Colorado

Also known as CO, State of Colorado, Colo., Colorado, United States, Centennial State, US-CO

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Colorado is a state in the United States that shares borders with Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma. Its capital is Denver, and it operates within the UTC−07:00 time zone. The state was established on August 1, 1876, and is named after the Colorado River. English is the official language, and the legislative body is the Colorado General Assembly.

The state has a population of 5,957,493 and covers an area of 269,837.0. It contains administrative entities such as Adams County, Alamosa County, Arapahoe County, and Archuleta County. The head of government holds the office of Governor of Colorado, with John Hickenlooper and Jared Polis having held this position.

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Key facts

U.S. state.name: Colorado
U.S. state.image_flag: Flag of Colorado.svg
U.S. state.flag_link: Flag of Colorado
U.S. state.image_seal: Seal of Colorado.svg
U.S. state.image_map: Colorado in United States.svg
U.S. state.nickname: The Centennial State
U.S. state.motto: Nil sine numine(English: Nothing without providence)
U.S. state.anthem: Where the Columbines Grow and Rocky Mountain High
U.S. state.Former: Territory of Colorado
U.S. state.seat: Denver
U.S. state.LargestCity: capital
U.S. state.LargestCounty: El Paso
U.S. state.LargestMetro: Denver
U.S. state.OfficialLang: English
U.S. state.Legislature: General Assembly
U.S. state.Upperhouse: Senate
U.S. state.Lowerhouse: House of Representatives
U.S. state.Judiciary: Supreme Court (list)

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Research

185,465 papers

SARS-CoV-2 infection among Colorado adults working outside the home: Occupation, race and ethnicity and mask use.ReviewAmerican journal of industrial medicine · 2024Torok MR, White AE, Jervis RH et al.DOI: 10.1002/ajim.23639
Powassan encephalitis and Colorado tick fever.ReviewInfectious disease clinics of North America · 2008Romero JR, Simonsen KADOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2008.03.001
Colorado.Rocky Mountain medical journal · 1976
Investigation of COVID-19 Outbreak among Wildland Firefighters during Wildfire Response, Colorado, USA, 2020.ReviewEmerging infectious diseases · 2022Metz AR, Bauer M, Epperly C et al.DOI: 10.3201/eid2808.220310
Deaths in Colorado Attributed to Kratom.The New England journal of medicine · 2019Gershman K, Timm K, Frank M et al.DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1811055
Multimodal Surveillance Model for Enterovirus D68 Respiratory Disease and Acute Flaccid Myelitis among Children in Colorado, USA, 2022.ReviewEmerging infectious diseases · 2024Messacar K, Matzinger S, Berg K et al.DOI: 10.3201/eid3003.231223
Colorado Insulin Copay Cap: Lower Out-Of-Pocket Payments, Increased Prescription Volume And Days' Supply.Health affairs (Project Hope) · 2024Ukert BD, Giannouchos TV, Buchmueller TCDOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2023.01592
Youth Homelessness in Denver, Colorado: 2017-2021.Pediatrics · 2025Westfall MY, Padmanabhan P, Wang J et al.DOI: 10.1542/peds.2024-067965

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: U.S. state
Part of: contiguous United States
Named after: Colorado River
Demonym: Koloradiano
Country: United States
Located in: United States
Contains: Broomfield County
Continent: North America
Capital: Denver
Official language: English language
Population: 5773714
Area: 269837.0
Elevation: 2073
Body of water: South Platte River
Head of government: Jared Polis
Legislature: Colorado General Assembly
Anthem: Rocky Mountain High
Shares border with: Arizona
Highest point: Mount Elbert
Official website: www.colorado.gov
Households: 2137402
Motto: Nil sine numine
Flag: flag of Colorado

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topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Colorado
Commons category: Colorado
topic's main category: Category:Colorado
inception: 1876-08-01
category for people born here: Category:Births in Colorado
category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Colorado
category for films shot at this location: Category:Films shot in Colorado
category for people buried here: Category:Burials in Colorado
category of associated people: Category:People from Colorado
office held by head of government: Governor of Colorado
Commons gallery: Colorado
topic has template: Template:CO Flag
short name: Colo.
nickname: The Centennial State
lowest point: Arikaree River
history of topic: history of Colorado
water as percent of area: 0.43
replaces: Colorado Territory
native label: State of Colorado
official symbol: Yule marble
maximum temperature record: 118
language used: Cocopah
minimum temperature record: -61
has seal, badge, or sigil: Seal of Colorado
twinned administrative body: Yamagata Prefecture
marriageable age: 18
compulsory education (maximum age): 17
official map URL: gis.colorado.gov/viewer
OpenStreetMap zoom level: 6
different from: Colorado
related category: Category:Colorado-related lists
per capita income: 39545
mean age: 36.9
hashtag: Colorado
minimum wage: 13.65
P12749: Eli Whiteside

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Encyclopedic overview

64 sections

Contents

History
Territory act
Statehood
Twentieth and twenty-first centuries
Geography
Plains
Front Range
Mountains
Continental Divide
South Central region
Western Slope
Climate
Eastern Plains
Front Range foothills
Extreme weather
Climate change
Records
Extreme temperatures
Earthquakes
Fauna
Government
State government
Politics
Significant initiatives and legislation enacted in Colorado
Counties
Municipalities
Unincorporated communities
Special districts
Statistical areas
Demographics
Birth data
Language
Religion
Health
Obesity
Life expectancy
Homelessness
Economy
Agriculture
Natural resources
Electricity generation
Culture
Arts and film
Cuisine
Wine and beer
Marijuana and hemp
Medicinal use
Recreational use
Transportation
Education
Indigenous people
Military installations
Protected areas
Sports
Professional sports teams
College athletics
See also
Footnotes
References
Further reading
External links
State government
Federal government
Other

Colorado is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Mountain states, and part of the Southwestern United States, sharing the Four Corners region with Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. It is also bordered by Wyoming to the north, Nebraska to the northeast, Kansas to the east, and Oklahoma to the southeast. Colorado is noted for its landscape of mountains, forests, high plains, mesas, canyons, plateaus, rivers, and desert lands. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains. Colorado is the eighth-largest U.S. state by area and the 20th by population. The United States Census Bureau estimated the population of Colorado to be 5,957,493 as of July 1, 2024, a 3.2% increase from the 2020 United States census.

The region has been inhabited by Native Americans and their Paleo-Indian ancestors for at least 13,500 years and possibly much longer. The eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains was a major migration route for early peoples who spread throughout the Americas. In 1848, much of the Nuevo México region was annexed to the United States with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. The Pike's Peak Gold Rush of 1858–1862 created an influx of settlers. On February 28, 1861, U.S. president James Buchanan signed an act creating the Territory of Colorado, and on August 1, 1876, president Ulysses S. Grant signed Proclamation 230, admitting Colorado to the Union as the 38th state.

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