Boulder, Colorado

Boulder
Pearl Street Mall in downtown Boulder
Pearl Street Mall in downtown Boulder
Official seal of Boulder
Location of Boulder in Boulder County, Colorado
Location of Boulder in Boulder County, Colorado
Boulder is located in Colorado
Boulder
Boulder
Location of Boulder in Colorado
Boulder is located in the United States
Boulder
Boulder
Location of Boulder in the United States
Coordinates: 40°00′54″N 105°16′14″W / 40.01500°N 105.27056°W / 40.01500; -105.27056[2]
CountryUnited States
StateColorado
CountyBoulder[1]
Settled1858 as Boulder City, N.T.
IncorporatedNovember 4, 1871[3]
Government
 • TypeHome rule municipality[1]
 • MayorAaron Brockett (D)[4]
 • Mayor Pro TemNicole Speer[5]
Area
27.366 sq mi (70.877 km2)
 • Land26.328 sq mi (68.188 km2)
 • Water1.038 sq mi (2.689 km2)
Elevation5,269 ft (1,606 m)
Population
108,250
 • Rank12th in Colorado
289th in United States
 • Density4,112/sq mi (1,588/km2)
 • Metro
330,758 (155th)
 • CSA
3,623,560 (17th)
 • Front Range
5,055,344
DemonymBoulderite
GDP
 • Metro$35.608 billion (2022)
Time zoneUTC−07:00 (MST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−06:00 (MDT)
ZIP Codes[8]
80301-80310, 80314, 80321-80323, 80328, 80329
Area codes303 and 720
FIPS code08-07850
GNIS feature ID2409883[2]
Websitebouldercolorado.gov

Boulder is a home rule city in and the county seat of Boulder County, Colorado, United States.[1] With a population of 108,250 at the 2020 census, it is the most populous city in the county and the 12th-most populous city in Colorado.[6] Boulder is the principal city of the Boulder metropolitan statistical area, which had 330,758 residents in 2020, and is part of the Front Range Urban Corridor.

Boulder is located at the base of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, at an elevation of 5,430 feet (1,655 m) above sea level.[9][10] The city is 25 miles (40 km) northwest of the Colorado state capital of Denver. Boulder is a college town, hosting the University of Colorado Boulder, the flagship and largest campus of the University of Colorado system as well as numerous research institutes.

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  2. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Boulder, Colorado
  3. ^ "Colorado Municipal Incorporations". State of Colorado, Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives. December 1, 2004. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved September 2, 2007.
  4. ^ "Shay Castle". twitter.com. Archived from the original on November 17, 2021. Retrieved November 16, 2021.
  5. ^ "Nicole Speer elected mayor pro tem of Boulder; new city councilmembers sworn in". Daily Camera. December 7, 2023. Archived from the original on December 28, 2023. Retrieved December 27, 2023.
  6. ^ a b c "Decennial Census P.L. 94-171 Redistricting Data". United States Census Bureau, United States Department of Commerce. August 12, 2021. Archived from the original on December 17, 2021. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
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  9. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
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