Colorado is a U.S. state
encompassing most of the Southern
Rocky Mountains as well as the
northeastern portion of the Colorado
Plateau and the western edge of the
Great Plains. Colorado is part of
the Western United States, the
Southwestern United States, and the
Mountain States. Colorado is the 8th
most extensive and the 22nd most
populous of the 50 United States.
The United States Census Bureau
estimates that the population of
Colorado was 5,268,367 on July 1,
2013, an increase of +4.76% since
the 2010 United States Census.
