Southern Rocky Mountain Front

Southern Rocky Mountain Front
Megaregion of the United States
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
Interactive map of the Front Range urban corridor of Colorado and Wyoming[1]   City and County of Denver   Denver–Aurora–Centennial, CO MSA   Boulder, CO MSA   Greeley, CO MSA   Fort Collins, CO MSA   Colorado Springs, CO MSA   Pueblo, CO MSA   Cañon City, CO µSA   Cheyenne, WY MSA
Country	United States
States	Wyoming Colorado New Mexico
Largest city	- Denver
Other principal cities	- Aurora  - Lakewood  - Thornton  - Boulder  - Greeley  - Longmont  - Fort Collins  - Colorado Springs  - Pueblo  - Cheyenne, WY
Population	5,467,633
Time zone	UTC−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]

The Southern Rocky Mountain Front stretches from Albuquerque, New Mexico, north along Interstate Highway 25 to Cheyenne, Wyoming, and includes the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area, the Colorado Springs, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area, the Boulder, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area, the Fort Collins, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area, the Greeley, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area, the Pueblo, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area, the Cheyenne, WY Metropolitan Statistical Area, the Cañon City, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area, the Albuquerque, NM Metropolitan Statistical Area, and the Santa Fe, NM Metropolitan Statistical Area.^[3] The region comprises three primary subregions: the South Central Colorado Urban Area, the North Central Colorado Urban Area, and the Cheyenne Metropolitan Area.

The influence of the region extends well beyond its defined boundaries. The Colorado Eastern Plains, Nebraska Panhandle and Albany County, Wyoming, among other areas, are culturally and economically tied to the region, though they are not considered a part of it.

The region was established, along with ten other megaregions throughout the United States, by America 2050 in response to President Barack Obama’s efforts to improve the country’s infrastructure. The megaregions were initially identified by America 2050 as areas that should have highspeed rail by 2050.^[5] According to America 2050’s four phase plan the Front Range would have highspeed rail on Phase 3 of the plan and the line would stretch from Denver, Colorado to Albuquerque, New Mexico.^[6]

Interstate 25 runs through the Southern Rocky Mountain Front north from Albuquerque, NM to Cheyenne, WY. Major east and west routes running through the region are I-40 through Albuquerque, I-70 through Denver, and I-80 through Cheyenne.

• Interstate 25 runs north–south from New Mexico through Denver to Wyoming
• Interstate 70 runs east–west through the region from Utah to Maryland
• Interstate 80 runs east–west through the region from California to New Jersey
• Interstate 40 runs east–west through the region from California to North Carolina

The region has seven airports offering passenger services with two of the airports, Albuquerque International Sunport and Denver International Airport, able to handle international flights.

• Southern Rocky Mountain Front
  • Front Range Urban Corridor
    • Southeast Wyoming
    • North Central Colorado Urban Area
    • South Central Colorado Urban Area
  • Northern New Mexico
• Colorado
  • Colorado statistical areas
• Conurbation
• List of census-designated places in Colorado
• List of census-designated places in New Mexico
• List of census-designated places in Wyoming
• List of cities and towns in Colorado
• List of cities and towns in New Mexico
• List of cities and towns in Wyoming
• List of counties in Colorado
• List of counties in New Mexico
• List of counties in Wyoming
• List of places in Colorado
• Megaregions of the United States
• New Mexico
  • New Mexico statistical areas
• Rocky Mountain Front
• Southern Rocky Mountains
• Statistical area (United States)
  • Combined statistical area (list)
  • Core-based statistical area (list)
    • Metropolitan statistical area (list)
    • Micropolitan statistical area (list)
• Wyoming
  • Wyoming statistical areas

• United States Census Bureau
  • U.S. population estimates at the Library of Congress Web Archives (archived 2006-12-06)