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Colorado vs Delaware Geography
Land area
- Colorado has a land area of 103,637 square miles (268,419 km²), while Delaware has 1,949 square miles (5,047 km²).
- Colorado's land area is 53.2 times larger than Delaware's.
Total area
- Colorado: 104,095 square miles (269,605 km²) vs Delaware: 2,489 square miles (6,446 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Colorado's total area is 41.8 times larger than Delaware's.
Length
- Colorado is 467 miles (751 km) long from north to south; Delaware is 98 miles (158 km).
- Colorado's north-south length is 4.8 times (377%) longer than Delaware's.
Width
- Colorado spans 387 miles (622 km) east to west; Delaware spans 96 miles (155 km).
- Colorado's east-west width is 4.0 times (303%) wider than Delaware's.
Highest point
- Colorado's highest point is Mount Elbert at 14,422 feet (4,396 m); Delaware's is Ebright Azimuth at 450 feet (137 m).
- Mount Elbert is 13,972 feet higher than Ebright Azimuth.
Lowest point
- Colorado's lowest point is Arikaree River at 3,326 feet; Delaware's is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet.
- Delaware's lowest point is 3,326 feet lower.
Colorado vs Delaware Population and History
Population
- Colorado has a population of 5,957,493 (2024), while Delaware has 1,051,917 (2024).
- Colorado's population is 5.7 times (466%) larger than Delaware's.
Population density
- Colorado: 57.5 people per square mile vs Delaware: 539.9.
- Delaware's population density is 9.4 times (839%) higher than Colorado's.
Biggest city
- Colorado's biggest city is Denver with 729,019 people; Delaware's is Wilmington with 73,176.
- Denver's population is 10.0 times (896%) larger than Wilmington's.
Largest metro area
- Colorado's largest metropolitan area is Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO metro area (3,052,498 people) vs Delaware's Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area (6,330,422).
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area's population is 2.1 times (107%) larger than Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO metro area's.
History
- Colorado: Admitted to the Union on August 1, 1876, as the 38th state.
- Delaware: Admitted to the Union on December 7, 1787, as the 1st state.
- In its current form, Delaware is the older of the two by 89 years.
Colorado vs Delaware Economy
GDP
- Colorado's GDP is $557.6 billion (2024) vs Delaware's $111.0 billion.
- Colorado's economic output is 5.0 times (402%) larger than Delaware's.
GDP per capita
- Colorado: $93,602 per person vs Delaware: $105,495.
- Delaware's GDP per capita is 1.1 times (13%) higher than Colorado's.
Average income
- Colorado: $83,055 vs Delaware: $68,061 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Colorado's average income is 1.2 times (22%) higher than Delaware's.
Colorado vs Delaware Counties
Number of counties
- Colorado has 64 counties, while Delaware has 3.
- Colorado's county count is 21.3 times higher than Delaware's.
Biggest county by area
- Colorado's largest county is Las Animas County at 4,773 square miles; Delaware's is Sussex County at 936 square miles.
- Las Animas County's land area is 5.1 times (410%) larger than Sussex County's.
Smallest county by area
- Colorado: Broomfield County (33 sq mi) vs Delaware: New Castle County (426 sq mi).
- New Castle County's land area is 12.9 times larger than Broomfield County's.
Most populous county
- Colorado: El Paso County (752,772 people) vs Delaware: New Castle County (588,093 people).
- El Paso County's population is 1.3 times (28%) larger than New Castle County's.
Least populous county
- Colorado: Hinsdale County (747 people) vs Delaware: Kent County (192,690 people).
- Kent County's population is 258.0 times larger than Hinsdale County's.
Richest county
- Colorado: Pitkin County ($275,044 per capita income) vs Delaware: Sussex County ($73,647).
- Pitkin County's income is 3.7 times (273%) richer than Sussex County's.
Poorest county
- Colorado: Crowley County ($27,232 per capita income) vs Delaware: Kent County ($55,474).
- Kent County's income is 2.0 times (104%) richer than Crowley County's.
Colorado vs Delaware Taxes
State income tax
- Colorado has a top income tax rate of 4.4%, while Delaware has a top income tax rate of 6.6%.
- Delaware's top rate is 2.2 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Colorado: 0.49% effective rate vs Delaware: 0.47% of home value per year.
- Colorado's rate is 0.02 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Colorado: 7.89% combined state and average local rate vs Delaware: 0%.
- Colorado's combined rate is 7.89 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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