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Colorado vs Maine Geography
Land area
- Colorado has a land area of 103,637 square miles (268,419 km²), while Maine has 30,845 square miles (79,888 km²).
- Colorado's land area is 3.4 times (236%) larger than Maine's.
Total area
- Colorado: 104,095 square miles (269,605 km²) vs Maine: 35,380 square miles (91,634 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Colorado's total area is 2.9 times (194%) larger than Maine's.
Length
- Colorado is 467 miles (751 km) long from north to south; Maine is 311 miles (501 km).
- Colorado's north-south length is 1.5 times (50%) longer than Maine's.
Width
- Colorado spans 387 miles (622 km) east to west; Maine spans 203 miles (327 km).
- Colorado's east-west width is 1.9 times (91%) wider than Maine's.
Highest point
- Colorado's highest point is Mount Elbert at 14,422 feet (4,396 m); Maine's is Mount Katahdin at 5,253 feet (1,601 m).
- Mount Elbert is 9,169 feet higher than Mount Katahdin.
Lowest point
- Colorado's lowest point is Arikaree River at 3,326 feet; Maine's is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet.
- Maine's lowest point is 3,326 feet lower.
Colorado vs Maine Population and History
Population
- Colorado has a population of 5,957,493 (2024), while Maine has 1,405,012 (2024).
- Colorado's population is 4.2 times (324%) larger than Maine's.
Population density
- Colorado: 57.5 people per square mile vs Maine: 45.6.
- Colorado's population density is 1.3 times (26%) higher than Maine's.
Biggest city
- Colorado's biggest city is Denver with 729,019 people; Maine's is Portland with 69,568.
- Denver's population is 10.5 times larger than Portland's.
Largest metro area
- Colorado's largest metropolitan area is Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO metro area (3,052,498 people) vs Maine's Portland-South Portland, ME metro area (571,534).
- Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO metro area's population is 5.3 times (434%) larger than Portland-South Portland, ME metro area's.
History
- Colorado: Admitted to the Union on August 1, 1876, as the 38th state.
- Maine: Admitted to the Union on March 15, 1820, as the 23rd state.
- In its current form, Maine is the older of the two by 56 years.
Colorado vs Maine Economy
GDP
- Colorado's GDP is $557.6 billion (2024) vs Maine's $99.2 billion.
- Colorado's economic output is 5.6 times (462%) larger than Maine's.
GDP per capita
- Colorado: $93,602 per person vs Maine: $70,586.
- Colorado's GDP per capita is 1.3 times (33%) higher than Maine's.
Average income
- Colorado: $83,055 vs Maine: $68,932 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Colorado's average income is 1.2 times (20%) higher than Maine's.
Colorado vs Maine Counties
Number of counties
- Colorado has 64 counties, while Maine has 16.
- Colorado's county count is 4.0 times (300%) higher than Maine's.
Biggest county by area
- Colorado's largest county is Las Animas County at 4,773 square miles; Maine's is Aroostook County at 6,671 square miles.
- Aroostook County's land area is 1.4 times (40%) larger than Las Animas County's.
Smallest county by area
- Colorado: Broomfield County (33 sq mi) vs Maine: Sagadahoc County (254 sq mi).
- Sagadahoc County's land area is 7.7 times (670%) larger than Broomfield County's.
Most populous county
- Colorado: El Paso County (752,772 people) vs Maine: Cumberland County (313,809 people).
- El Paso County's population is 2.4 times (140%) larger than Cumberland County's.
Least populous county
- Colorado: Hinsdale County (747 people) vs Maine: Piscataquis County (17,432 people).
- Piscataquis County's population is 23.3 times larger than Hinsdale County's.
Richest county
- Colorado: Pitkin County ($275,044 per capita income) vs Maine: Cumberland County ($90,142).
- Pitkin County's income is 3.1 times (205%) richer than Cumberland County's.
Poorest county
- Colorado: Crowley County ($27,232 per capita income) vs Maine: Franklin County ($52,725).
- Franklin County's income is 1.9 times (94%) richer than Crowley County's.
Colorado vs Maine Taxes
State income tax
- Colorado has a top income tax rate of 4.4%, while Maine has a top income tax rate of 7.15%.
- Maine's top rate is 2.75 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Colorado: 0.49% effective rate vs Maine: 0.91% of home value per year.
- Maine's rate is 0.42 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Colorado: 7.89% combined state and average local rate vs Maine: 5.5%.
- Colorado's combined rate is 2.39 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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