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Colorado vs Minnesota Geography
Land area
- Colorado has a land area of 103,637 square miles (268,419 km²), while Minnesota has 79,632 square miles (206,245 km²).
- Colorado's land area is 1.3 times (30%) larger than Minnesota's.
Total area
- Colorado: 104,095 square miles (269,605 km²) vs Minnesota: 86,943 square miles (225,182 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Colorado's total area is 1.2 times (20%) larger than Minnesota's.
Length
- Colorado is 467 miles (751 km) long from north to south; Minnesota is 408 miles (657 km).
- Colorado's north-south length is 1.1 times (14%) longer than Minnesota's.
Width
- Colorado spans 387 miles (622 km) east to west; Minnesota spans 360 miles (580 km).
- Colorado's east-west width is 1.1 times (8%) wider than Minnesota's.
Highest point
- Colorado's highest point is Mount Elbert at 14,422 feet (4,396 m); Minnesota's is Eagle Mountain at 2,292 feet (699 m).
- Mount Elbert is 12,130 feet higher than Eagle Mountain.
Lowest point
- Colorado's lowest point is Arikaree River at 3,326 feet; Minnesota's is Lake Superior at 601 feet.
- Minnesota's lowest point is 2,725 feet lower.
Colorado vs Minnesota Population and History
Population
- Colorado has a population of 5,957,493 (2024), while Minnesota has 5,793,151 (2024).
- Colorado and Minnesota have about the same population.
Population density
- Colorado: 57.5 people per square mile vs Minnesota: 72.7.
- Minnesota's population density is 1.3 times (26%) higher than Colorado's.
Biggest city
- Colorado's biggest city is Denver with 729,019 people; Minnesota's is Minneapolis with 428,579.
- Denver's population is 1.7 times (70%) larger than Minneapolis'.
Largest metro area
- Colorado's largest metropolitan area is Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO metro area (3,052,498 people) vs Minnesota's Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area (3,757,952).
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area's population is 1.2 times (23%) larger than Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO metro area's.
History
- Colorado: Admitted to the Union on August 1, 1876, as the 38th state.
- Minnesota: Admitted to the Union on May 11, 1858, as the 32nd state.
- In its current form, Minnesota is the older of the two by 18 years.
Colorado vs Minnesota Economy
GDP
- Colorado's GDP is $557.6 billion (2024) vs Minnesota's $507.7 billion.
- Colorado's economic output is 1.1 times (10%) larger than Minnesota's.
GDP per capita
- Colorado: $93,602 per person vs Minnesota: $87,636.
- Colorado's GDP per capita is 1.1 times (7%) higher than Minnesota's.
Average income
- Colorado: $83,055 vs Minnesota: $75,603 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Colorado's average income is 1.1 times (10%) higher than Minnesota's.
Colorado vs Minnesota Counties
Number of counties
- Colorado has 64 counties, while Minnesota has 87.
- Minnesota's county count is 1.4 times (36%) higher than Colorado's.
Biggest county by area
- Colorado's largest county is Las Animas County at 4,773 square miles; Minnesota's is St. Louis County at 6,248 square miles.
- St. Louis County's land area is 1.3 times (31%) larger than Las Animas County's.
Smallest county by area
- Colorado: Broomfield County (33 sq mi) vs Minnesota: Ramsey County (152 sq mi).
- Ramsey County's land area is 4.6 times (362%) larger than Broomfield County's.
Most populous county
- Colorado: El Paso County (752,772 people) vs Minnesota: Hennepin County (1,273,334 people).
- Hennepin County's population is 1.7 times (69%) larger than El Paso County's.
Least populous county
- Colorado: Hinsdale County (747 people) vs Minnesota: Traverse County (3,134 people).
- Traverse County's population is 4.2 times (320%) larger than Hinsdale County's.
Richest county
- Colorado: Pitkin County ($275,044 per capita income) vs Minnesota: Hennepin County ($100,352).
- Pitkin County's income is 2.7 times (174%) richer than Hennepin County's.
Poorest county
- Colorado: Crowley County ($27,232 per capita income) vs Minnesota: Pine County ($48,677).
- Pine County's income is 1.8 times (79%) richer than Crowley County's.
Colorado vs Minnesota Taxes
State income tax
- Colorado has a top income tax rate of 4.4%, while Minnesota has a top income tax rate of 9.85%.
- Minnesota's top rate is 5.45 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Colorado: 0.49% effective rate vs Minnesota: 1.02% of home value per year.
- Minnesota's rate is 0.53 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Colorado: 7.89% combined state and average local rate vs Minnesota: 8.14%.
- Minnesota's combined rate is 0.25 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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