Colorado Springs is the largest municipality in El Paso County
with an estimated population of 320,000. The city accounts for nearly
three-quarters of the county's population of approximately 450,000. The county
contains 2,127 square miles, much of it rural agricultural and grazing land to
the east of Colorado Springs. Other population centres in the county include
Monument and Palmer Lake to the north; Security, Widefield and Fountain to the
south; and Manitou Springs, Cascade and Green Mountain Falls to the west.
