Southern Rocky Mountain Front

Southern Rocky Mountain Front
State capitols in the megaregion (from top to bottom)
Wyoming State Capitol in Cheyenne
Colorado State Capitol in Denver
New Mexico State Capitol in Santa Fe
Map
Interactive map of the Front Range urban corridor of
Colorado and Wyoming[1]
Country United States
States Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
Largest city - Denver
Other principal cities
Population
5,467,633
Time zoneUTC−7 (MST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−6 (MDT)

The Southern Rocky Mountain Front is a megaregion of the United States, otherwise known as a megalopolis, with population centers consisting mainly of the Front Range Urban Corridor and the Albuquerque–Santa Fe–Los Alamos combined statistical area, located along the eastern and southern face of the Southern Rocky Mountains in the U.S. states of Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico. The region comprises the southern portion of the Rocky Mountain Front geographic region of Canada and the United States, extending into the Southwestern United States. The Southern Rocky Mountain Front had a population of 5,467,633 according to the 2010 United States census.[2] The region is one of the fastest-growing regions in the United States, and its population is projected to grow by 87% to 10,222,370 by 2050.[3] In 2005 the GDP of the region was $229,202,000,000 making up 2% of the United States GDP.[3]

  1. ^ Not included is Albuquerque and Northern New Mexico due to size constraints. Northern New Mexico is included per "Megaregions". America2050. USA: Regional Plan Association. Archived from the original on April 30, 2009. Retrieved December 7, 2014. Home page of the historic America 2050 program of the RPA.
  2. ^ "County Totals Datasets: Population, Population Change and Estimated Components of Population Change: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012". 2012 Population Estimates. United States Census Bureau, Population Division. March 2013. Archived from the original on July 7, 2013. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Reports". Archived from the original on 2017-07-26. Retrieved 2013-08-13.