380 miles by 280
It is about 380 miles long and 280 miles wide.
Colorado against New Zealand
New Zealand covers about 104,000 square miles, so Colorado is about the same size. Drag Colorado over New Zealand on the map above to compare.
Straight lines
Its borders are almost entirely straight lines, and its south-west corner meets Arizona, New Mexico and Utah at a single point, the Four Corners.
How it compares
- 67.4×the size of Rhode Island, the smallest state
- ≈ 1×about the same size as Oregon
- ≈ 1×about the same size as Nevada
- 16%of the area of Alaska, the largest state
- 385×the size of the Little Giant Fire
- 66.6 millionacres
- 50.4 millionAmerican football fields
- 37.8 millionsoccer pitches
- 79,027×the size of Central Park
- 548,392×the size of Vatican City
- 30×the size of Yellowstone National Park
- 545×the size of Lake Tahoe
- 12%of the area of Greenland
- 379×the size of Anglesey
- 471×the size of the Isle of Man
Questions people ask
How many square miles is Colorado?
104,094 square miles (269,601 km²), 103,642 of them land.
Is Colorado bigger than New Mexico?
No. New Mexico is about 1.2 times its size.
Where does Colorado rank by size?
8th of the 50 states, by total area and by land area alike.
How long is Colorado?
About 380 miles (612 km) long and 280 miles (451 km) wide.
How big is Colorado compared to Texas?
About 39% of the size of Texas.
Where the numbers come from
Official figure: 104,094 square miles in all, 103,642 of them land, per the US Census Bureau. Outline: US Census Bureau (source), licence: Public domain.