Simplify the following text for a Grade 14 native English-speaking person.
Original: ( 22nd most populous MSA ) However , Denver and Aurora combined make up less than half of the Denver-Aurora-Broomfield Metropolitan Statistical Area 's population and Aurora has approximately half the population of Denver .
Simplified: However , Denver and Aurora together make up less than half of the Denver-Aurora-Broomfield Metropolitan Statistical Area 's people and Aurora has about half of the population of Denver .