# How big is Colorado?

Colorado covers 104,094 square miles (269,601 km²), 103,642 of them land. It is the eighth-biggest state, about the size of New Zealand.

- 104,094 square miles
- 269,601 km²
- 66.6 million acres
- 50.4 million football fields

Interactive map, to drop it on any town at its true size: https://how-big-is.com/colorado/

## 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](https://how-big-is.com/rhode-island/), the smallest state
- ≈ 1× about the same size as [Oregon](https://how-big-is.com/oregon/)
- ≈ 1× about the same size as [Nevada](https://how-big-is.com/nevada/)
- 16% of the area of [Alaska](https://how-big-is.com/alaska/), the largest state
- 385× the size of [the Little Giant Fire](https://how-big-is.com/little-giant-fire/)
- 66.6 million [acres](https://how-big-is.com/an-acre/)
- 50.4 million [American football fields](https://how-big-is.com/a-football-field/)
- 37.8 million [soccer pitches](https://how-big-is.com/a-soccer-field/)
- 79,027× the size of [Central Park](https://how-big-is.com/central-park/)
- 548,392× the size of [Vatican City](https://how-big-is.com/vatican-city/)
- 30× the size of [Yellowstone National Park](https://how-big-is.com/yellowstone-national-park/)
- 545× the size of [Lake Tahoe](https://how-big-is.com/lake-tahoe/)
- 12% of the area of [Greenland](https://how-big-is.com/greenland/)
- 379× the size of [Anglesey](https://how-big-is.com/anglesey/)
- 471× the size of [the Isle of Man](https://how-big-is.com/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 (https://www.census.gov/geographies/mapping-files/time-series/geo/cartographic-boundary.html), licence: Public domain.

Credit: Map: how-big-is.com. Outline: US Census Bureau.