Colorado" title="Westcreek, Colorado">Westcreek</a> (CDP)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Pleasant_View,_Colorado" title="West Pleasant View, Colorado">West Pleasant View</a> (CDP)</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Communities_previously_part_of_the_Denver_metro_area">Communities previously part of the Denver metro area</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Denver_metropolitan_area&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Communities previously part of the Denver metro area"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Now_part_of_the_Boulder_metropolitan_area">Now part of the Boulder metropolitan area</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Denver_metropolitan_area&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Now part of the Boulder metropolitan area"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boulder,_Colorado" title="Boulder, Colorado">Boulder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longmont,_Colorado" title="Longmont, Colorado">Longmont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lafayette,_Colorado" title="Lafayette, Colorado">Lafayette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louisville,_Colorado" title="Louisville, Colorado">Louisville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Superior,_Colorado" title="Superior, Colorado">Superior</a></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Now_part_of_the_Greeley_metropolitan_area">Now part of the Greeley metropolitan area</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Denver_metropolitan_area&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Now part of the Greeley metropolitan area"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dacono,_Colorado" title="Dacono, Colorado">Dacono</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Firestone,_Colorado" title="Firestone, Colorado">Firestone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Lupton,_Colorado" title="Fort Lupton, Colorado">Fort Lupton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick,_Colorado" title="Frederick, Colorado">Frederick</a></li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Regional_cooperation">Regional cooperation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Denver_metropolitan_area&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Regional cooperation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Denver_Regional_Council_of_Governments" title="Denver Regional Council of Governments">Denver Regional Council of Governments</a> (DRCOG, pronounced Doctor Cog) is a regional planning and inter-governmental coordination organization in a nine-county region. The <a href="/wiki/Scientific_and_Cultural_Facilities_District" title="Scientific and Cultural Facilities District">Scientific and Cultural Facilities District</a> (SCFD) provides funding for scientific and cultural facilities in a seven-county region including: </p> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Denver_Museum_of_Nature_and_Science" title="Denver Museum of Nature and Science">Denver Museum of Nature and Science</a></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Denver_Zoo" title="Denver Zoo">Denver Zoo</a></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Denver_Art_Museum" title="Denver Art Museum">Denver Art Museum</a></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Denver_Center_for_the_Performing_Arts" title="Denver Center for the Performing Arts">Denver Center for the Performing Arts</a></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Denver_Botanic_Gardens" title="Denver Botanic Gardens">Denver Botanic Gardens</a></li></ul> <p>In addition, the <a href="/wiki/Regional_Transportation_District" title="Regional Transportation District">Regional Transportation District</a> (RTD) provides <a href="/wiki/Mass_transit" class="mw-redirect" title="Mass transit">mass transit</a>, including a <a href="/wiki/RTD_Bus_%26_Rail" class="mw-redirect" title="RTD Bus & Rail">light rail</a> system. In 2005 the RTD developed a twelve-year comprehensive plan, called "<a href="/wiki/Fastracks" class="mw-redirect" title="Fastracks">FasTracks</a>", to build and operate <a href="/wiki/Urban_rail_transit" title="Urban rail transit">rail transit</a> lines and expand and improve bus service throughout the region. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Denver_metropolitan_area&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>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 <a href="/wiki/Commerce_City,_Colorado" title="Commerce City, Colorado">Commerce City</a> in Adams County.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Changes in <a href="/wiki/House_price_index" title="House price index">house prices</a> for the area are publicly tracked on a regular basis using the <a href="/wiki/Case%E2%80%93Shiller_index" title="Case–Shiller index">Case–Shiller index</a>; the statistic is published by <a href="/wiki/Standard_%26_Poor%27s" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard & Poor's">Standard & Poor's</a> and is also a component of S&P's 10-city <a href="/wiki/Composite_(finance)" title="Composite (finance)">composite index</a> 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. </p><p>Electricity is provided by <a href="/wiki/Xcel_Energy" title="Xcel Energy">Xcel Energy</a>. Cable television is provided by <a href="/wiki/Comcast" title="Comcast">Comcast</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Denver_metropolitan_area&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Sports_in_Denver" title="Sports in Denver">Sports in Denver</a></div> <p>The following table shows sports teams in the Denver metropolitan area that average more than 12,000 fans per game: </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Club </th> <th>Sport </th> <th>League </th> <th>Venue </th> <th>City </th> <th>Capacity </th> <th>Attendance </th> <th>Since </th> <th>Titles </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Denver_Broncos" title="Denver Broncos">Denver Broncos</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">Football</a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/NFL" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL">NFL</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sports_Authority_Field_at_Mile_High" class="mw-redirect" title="Sports Authority Field at Mile High">Mile High</a> </td> <td>Denver </td> <td align="center">76,125 </td> <td align="center">76,939 </td> <td>1960 </td> <td>3 (1998, 1999, 2016) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Rockies" title="Colorado Rockies">Colorado Rockies</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Baseball" title="Baseball">Baseball</a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/MLB" class="mw-redirect" title="MLB">MLB</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Coors_Field" title="Coors Field">Coors Field</a> </td> <td>Denver </td> <td align="center">50,398 </td> <td align="center">31,334 </td> <td>1993 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Avalanche" title="Colorado Avalanche">Colorado Avalanche</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey" title="Ice hockey">Ice hockey</a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/NHL" class="mw-redirect" title="NHL">NHL</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ball_Arena" title="Ball Arena">Ball Arena</a> </td> <td>Denver </td> <td align="center">18,007 </td> <td align="center">16,176 </td> <td>1995 </td> <td>3 (1996, 2001, 2022) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Rapids" title="Colorado Rapids">Colorado Rapids</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Soccer" class="mw-redirect" title="Soccer">Soccer</a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Soccer" title="Major League Soccer">MLS</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dick%27s_Sporting_Goods_Park" title="Dick's Sporting Goods Park">Dick's Sporting Goods Park</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Commerce_City,_CO" class="mw-redirect" title="Commerce City, CO">Commerce City</a> </td> <td align="center">18,061 </td> <td align="center">15,657 </td> <td>1996 </td> <td>1 (2010) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Denver_Nuggets" title="Denver Nuggets">Denver Nuggets</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">Basketball</a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/NBA" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA">NBA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ball_Arena" title="Ball Arena">Ball Arena</a> </td> <td>Denver </td> <td align="center">19,115 </td> <td align="center">14,700 </td> <td>1967 </td> <td>1 (2023) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Mammoth" title="Colorado Mammoth">Colorado Mammoth</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Box_Lacrosse" class="mw-redirect" title="Box Lacrosse">Box Lacrosse</a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/National_Lacrosse_League" title="National Lacrosse League">NLL</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ball_Arena" title="Ball Arena">Ball Arena</a> </td> <td>Denver </td> <td align="center">18,007 </td> <td align="center">14,077 </td> <td>2003 </td> <td>2 (2006, 2022) </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Air_quality">Air quality</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Denver_metropolitan_area&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Air quality"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The center of the metropolitan area sits in a valley, the <a href="/wiki/Denver_Basin" title="Denver Basin">Denver Basin</a>, and suffers from <a href="/wiki/Air_pollution" title="Air pollution">air pollution</a> known colloquially as the <i>brown cloud</i>, 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 <a href="/wiki/National_Ambient_Air_Quality_Standards" title="National Ambient Air Quality Standards">National Ambient Air Quality Standards</a> established by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Environmental_Protection_Agency" title="United States Environmental Protection Agency">United States Environmental Protection Agency</a> (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.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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 <a href="/wiki/Rocky_Mountain_National_Park" title="Rocky Mountain National Park">Rocky Mountain National Park</a>. The RAQC hopes to implement plans enabling the area to comply with the new standards by 2007.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sister_cities">Sister cities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Denver_metropolitan_area&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Sister cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Though Aurora, Brighton, Broomfield, Denver, Lakewood, and Longmont have their own individual <a href="/wiki/Sister_city" title="Sister city">sister city</a> relationships, the Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG) as a whole has a sister city relationship with the <a href="/wiki/Baghdad_Governorate" title="Baghdad Governorate">Baghdad Governorate</a> of <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading 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title="Outline of Colorado">Outline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_change_in_Colorado" title="Climate change in Colorado">Climate change</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_Colorado" title="List of colleges and universities in Colorado">Colleges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_Colorado" title="List of people from Colorado">Coloradans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Colorado" title="Elections in Colorado">Elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_federal_lands_in_Colorado" class="mw-redirect" title="List of federal lands in Colorado">Federal lands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Colorado" title="Geography of Colorado">Geography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Colorado" title="Government of Colorado">Government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Register_of_Historic_Places_in_Colorado" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Register of Historic Places in Colorado">Historic places</a></li> 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title="Transportation in Colorado">Transportation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_national_wildernesses_in_Colorado" class="mw-redirect" title="List of national wildernesses in Colorado">Wildernesses</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Society</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abortion_in_Colorado" title="Abortion in Colorado">Abortion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_Colorado" title="Crime in Colorado">Crime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado#Culture" title="Colorado">Culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado#Demographics" title="Colorado">Demographics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Colorado" title="Economy of Colorado">Economy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado#Education" title="Colorado">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Colorado" title="Gun laws in Colorado">Gun laws</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homelessness_in_Colorado" title="Homelessness in Colorado">Homelessness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Colorado" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Colorado">LGBT rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Colorado" title="Politics of Colorado">Politics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado#Religion" title="Colorado">Religion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_Colorado" title="Sports in Colorado">Sports</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Colorado" title="List of municipalities in Colorado">Cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alamosa,_Colorado" title="Alamosa, Colorado">Alamosa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arvada,_Colorado" title="Arvada, Colorado">Arvada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aspen,_Colorado" title="Aspen, Colorado">Aspen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aurora,_Colorado" title="Aurora, Colorado">Aurora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Hawk,_Colorado" title="Black Hawk, Colorado">Black Hawk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boulder,_Colorado" title="Boulder, Colorado">Boulder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brighton,_Colorado" title="Brighton, Colorado">Brighton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broomfield,_Colorado" title="Broomfield, Colorado">Broomfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brush,_Colorado" title="Brush, Colorado">Brush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burlington,_Colorado" title="Burlington, Colorado">Burlington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ca%C3%B1on_City,_Colorado" title="Cañon City, Colorado">Cañon City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castle_Pines,_Colorado" title="Castle Pines, Colorado">Castle Pines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centennial,_Colorado" title="Centennial, Colorado">Centennial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_City,_Colorado" title="Central City, Colorado">Central City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cherry_Hills_Village,_Colorado" title="Cherry Hills Village, Colorado">Cherry Hills Village</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Springs,_Colorado" title="Colorado Springs, Colorado">Colorado Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commerce_City,_Colorado" title="Commerce City, Colorado">Commerce City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cortez,_Colorado" title="Cortez, Colorado">Cortez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craig,_Colorado" title="Craig, Colorado">Craig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cripple_Creek,_Colorado" title="Cripple Creek, Colorado">Cripple Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dacono,_Colorado" title="Dacono, Colorado">Dacono</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta,_Colorado" title="Delta, Colorado">Delta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denver" title="Denver">Denver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durango,_Colorado" title="Durango, Colorado">Durango</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgewater,_Colorado" title="Edgewater, Colorado">Edgewater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Englewood,_Colorado" title="Englewood, Colorado">Englewood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evans,_Colorado" title="Evans, Colorado">Evans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Heights,_Colorado" title="Federal Heights, Colorado">Federal Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florence,_Colorado" title="Florence, Colorado">Florence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Collins,_Colorado" title="Fort Collins, Colorado">Fort Collins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Lupton,_Colorado" title="Fort Lupton, Colorado">Fort Lupton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Morgan,_Colorado" title="Fort Morgan, Colorado">Fort Morgan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fountain,_Colorado" title="Fountain, Colorado">Fountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fruita,_Colorado" title="Fruita, Colorado">Fruita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glendale,_Colorado" title="Glendale, Colorado">Glendale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenwood_Springs,_Colorado" title="Glenwood Springs, Colorado">Glenwood Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golden,_Colorado" title="Golden, Colorado">Golden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Junction,_Colorado" title="Grand Junction, Colorado">Grand Junction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greeley,_Colorado" title="Greeley, Colorado">Greeley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenwood_Village,_Colorado" title="Greenwood Village, Colorado">Greenwood Village</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gunnison,_Colorado" title="Gunnison, Colorado">Gunnison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holyoke,_Colorado" title="Holyoke, Colorado">Holyoke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Idaho_Springs,_Colorado" title="Idaho Springs, Colorado">Idaho Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Junta,_Colorado" title="La Junta, Colorado">La Junta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lafayette,_Colorado" title="Lafayette, Colorado">Lafayette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakewood,_Colorado" title="Lakewood, Colorado">Lakewood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamar,_Colorado" title="Lamar, Colorado">Lamar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Las_Animas,_Colorado" title="Las Animas, Colorado">Las Animas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leadville,_Colorado" title="Leadville, Colorado">Leadville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Littleton,_Colorado" title="Littleton, Colorado">Littleton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lone_Tree,_Colorado" title="Lone Tree, Colorado">Lone Tree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longmont,_Colorado" title="Longmont, Colorado">Longmont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louisville,_Colorado" title="Louisville, Colorado">Louisville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loveland,_Colorado" title="Loveland, Colorado">Loveland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manitou_Springs,_Colorado" title="Manitou Springs, Colorado">Manitou Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monte_Vista,_Colorado" title="Monte Vista, Colorado">Monte Vista</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montrose,_Colorado" title="Montrose, Colorado">Montrose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northglenn,_Colorado" title="Northglenn, Colorado">Northglenn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ouray,_Colorado" title="Ouray, Colorado">Ouray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pueblo,_Colorado" title="Pueblo, Colorado">Pueblo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rifle,_Colorado" title="Rifle, Colorado">Rifle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rocky_Ford,_Colorado" title="Rocky Ford, Colorado">Rocky Ford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salida,_Colorado" title="Salida, Colorado">Salida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheridan,_Colorado" title="Sheridan, Colorado">Sheridan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steamboat_Springs,_Colorado" title="Steamboat Springs, Colorado">Steamboat Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sterling,_Colorado" title="Sterling, Colorado">Sterling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thornton,_Colorado" title="Thornton, Colorado">Thornton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trinidad,_Colorado" title="Trinidad, Colorado">Trinidad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victor,_Colorado" title="Victor, Colorado">Victor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walsenburg,_Colorado" title="Walsenburg, Colorado">Walsenburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westminster,_Colorado" title="Westminster, Colorado">Westminster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wheat_Ridge,_Colorado" title="Wheat Ridge, Colorado">Wheat Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodland_Park,_Colorado" title="Woodland Park, Colorado">Woodland Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wray,_Colorado" title="Wray, Colorado">Wray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yuma,_Colorado" title="Yuma, Colorado">Yuma</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Colorado" title="List of counties in Colorado">Counties</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adams_County,_Colorado" title="Adams County, Colorado">Adams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alamosa_County,_Colorado" title="Alamosa County, Colorado">Alamosa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arapahoe_County,_Colorado" title="Arapahoe County, Colorado">Arapahoe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archuleta_County,_Colorado" title="Archuleta County, Colorado">Archuleta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baca_County,_Colorado" title="Baca County, Colorado">Baca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bent_County,_Colorado" title="Bent County, Colorado">Bent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boulder_County,_Colorado" title="Boulder County, Colorado">Boulder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broomfield,_Colorado" title="Broomfield, Colorado">Broomfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaffee_County,_Colorado" title="Chaffee County, Colorado">Chaffee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheyenne_County,_Colorado" title="Cheyenne County, Colorado">Cheyenne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clear_Creek_County,_Colorado" title="Clear Creek County, Colorado">Clear Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conejos_County,_Colorado" title="Conejos County, Colorado">Conejos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Costilla_County,_Colorado" title="Costilla County, Colorado">Costilla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crowley_County,_Colorado" title="Crowley County, Colorado">Crowley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Custer_County,_Colorado" title="Custer County, Colorado">Custer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_County,_Colorado" title="Delta County, Colorado">Delta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denver" title="Denver">Denver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolores_County,_Colorado" title="Dolores County, Colorado">Dolores</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_County,_Colorado" title="Douglas County, Colorado">Douglas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eagle_County,_Colorado" title="Eagle County, Colorado">Eagle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Paso_County,_Colorado" title="El Paso County, Colorado">El Paso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elbert_County,_Colorado" title="Elbert County, Colorado">Elbert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fremont_County,_Colorado" title="Fremont County, Colorado">Fremont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garfield_County,_Colorado" title="Garfield County, Colorado">Garfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilpin_County,_Colorado" title="Gilpin County, Colorado">Gilpin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_County,_Colorado" title="Grand County, Colorado">Grand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gunnison_County,_Colorado" title="Gunnison County, Colorado">Gunnison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hinsdale_County,_Colorado" title="Hinsdale County, Colorado">Hinsdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huerfano_County,_Colorado" title="Huerfano County, Colorado">Huerfano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_County,_Colorado" title="Jackson County, Colorado">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_County,_Colorado" title="Jefferson County, Colorado">Jefferson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiowa_County,_Colorado" title="Kiowa County, Colorado">Kiowa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kit_Carson_County,_Colorado" title="Kit Carson County, Colorado">Kit Carson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Plata_County,_Colorado" title="La Plata County, Colorado">La Plata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_County,_Colorado" title="Lake County, Colorado">Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larimer_County,_Colorado" title="Larimer County, Colorado">Larimer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Las_Animas_County,_Colorado" title="Las Animas County, Colorado">Las Animas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_County,_Colorado" title="Lincoln County, Colorado">Lincoln</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Logan_County,_Colorado" title="Logan County, Colorado">Logan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mesa_County,_Colorado" title="Mesa County, Colorado">Mesa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mineral_County,_Colorado" title="Mineral County, Colorado">Mineral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moffat_County,_Colorado" title="Moffat County, Colorado">Moffat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montezuma_County,_Colorado" title="Montezuma County, Colorado">Montezuma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montrose_County,_Colorado" title="Montrose County, Colorado">Montrose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgan_County,_Colorado" title="Morgan County, Colorado">Morgan</a></li> <li><a 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