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Colorado vs Yukon Geography
Land area
- Colorado has a land area of 103,637 square miles (268,419 km²), while Yukon has 183,163 square miles (474,391 km²).
- Yukon's land area is 1.8 times (77%) larger than Colorado's.
Total area
- Colorado: 104,095 square miles (269,605 km²) vs Yukon: 186,272 square miles (482,443 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Yukon's total area is 1.8 times (79%) larger than Colorado's.
Length
- Colorado is 467 miles (751 km) long from north to south; Yukon is 669 miles (1,077 km).
- Yukon's north-south length is 1.4 times (43%) longer than Colorado's.
Width
- Colorado spans 387 miles (622 km) east to west; Yukon spans 830 miles (1,336 km).
- Yukon's east-west width is 2.1 times (114%) wider than Colorado's.
Highest point
- Colorado's highest point is Mount Elbert at 14,422 feet (4,396 m); Yukon's is Mount Logan at 19,551 feet (5,959 m).
- Mount Logan is 5,129 feet higher than Mount Elbert.
Lowest point
- Colorado's lowest point is Arikaree River at 3,326 feet; Yukon's is Pacific Ocean at 0 feet.
- Yukon's lowest point is 3,326 feet lower.
Colorado vs Yukon Population and History
Population
- Colorado has a population of 5,957,493 (2024), while Yukon has 47,595 (2024).
- Colorado's population is 125.2 times larger than Yukon's.
Population density
- Colorado: 57.5 people per square mile vs Yukon: 0.3.
- Colorado's population density is 191.7 times higher than Yukon's.
Biggest city
- Colorado's biggest city is Denver with 729,019 people; Yukon's is Whitehorse with 28,201.
- Denver's population is 25.9 times larger than Whitehorse's.
Largest metro area
- Colorado's largest metropolitan area is Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO metro area (3,052,498 people) vs Yukon's Whitehorse CMA (31,913).
- Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO metro area's population is 95.7 times larger than Whitehorse CMA's.
History
- Colorado: Admitted to the Union on August 1, 1876, as the 38th state.
- Yukon: Became a Canadian territory on June 13, 1898.
- In its current form, Colorado is the older of the two by 22 years.
Colorado vs Yukon Economy
GDP
- Colorado's GDP is $557.6 billion (2024) vs Yukon's $3.2 billion.
- Colorado's economic output is 174.3 times larger than Yukon's.
GDP per capita
- Colorado: $93,602 per person vs Yukon: $66,713.
- Colorado's GDP per capita is 1.4 times (40%) higher than Yukon's.
Official Websites
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