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Colorado vs Tennessee Geography
Land area
- Colorado has a land area of 103,637 square miles (268,419 km²), while Tennessee has 41,224 square miles (106,770 km²).
- Colorado's land area is 2.5 times (151%) larger than Tennessee's.
Total area
- Colorado: 104,095 square miles (269,605 km²) vs Tennessee: 42,130 square miles (109,116 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Colorado's total area is 2.5 times (147%) larger than Tennessee's.
Length
- Colorado is 467 miles (751 km) long from north to south; Tennessee is 191 miles (308 km).
- Colorado's north-south length is 2.4 times (145%) longer than Tennessee's.
Width
- Colorado spans 387 miles (622 km) east to west; Tennessee spans 497 miles (800 km).
- Tennessee's east-west width is 1.3 times (28%) wider than Colorado's.
Highest point
- Colorado's highest point is Mount Elbert at 14,422 feet (4,396 m); Tennessee's is Clingmans Dome at 6,624 feet (2,019 m).
- Mount Elbert is 7,798 feet higher than Clingmans Dome.
Lowest point
- Colorado's lowest point is Arikaree River at 3,326 feet; Tennessee's is Mississippi River at 178 feet.
- Tennessee's lowest point is 3,148 feet lower.
Colorado vs Tennessee Population and History
Population
- Colorado has a population of 5,957,493 (2024), while Tennessee has 7,227,750 (2024).
- Tennessee's population is 1.2 times (21%) larger than Colorado's.
Population density
- Colorado: 57.5 people per square mile vs Tennessee: 175.3.
- Tennessee's population density is 3.0 times (205%) higher than Colorado's.
Biggest city
- Colorado's biggest city is Denver with 729,019 people; Tennessee's is Nashville with 704,963.
- Denver and Nashville have about the same population.
Largest metro area
- Colorado's largest metropolitan area is Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO metro area (3,052,498 people) vs Tennessee's Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN metro area (2,150,553).
- Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO metro area's population is 1.4 times (42%) larger than Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN metro area's.
History
- Colorado: Admitted to the Union on August 1, 1876, as the 38th state.
- Tennessee: Admitted to the Union on June 1, 1796, as the 16th state.
- In its current form, Tennessee is the older of the two by 80 years.
Colorado vs Tennessee Economy
GDP
- Colorado's GDP is $557.6 billion (2024) vs Tennessee's $561.2 billion.
- Colorado and Tennessee have about the same economic output.
GDP per capita
- Colorado: $93,602 per person vs Tennessee: $77,645.
- Colorado's GDP per capita is 1.2 times (21%) higher than Tennessee's.
Average income
- Colorado: $83,055 vs Tennessee: $66,504 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Colorado's average income is 1.2 times (25%) higher than Tennessee's.
Colorado vs Tennessee Counties
Number of counties
- Colorado has 64 counties, while Tennessee has 95.
- Tennessee's county count is 1.5 times (48%) higher than Colorado's.
Biggest county by area
- Colorado's largest county is Las Animas County at 4,773 square miles; Tennessee's is Shelby County at 753 square miles.
- Las Animas County's land area is 6.3 times (534%) larger than Shelby County's.
Smallest county by area
- Colorado: Broomfield County (33 sq mi) vs Tennessee: Trousdale County (114 sq mi).
- Trousdale County's land area is 3.5 times (246%) larger than Broomfield County's.
Most populous county
- Colorado: El Paso County (752,772 people) vs Tennessee: Shelby County (910,530 people).
- Shelby County's population is 1.2 times (21%) larger than El Paso County's.
Least populous county
- Colorado: Hinsdale County (747 people) vs Tennessee: Pickett County (5,108 people).
- Pickett County's population is 6.8 times (584%) larger than Hinsdale County's.
Richest county
- Colorado: Pitkin County ($275,044 per capita income) vs Tennessee: Williamson County ($139,704).
- Pitkin County's income is 2.0 times (97%) richer than Williamson County's.
Poorest county
- Colorado: Crowley County ($27,232 per capita income) vs Tennessee: Lake County ($31,572).
- Lake County's income is 1.2 times (16%) richer than Crowley County's.
Colorado vs Tennessee Taxes
State income tax
- Colorado has a top income tax rate of 4.4%, while Tennessee has no state income tax.
- Colorado's top rate is 4.4 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Colorado: 0.49% effective rate vs Tennessee: 0.45% of home value per year.
- Colorado's rate is 0.04 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Colorado: 7.89% combined state and average local rate vs Tennessee: 9.61%.
- Tennessee's combined rate is 1.72 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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