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Colorado vs Missouri Geography
Land area
- Colorado has a land area of 103,637 square miles (268,419 km²), while Missouri has 68,746 square miles (178,052 km²).
- Colorado's land area is 1.5 times (51%) larger than Missouri's.
Total area
- Colorado: 104,095 square miles (269,605 km²) vs Missouri: 69,707 square miles (180,540 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Colorado's total area is 1.5 times (49%) larger than Missouri's.
Length
- Colorado is 467 miles (751 km) long from north to south; Missouri is 328 miles (529 km).
- Colorado's north-south length is 1.4 times (42%) longer than Missouri's.
Width
- Colorado spans 387 miles (622 km) east to west; Missouri spans 437 miles (703 km).
- Missouri's east-west width is 1.1 times (13%) wider than Colorado's.
Highest point
- Colorado's highest point is Mount Elbert at 14,422 feet (4,396 m); Missouri's is Taum Sauk Mountain at 1,771 feet (540 m).
- Mount Elbert is 12,651 feet higher than Taum Sauk Mountain.
Lowest point
- Colorado's lowest point is Arikaree River at 3,326 feet; Missouri's is St. Francis River at 230 feet.
- Missouri's lowest point is 3,096 feet lower.
Colorado vs Missouri Population and History
Population
- Colorado has a population of 5,957,493 (2024), while Missouri has 6,245,466 (2024).
- Missouri's population is 1.0 times (5%) larger than Colorado's.
Population density
- Colorado: 57.5 people per square mile vs Missouri: 90.8.
- Missouri's population density is 1.6 times (58%) higher than Colorado's.
Biggest city
- Colorado's biggest city is Denver with 729,019 people; Missouri's is Kansas City with 516,032.
- Denver's population is 1.4 times (41%) larger than Kansas City's.
Largest metro area
- Colorado's largest metropolitan area is Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO metro area (3,052,498 people) vs Missouri's St. Louis, MO-IL metro area (2,811,927).
- Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO metro area's population is 1.1 times (9%) larger than St. Louis, MO-IL metro area's.
History
- Colorado: Admitted to the Union on August 1, 1876, as the 38th state.
- Missouri: Admitted to the Union on August 10, 1821, as the 24th state.
- In its current form, Missouri is the older of the two by 55 years.
Colorado vs Missouri Economy
GDP
- Colorado's GDP is $557.6 billion (2024) vs Missouri's $448.7 billion.
- Colorado's economic output is 1.2 times (24%) larger than Missouri's.
GDP per capita
- Colorado: $93,602 per person vs Missouri: $71,846.
- Colorado's GDP per capita is 1.3 times (30%) higher than Missouri's.
Average income
- Colorado: $83,055 vs Missouri: $64,920 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Colorado's average income is 1.3 times (28%) higher than Missouri's.
Colorado vs Missouri Counties
Number of counties
- Colorado has 64 counties, while Missouri has 115.
- Missouri's county count is 1.8 times (80%) higher than Colorado's.
Biggest county by area
- Colorado's largest county is Las Animas County at 4,773 square miles; Missouri's is Texas County at 1,177 square miles.
- Las Animas County's land area is 4.1 times (305%) larger than Texas County's.
Smallest county by area
- Colorado: Broomfield County (33 sq mi) vs Missouri: St. Louis city (62 sq mi).
- St. Louis city's land area is 1.9 times (87%) larger than Broomfield County's.
Most populous county
- Colorado: El Paso County (752,772 people) vs Missouri: St. Louis County (992,929 people).
- St. Louis County's population is 1.3 times (32%) larger than El Paso County's.
Least populous county
- Colorado: Hinsdale County (747 people) vs Missouri: Worth County (1,872 people).
- Worth County's population is 2.5 times (151%) larger than Hinsdale County's.
Richest county
- Colorado: Pitkin County ($275,044 per capita income) vs Missouri: St. Louis County ($104,775).
- Pitkin County's income is 2.6 times (163%) richer than St. Louis County's.
Poorest county
- Colorado: Crowley County ($27,232 per capita income) vs Missouri: Douglas County ($40,515).
- Douglas County's income is 1.5 times (49%) richer than Crowley County's.
Colorado vs Missouri Taxes
State income tax
- Colorado has a top income tax rate of 4.4%, while Missouri has a top income tax rate of 4.7%.
- Missouri's top rate is 0.3 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Colorado: 0.49% effective rate vs Missouri: 0.79% of home value per year.
- Missouri's rate is 0.3 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Colorado: 7.89% combined state and average local rate vs Missouri: 8.44%.
- Missouri's combined rate is 0.55 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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