Edgewater, Colorado, is bordered by Denver, Wheat Ridge, and Lakewood on the western shore of Sloans Lake. Covering less than a square mile, it has a population of about 5,100. The population is diverse, with nearly half of Hispanic, African, or Asian descent. It is a small-town atmosphere just minutes from downtown Denver.
Colorado is in the Mountain West subregion of the U.S. It spans 104,094 square miles, of which 376 square miles are water, and shares borders with Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Utah, and touches Arizona at the Four Corners. It is the 21st most populous, with about 5,773,700 residents. Denver is the capital and most populous city.