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Colorado vs Wisconsin Geography
Land area
- Colorado has a land area of 103,637 square miles (268,419 km²), while Wisconsin has 54,168 square miles (140,294 km²).
- Colorado's land area is 1.9 times (91%) larger than Wisconsin's.
Total area
- Colorado: 104,095 square miles (269,605 km²) vs Wisconsin: 65,497 square miles (169,636 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Colorado's total area is 1.6 times (59%) larger than Wisconsin's.
Length
- Colorado is 467 miles (751 km) long from north to south; Wisconsin is 368 miles (593 km).
- Colorado's north-south length is 1.3 times (27%) longer than Wisconsin's.
Width
- Colorado spans 387 miles (622 km) east to west; Wisconsin spans 323 miles (521 km).
- Colorado's east-west width is 1.2 times (20%) wider than Wisconsin's.
Highest point
- Colorado's highest point is Mount Elbert at 14,422 feet (4,396 m); Wisconsin's is Timms Hill at 1,946 feet (593 m).
- Mount Elbert is 12,476 feet higher than Timms Hill.
Lowest point
- Colorado's lowest point is Arikaree River at 3,326 feet; Wisconsin's is Lake Michigan at 577 feet.
- Wisconsin's lowest point is 2,749 feet lower.
Colorado vs Wisconsin Population and History
Population
- Colorado has a population of 5,957,493 (2024), while Wisconsin has 5,960,975 (2024).
- Colorado and Wisconsin have about the same population.
Population density
- Colorado: 57.5 people per square mile vs Wisconsin: 110.0.
- Wisconsin's population density is 1.9 times (91%) higher than Colorado's.
Biggest city
- Colorado's biggest city is Denver with 729,019 people; Wisconsin's is Milwaukee with 563,531.
- Denver's population is 1.3 times (29%) larger than Milwaukee's.
Largest metro area
- Colorado's largest metropolitan area is Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO metro area (3,052,498 people) vs Wisconsin'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.
- Wisconsin: Admitted to the Union on May 29, 1848, as the 30th state.
- In its current form, Wisconsin is the older of the two by 28 years.
Colorado vs Wisconsin Economy
GDP
- Colorado's GDP is $557.6 billion (2024) vs Wisconsin's $453.3 billion.
- Colorado's economic output is 1.2 times (23%) larger than Wisconsin's.
GDP per capita
- Colorado: $93,602 per person vs Wisconsin: $76,044.
- Colorado's GDP per capita is 1.2 times (23%) higher than Wisconsin's.
Average income
- Colorado: $83,055 vs Wisconsin: $67,755 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Colorado's average income is 1.2 times (23%) higher than Wisconsin's.
Colorado vs Wisconsin Counties
Number of counties
- Colorado has 64 counties, while Wisconsin has 72.
- Wisconsin's county count is 1.1 times (13%) higher than Colorado's.
Biggest county by area
- Colorado's largest county is Las Animas County at 4,773 square miles; Wisconsin's is Marathon County at 1,545 square miles.
- Las Animas County's land area is 3.1 times (209%) larger than Marathon County's.
Smallest county by area
- Colorado: Broomfield County (33 sq mi) vs Wisconsin: Pepin County (232 sq mi).
- Pepin County's land area is 7.0 times (603%) larger than Broomfield County's.
Most populous county
- Colorado: El Paso County (752,772 people) vs Wisconsin: Milwaukee County (924,740 people).
- Milwaukee County's population is 1.2 times (23%) larger than El Paso County's.
Least populous county
- Colorado: Hinsdale County (747 people) vs Wisconsin: Menominee County (4,286 people).
- Menominee County's population is 5.7 times (474%) larger than Hinsdale County's.
Richest county
- Colorado: Pitkin County ($275,044 per capita income) vs Wisconsin: Ozaukee County ($109,947).
- Pitkin County's income is 2.5 times (150%) richer than Ozaukee County's.
Poorest county
- Colorado: Crowley County ($27,232 per capita income) vs Wisconsin: Menominee County ($43,696).
- Menominee County's income is 1.6 times (60%) richer than Crowley County's.
Colorado vs Wisconsin Taxes
State income tax
- Colorado has a top income tax rate of 4.4%, while Wisconsin has a top income tax rate of 7.65%.
- Wisconsin's top rate is 3.25 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Colorado: 0.49% effective rate vs Wisconsin: 1.25% of home value per year.
- Wisconsin's rate is 0.76 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Colorado: 7.89% combined state and average local rate vs Wisconsin: 5.72%.
- Colorado's combined rate is 2.17 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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