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Front Range Urban Corridor now exceeds five million, many rugged portions of the state remain pristine wilderness.

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State of Colorado

Class 2. John Hickenlooper (D) (2021–)
Class 3. Michael Bennet (D) (2009–)
1. Diana DeGette (D) (1997–)
2. Joe Neguse (D) (2019–)
3. Lauren Boebert (R) (2021–)
4. Ken Buck (R) (2015–)
5. Doug Lamborn (R) (2007–)
6. Jason Crow (D) (2019–)
7. Brittany Pettersen (D) (2023-)
8. Yadira Caraveo (D) (2023–)

State Symbols

State flag
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State seal: Great Seal of the State of Colorado
State motto
:
Nothing without providence
)
State nickname
:
The Centennial State
State slogan
:
Colorful Colorado
State amphibian: Western Tiger Salamander
(Ambystoma mavortium)
State bird:
Lark Bunting

(Calamospiza melanocoryus Stejneger)
State cactus: Claret Cup Cactus
(Echinocereus triglochidiatus)
State fish:
Greenback Cutthroat Trout

(Oncorhynchus clarki somias)
State flower
:
Rocky Mountain Columbine

(Aquilegia caerulea)
State grass:
Blue Grama

(Bouteloua gracilis)
State insect:
Colorado Hairstreak Butterfly

(Hypaurotis cysaluswas)
State mammal:
Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep

(Ovis canadensis)
State pets
:
Colorado shelter pets
(Canis lupus familiaris & Felis catus)
State reptile:
Western Painted Turtle

(Chrysemys picta bellii)
State tree
:
Colorado Blue Spruce

(Picea pungens)
State fossil: Stegosaurus
(Stegosaurus armatus)
State gemstone: Aquamarine
State mineral: Rhodochrosite
State rock: Yule Marble
State soil: Seitz soil
State folk dance: Square Dance
State ship: USS Colorado (SSN-788)
State songs: Where the Columbines Grow & Rocky Mountain High
State sport: Pack Burro Racing
State highway route marker
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Route marker for Colorado State Highway 5
State tartan:
Colorado State Tartan
Commemorative U.S. coin
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Commemorative U.S. stamp:
Colorado Statehood stamp

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Map of the seventeen core-based statistical areas in Colorado

The U.S. State of Colorado has twenty-one statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Statistical areas are important geographic delineations of population clusters used by the OMB, the United States Census Bureau, planning organizations, and federal, state, and local government entities.

On March 6, 2020, the OMB delineated four

Denver–Aurora, CO Combined Statistical Area, with a population of 3,623,560 at the 2020 census
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Scott Carpenter
Scott Carpenter
aeronautical engineer, astronaut, and aquanaut. He was one of the Mercury Seven astronauts selected for NASA's Project Mercury in April 1959. Carpenter was the second American (after John Glenn) to orbit the Earth and the fourth American in space, after Alan Shepard, Gus Grissom
, and Glenn.

Commissioned into the U.S. Navy in 1949, Carpenter became a naval aviator, flying a

Bremerton Navy Yard
.

The following year, Carpenter was selected as one of the Mercury Seven astronauts. He was backup to Glenn during the latter's

Aurora 7. Due to a series of malfunctions, the spacecraft landed 250 miles (400 km) downrange from its intended splashdown point, but both pilot and spacecraft were retrieved. (Full article...
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Montag in 2013

née Montag; born September 15, 1986) is an American reality television personality and singer. In 2006, Montag came to prominence after being cast in the MTV reality television series The Hills. The show chronicled the personal and professional lives of Lauren Conrad, Montag, and friends Audrina Patridge and Whitney Port. During its production, she briefly attended the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising and was “employed” by event planning company Bolthouse Productions. As the series progressed, Montag began dating fellow cast member Spencer Pratt
, which ultimately ended her friendship with Conrad. Their ensuing feud became the central focus of the series, and was carried through each subsequent season.

The couple, jointly nicknamed "Speidi", married in April 2009. Later that year, they made controversial appearances on the
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National Parks in Colorado

The 23 national parks in Colorado
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