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Colorado vs Virginia Geography
Land area
- Colorado has a land area of 103,637 square miles (268,419 km²), while Virginia has 39,481 square miles (102,256 km²).
- Colorado's land area is 2.6 times (162%) larger than Virginia's.
Total area
- Colorado: 104,095 square miles (269,605 km²) vs Virginia: 42,775 square miles (110,786 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Colorado's total area is 2.4 times (143%) larger than Virginia's.
Length
- Colorado is 467 miles (751 km) long from north to south; Virginia is 223 miles (359 km).
- Colorado's north-south length is 2.1 times (109%) longer than Virginia's.
Width
- Colorado spans 387 miles (622 km) east to west; Virginia spans 466 miles (750 km).
- Virginia's east-west width is 1.2 times (20%) wider than Colorado's.
Highest point
- Colorado's highest point is Mount Elbert at 14,422 feet (4,396 m); Virginia's is Mount Rogers at 5,729 feet (1,746 m).
- Mount Elbert is 8,693 feet higher than Mount Rogers.
Lowest point
- Colorado's lowest point is Arikaree River at 3,326 feet; Virginia's is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet.
- Virginia's lowest point is 3,326 feet lower.
Colorado vs Virginia Population and History
Population
- Colorado has a population of 5,957,493 (2024), while Virginia has 8,811,195 (2024).
- Virginia's population is 1.5 times (48%) larger than Colorado's.
Population density
- Colorado: 57.5 people per square mile vs Virginia: 223.2.
- Virginia's population density is 3.9 times (288%) higher than Colorado's.
Biggest city
- Colorado's biggest city is Denver with 729,019 people; Virginia's is Virginia Beach with 454,808.
- Denver's population is 1.6 times (60%) larger than Virginia Beach's.
Largest metro area
- Colorado's largest metropolitan area is Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO metro area (3,052,498 people) vs Virginia's Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area (6,436,489).
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area's population is 2.1 times (111%) larger than Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO metro area's.
History
- Colorado: Admitted to the Union on August 1, 1876, as the 38th state.
- Virginia: Admitted to the Union on June 25, 1788, as the 10th state.
- In its current form, Virginia is the older of the two by 88 years.
Colorado vs Virginia Economy
GDP
- Colorado's GDP is $557.6 billion (2024) vs Virginia's $761.7 billion.
- Virginia's economic output is 1.4 times (37%) larger than Colorado's.
GDP per capita
- Colorado: $93,602 per person vs Virginia: $86,451.
- Colorado's GDP per capita is 1.1 times (8%) higher than Virginia's.
Average income
- Colorado: $83,055 vs Virginia: $77,351 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Colorado's average income is 1.1 times (7%) higher than Virginia's.
Colorado vs Virginia Counties
Number of counties
- Colorado has 64 counties, while Virginia has 133.
- Virginia's county count is 2.1 times (108%) higher than Colorado's.
Biggest county by area
- Colorado's largest county is Las Animas County at 4,773 square miles; Virginia's is Pittsylvania County at 969 square miles.
- Las Animas County's land area is 4.9 times (393%) larger than Pittsylvania County's.
Smallest county by area
- Colorado: Broomfield County (33 sq mi) vs Virginia: Falls Church city (2 sq mi).
- Broomfield County's land area is 16.5 times larger than Falls Church city's.
Most populous county
- Colorado: El Paso County (752,772 people) vs Virginia: Fairfax County (1,160,925 people).
- Fairfax County's population is 1.5 times (54%) larger than El Paso County's.
Least populous county
- Colorado: Hinsdale County (747 people) vs Virginia: Highland County (2,348 people).
- Highland County's population is 3.1 times (214%) larger than Hinsdale County's.
Richest county
- Colorado: Pitkin County ($275,044 per capita income) vs Virginia: Arlington County ($131,624).
- Pitkin County's income is 2.1 times (109%) richer than Arlington County's.
Poorest county
- Colorado: Crowley County ($27,232 per capita income) vs Virginia: Sussex County ($41,032).
- Sussex County's income is 1.5 times (51%) richer than Crowley County's.
Colorado vs Virginia Taxes
State income tax
- Colorado has a top income tax rate of 4.4%, while Virginia has a top income tax rate of 5.75%.
- Virginia's top rate is 1.35 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Colorado: 0.49% effective rate vs Virginia: 0.71% of home value per year.
- Virginia's rate is 0.22 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Colorado: 7.89% combined state and average local rate vs Virginia: 5.77%.
- Colorado's combined rate is 2.12 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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