Colorado Springs | |
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Colorado Springs skyline with the Front Range in the background | |
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 Location of the City of Colorado Springs in El Paso County, Colorado | |
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| Coordinates: 38°50′02″N 104°49′31″W / 38.83389°N 104.82528°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Colorado |
| County | El Paso County[1] |
| Incorporated | June 19, 1886[5] |
| Government | |
| • Type | City[6] |
| • Mayor | Yemi Mobolade (I)[7] |
| Area | |
• Total | 195.761 sq mi (507.019 km2) |
| • Land | 195.399 sq mi (506.082 km2) |
| • Water | 0.362 sq mi (0.937 km2) |
| Elevation | 6,035 ft (1,839 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 478,961 |
• Estimate (2023) | 488,664  |
| • Rank | 2nd in Colorado 40th in the United States |
| • Density | 2,400/sq mi (940/km2) |
| • Urban | 632,494 (US: 66th) |
| • Urban density | 3,156.7/sq mi (1,218.8/km2) |
| • Metro | 755,105 (US: 79th) |
| • Front Range | 5,055,344 |
| GDP | |
| • Metro | $47.905 billion (2022) |
| Time zone | UTC– 07:00 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC– 06:00 (MDT) |
| ZIP codes[11] | 80901–80951, 80960, 80962, 80970, 80977, 80995, 80997 |
| Area code | 719 |
| FIPS code | 08-16000 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2410198[9] |
| Website | coloradosprings |
Colorado Springs is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Colorado, United States.[6] It is the most populous city in El Paso County, with a population of 478,961 at the 2020 census, a 15.02% increase since 2010.[8][12] Colorado Springs is the second-most populous city and the most extensive city in the state of Colorado, and the 40th-most-populous city in the United States.[13] It is the principal city of the Colorado Springs metropolitan area, which had 755,105 residents in 2020, and the second-most prominent city of the Front Range Urban Corridor. It is located in east-central Colorado on Fountain Creek, 70 miles (113 km) south of Denver.
At 6,035 feet (1,839 m)[9] the city stands over 1 mile (1.6 km) above sea level. Colorado Springs is near the base of Pikes Peak, which rises 14,115 feet (4,302.31 m) above sea level on the eastern edge of the Southern Rocky Mountains. The city is the largest city north of Mexico above 6000 feet in elevation.
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- ^ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places of 50,000 or More, Ranked by July 1, 2018 Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2018". United States Census Bureau, Population Division. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved May 23, 2019.