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Colorado vs Wyoming Geography
Land area
- Colorado has a land area of 103,637 square miles (268,419 km²), while Wyoming has 97,089 square miles (251,458 km²).
- Colorado's land area is 1.1 times (7%) larger than Wyoming's.
Total area
- Colorado: 104,095 square miles (269,605 km²) vs Wyoming: 97,810 square miles (253,326 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Colorado's total area is 1.1 times (6%) larger than Wyoming's.
Length
- Colorado is 467 miles (751 km) long from north to south; Wyoming is 324 miles (522 km).
- Colorado's north-south length is 1.4 times (44%) longer than Wyoming's.
Width
- Colorado spans 387 miles (622 km) east to west; Wyoming spans 410 miles (659 km).
- Wyoming's east-west width is 1.1 times (6%) wider than Colorado's.
Highest point
- Colorado's highest point is Mount Elbert at 14,422 feet (4,396 m); Wyoming's is Gannett Peak at 13,788 feet (4,203 m).
- Mount Elbert is 634 feet higher than Gannett Peak.
Lowest point
- Colorado's lowest point is Arikaree River at 3,326 feet; Wyoming's is Belle Fourche River at 3,108 feet.
- Wyoming's lowest point is 218 feet lower.
Colorado vs Wyoming Population and History
Population
- Colorado has a population of 5,957,493 (2024), while Wyoming has 587,618 (2024).
- Colorado's population is 10.1 times larger than Wyoming's.
Population density
- Colorado: 57.5 people per square mile vs Wyoming: 6.1.
- Colorado's population density is 9.4 times (843%) higher than Wyoming's.
Biggest city
- Colorado's biggest city is Denver with 729,019 people; Wyoming's is Cheyenne with 65,704.
- Denver's population is 11.1 times larger than Cheyenne's.
Largest metro area
- Colorado's largest metropolitan area is Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO metro area (3,052,498 people) vs Wyoming's Cheyenne, WY metro area (101,783).
- Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO metro area's population is 30.0 times larger than Cheyenne, WY metro area's.
History
- Colorado: Admitted to the Union on August 1, 1876, as the 38th state.
- Wyoming: Admitted to the Union on July 10, 1890, as the 44th state.
- In its current form, Colorado is the older of the two by 14 years.
Colorado vs Wyoming Economy
GDP
- Colorado's GDP is $557.6 billion (2024) vs Wyoming's $51.5 billion.
- Colorado's economic output is 10.8 times larger than Wyoming's.
GDP per capita
- Colorado: $93,602 per person vs Wyoming: $87,639.
- Colorado's GDP per capita is 1.1 times (7%) higher than Wyoming's.
Average income
- Colorado: $83,055 vs Wyoming: $86,477 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Colorado and Wyoming have about the same average income.
Colorado vs Wyoming Counties
Number of counties
- Colorado has 64 counties, while Wyoming has 23.
- Colorado's county count is 2.8 times (178%) higher than Wyoming's.
Biggest county by area
- Colorado's largest county is Las Animas County at 4,773 square miles; Wyoming's is Sweetwater County at 10,427 square miles.
- Sweetwater County's land area is 2.2 times (118%) larger than Las Animas County's.
Smallest county by area
- Colorado: Broomfield County (33 sq mi) vs Wyoming: Hot Springs County (2,004 sq mi).
- Hot Springs County's land area is 60.7 times larger than Broomfield County's.
Most populous county
- Colorado: El Paso County (752,772 people) vs Wyoming: Laramie County (101,783 people).
- El Paso County's population is 7.4 times (640%) larger than Laramie County's.
Least populous county
- Colorado: Hinsdale County (747 people) vs Wyoming: Niobrara County (2,301 people).
- Niobrara County's population is 3.1 times (208%) larger than Hinsdale County's.
Richest county
- Colorado: Pitkin County ($275,044 per capita income) vs Wyoming: Teton County ($532,903).
- Teton County's income is 1.9 times (94%) richer than Pitkin County's.
Poorest county
- Colorado: Crowley County ($27,232 per capita income) vs Wyoming: Uinta County ($50,370).
- Uinta County's income is 1.8 times (85%) richer than Crowley County's.
Colorado vs Wyoming Taxes
State income tax
- Colorado has a top income tax rate of 4.4%, while Wyoming has no state income tax.
- Colorado's top rate is 4.4 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Colorado: 0.49% effective rate vs Wyoming: 0.57% of home value per year.
- Wyoming's rate is 0.08 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Colorado: 7.89% combined state and average local rate vs Wyoming: 5.39%.
- Colorado's combined rate is 2.5 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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