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Colorado vs Kansas Geography
Land area
- Colorado has a land area of 103,637 square miles (268,419 km²), while Kansas has 81,759 square miles (211,754 km²).
- Colorado's land area is 1.3 times (27%) larger than Kansas'.
Total area
- Colorado: 104,095 square miles (269,605 km²) vs Kansas: 82,278 square miles (213,100 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Colorado's total area is 1.3 times (27%) larger than Kansas'.
Length
- Colorado is 467 miles (751 km) long from north to south; Kansas is 207 miles (334 km).
- Colorado's north-south length is 2.3 times (126%) longer than Kansas'.
Width
- Colorado spans 387 miles (622 km) east to west; Kansas spans 401 miles (645 km).
- Colorado and Kansas have about the same east-west width.
Highest point
- Colorado's highest point is Mount Elbert at 14,422 feet (4,396 m); Kansas's is Mount Sunflower at 4,040 feet (1,231 m).
- Mount Elbert is 10,382 feet higher than Mount Sunflower.
Lowest point
- Colorado's lowest point is Arikaree River at 3,326 feet; Kansas's is Verdigris River at 679 feet.
- Kansas's lowest point is 2,647 feet lower.
Colorado vs Kansas Population and History
Population
- Colorado has a population of 5,957,493 (2024), while Kansas has 2,970,606 (2024).
- Colorado's population is 2.0 times (101%) larger than Kansas'.
Population density
- Colorado: 57.5 people per square mile vs Kansas: 36.3.
- Colorado's population density is 1.6 times (58%) higher than Kansas'.
Biggest city
- Colorado's biggest city is Denver with 729,019 people; Kansas's is Wichita with 400,991.
- Denver's population is 1.8 times (82%) larger than Wichita's.
Largest metro area
- Colorado's largest metropolitan area is Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO metro area (3,052,498 people) vs Kansas's Kansas City, MO-KS metro area (2,253,579).
- Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO metro area's population is 1.4 times (35%) larger than Kansas City, MO-KS metro area's.
History
- Colorado: Admitted to the Union on August 1, 1876, as the 38th state.
- Kansas: Admitted to the Union on January 29, 1861, as the 34th state.
- In its current form, Kansas is the older of the two by 15 years.
Colorado vs Kansas Economy
GDP
- Colorado's GDP is $557.6 billion (2024) vs Kansas's $230.5 billion.
- Colorado's economic output is 2.4 times (142%) larger than Kansas'.
GDP per capita
- Colorado: $93,602 per person vs Kansas: $77,601.
- Colorado's GDP per capita is 1.2 times (21%) higher than Kansas'.
Average income
- Colorado: $83,055 vs Kansas: $65,856 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Colorado's average income is 1.3 times (26%) higher than Kansas'.
Colorado vs Kansas Counties
Number of counties
- Colorado has 64 counties, while Kansas has 105.
- Kansas' county count is 1.6 times (64%) higher than Colorado's.
Biggest county by area
- Colorado's largest county is Las Animas County at 4,773 square miles; Kansas's is Butler County at 1,430 square miles.
- Las Animas County's land area is 3.3 times (234%) larger than Butler County's.
Smallest county by area
- Colorado: Broomfield County (33 sq mi) vs Kansas: Wyandotte County (152 sq mi).
- Wyandotte County's land area is 4.6 times (359%) larger than Broomfield County's.
Most populous county
- Colorado: El Paso County (752,772 people) vs Kansas: Johnson County (632,276 people).
- El Paso County's population is 1.2 times (19%) larger than Johnson County's.
Least populous county
- Colorado: Hinsdale County (747 people) vs Kansas: Greeley County (1,152 people).
- Greeley County's population is 1.5 times (54%) larger than Hinsdale County's.
Richest county
- Colorado: Pitkin County ($275,044 per capita income) vs Kansas: Greeley County ($134,780).
- Pitkin County's income is 2.0 times (104%) richer than Greeley County's.
Poorest county
- Colorado: Crowley County ($27,232 per capita income) vs Kansas: Wyandotte County ($42,878).
- Wyandotte County's income is 1.6 times (57%) richer than Crowley County's.
Colorado vs Kansas Taxes
State income tax
- Colorado has a top income tax rate of 4.4%, while Kansas has a top income tax rate of 5.58%.
- Kansas's top rate is 1.18 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Colorado: 0.49% effective rate vs Kansas: 1.25% of home value per year.
- Kansas's rate is 0.76 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Colorado: 7.89% combined state and average local rate vs Kansas: 8.71%.
- Kansas's combined rate is 0.82 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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