Colorado Springs, Colorado
Colorado Springs, Colorado | |
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Home rule city[1] | |
Colorado Springs skyline and the Front Range Pikes Peak Will Rogers Shrine Pioneers Museum Glen Eyrie The Broadmoor United States Olympic & Paralympic Museum | |
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Location of the City of Colorado Springs in El Paso County, Colorado | |
Colorado Springs Location of the City of Colorado Springs, Colorado. Colorado Springs Colorado Springs (Colorado) | |
| Coordinates: 38°50′02″N 104°49′17″W / 38.8339°N 104.8214°W[6] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Colorado |
| County | El Paso[2] |
| Incorporated | June 19, 1886[7] |
| Government | |
| • Type | home rule city[1] |
| • Mayor | Yemi Mobolade (I)[8] |
| 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 | 6,011 ft (1,832 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 478,961 |
• Estimate (2024) | 493,554 |
| • 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 code[11] | 80901–80951, 80960, 80962, 80970, 80977, 80995, 80997 |
| Area code | 719 |
| GNIS city ID | 2410198 |
| FIPS code | 08-16000 |
| Website | coloradosprings |
Colorado Springs is the home rule city that is the county seat and the most populous city of El Paso County, Colorado, United States.[1] The city had a population of 478,961 at the 2020 census, a 15.02% increase since 2010.[9][12] Colorado Springs is the second-most populous city and 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),[14] the city stands over 1 mile (1.6 km) above sea level. It 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 6,000 feet (1,800 m) in elevation.
- ^ a b c "Active Colorado Municipalities". Colorado Department of Local Affairs. Retrieved July 24, 2025.
- ^ "Colorado Counties". Colorado Department of Local Affairs. Retrieved July 24, 2025.
- ^ "Olympic City USA". City of Colorado Springs. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
- ^ "Summer in the Springs". City of Colorado Springs. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
- ^ "Best of the Springs". The Gazette. Colorado Springs. January 29, 2016. Archived from the original on January 13, 2017. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
- ^ a b "Colorado Springs, Colorado". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved July 24, 2025.
- ^ "Colorado Municipal Incorporations". State of Colorado, Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives. December 14, 2008. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved September 2, 2007.
- ^ "Yemi Mobolade sworn in as Colorado Springs' new mayor". Colorado Public Radio. June 6, 2023. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
- ^ a b c "QuickFacts Colorado Springs city, Colorado; United States". United States Census Bureau, United States Department of Commerce. August 12, 2021. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
- ^ "Total Gross Domestic Product for Colorado Springs, CO (MSA)". Federal Reserve Economic Data. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
- ^ "ZIP Code Lookup". United States Postal Service. Retrieved July 24, 2025.
- ^ "2020 Population and Housing State Data". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on August 24, 2021. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Colorado Springs, Colorado