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Colorado vs Texas Geography
Land area
- Colorado has a land area of 103,637 square miles (268,419 km²), while Texas has 261,259 square miles (676,657 km²).
- Texas' land area is 2.5 times (152%) larger than Colorado's.
Total area
- Colorado: 104,095 square miles (269,605 km²) vs Texas: 268,599 square miles (695,668 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Texas' total area is 2.6 times (158%) larger than Colorado's.
Length
- Colorado is 467 miles (751 km) long from north to south; Texas is 808 miles (1,300 km).
- Texas' north-south length is 1.7 times (73%) longer than Colorado's.
Width
- Colorado spans 387 miles (622 km) east to west; Texas spans 777 miles (1,250 km).
- Texas' east-west width is 2.0 times (101%) wider than Colorado's.
Highest point
- Colorado's highest point is Mount Elbert at 14,422 feet (4,396 m); Texas's is Guadalupe Peak at 8,730 feet (2,661 m).
- Mount Elbert is 5,692 feet higher than Guadalupe Peak.
Lowest point
- Colorado's lowest point is Arikaree River at 3,326 feet; Texas's is Gulf of Mexico at 0 feet.
- Texas's lowest point is 3,326 feet lower.
Colorado vs Texas Population and History
Population
- Colorado has a population of 5,957,493 (2024), while Texas has 31,290,831 (2024).
- Texas' population is 5.3 times (425%) larger than Colorado's.
Population density
- Colorado: 57.5 people per square mile vs Texas: 119.8.
- Texas' population density is 2.1 times (108%) higher than Colorado's.
Biggest city
- Colorado's biggest city is Denver with 729,019 people; Texas's is Houston with 2,390,125.
- Houston's population is 3.3 times (228%) larger than Denver's.
Largest metro area
- Colorado's largest metropolitan area is Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO metro area (3,052,498 people) vs Texas's Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area (8,344,032).
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area's population is 2.7 times (173%) larger than Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO metro area's.
History
- Colorado: Admitted to the Union on August 1, 1876, as the 38th state.
- Texas: Admitted to the Union on December 29, 1845, as the 28th state.
- In its current form, Texas is the older of the two by 31 years.
Colorado vs Texas Economy
GDP
- Colorado's GDP is $557.6 billion (2024) vs Texas's $2,769.8 billion.
- Texas' economic output is 5.0 times (397%) larger than Colorado's.
GDP per capita
- Colorado: $93,602 per person vs Texas: $88,517.
- Colorado's GDP per capita is 1.1 times (6%) higher than Texas'.
Average income
- Colorado: $83,055 vs Texas: $69,823 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Colorado's average income is 1.2 times (19%) higher than Texas'.
Colorado vs Texas Counties
Number of counties
- Colorado has 64 counties, while Texas has 254.
- Texas' county count is 4.0 times (297%) higher than Colorado's.
Biggest county by area
- Colorado's largest county is Las Animas County at 4,773 square miles; Texas's is Brewster County at 6,184 square miles.
- Brewster County's land area is 1.3 times (30%) larger than Las Animas County's.
Smallest county by area
- Colorado: Broomfield County (33 sq mi) vs Texas: Rockwall County (127 sq mi).
- Rockwall County's land area is 3.9 times (285%) larger than Broomfield County's.
Most populous county
- Colorado: El Paso County (752,772 people) vs Texas: Harris County (5,009,302 people).
- Harris County's population is 6.7 times (565%) larger than El Paso County's.
Least populous county
- Colorado: Hinsdale County (747 people) vs Texas: Loving County (48 people).
- Hinsdale County's population is 15.6 times larger than Loving County's.
Richest county
- Colorado: Pitkin County ($275,044 per capita income) vs Texas: Loving County ($220,625).
- Pitkin County's income is 1.2 times (25%) richer than Loving County's.
Poorest county
- Colorado: Crowley County ($27,232 per capita income) vs Texas: Starr County ($34,180).
- Starr County's income is 1.3 times (26%) richer than Crowley County's.
Colorado vs Texas Taxes
State income tax
- Colorado has a top income tax rate of 4.4%, while Texas has no state income tax.
- Colorado's top rate is 4.4 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Colorado: 0.49% effective rate vs Texas: 1.31% of home value per year.
- Texas's rate is 0.82 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Colorado: 7.89% combined state and average local rate vs Texas: 8.2%.
- Texas's combined rate is 0.31 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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