Colorado Abbreviation

What is the abbreviation for Colorado state?

CO is the 2 letter abbreviation for Colorado, the 21th largest state in the United States of America. Colorado is a state located in West part of U.S.A, bordering Arizona, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah, and Wyoming. Denver is the capital city of Colorado. Major cities include Denver (Population: 682556), Colorado Springs (Population: 456579), Aurora (Population: 359418), Fort Collins (Population: 161186), Lakewood (Population: 152608), Thornton (Population: 133462), Arvada (Population: 115379), Westminster (Population: 113141), Centennial (Population: 109752), Pueblo (Population: 109423), Boulder (Population: 107360), and Greeley (Population: 100894).

Colorado State Profile

• Capital: Denver
• Admitted to USA: 1876
• Area: 269,601 km²
• Population: 5,758,736
• Time zone: GMT-7
• Calling code: 303, 719, 720, 970
• ISO 2-Letter Postal Abbreviation:  CO
• State Government Website: http://www.colorado.gov/

Overview

The name “Colorado” comes from Spanish and means “reddish”. It refers to the red color of the mountains in the state. Colorado is also known as the “Centennial State” because it became the 38th state in 1876, the 100th anniversary of the United States. Gold mines and ore mining shaped the state’s former industry. In the second half of the 20th century, various industrial and service sectors developed, particularly in the scientific and high-tech sectors. The state covers 269,601 km² – with around 5.1 million inhabitants. The capital is Denver. Tourists are particularly drawn to the beauty of the Rocky Mountains.

In June and July 2012, the worst forest fires have raged here since time immemorial. Therefore, the “Race to the Clouds” had to be canceled. This motorsport race is the highest and second oldest in the world. It starts at Pikes Peak at 2,866 m and ends at a height of 4,301 m.

Bigger cities

Denver
Since 1876, the city east of the Rocky Mountains has been the state capital and the name for an entire county in the state of Colorado. With around 600,000 inhabitants, it is the most populous city and together with Aurora and Broomfield, Denver forms a 2.5 million metropolitan region that has grown steadily by almost 30% since 1990.

Because of its height, the city is also called Mile-High City, because Denver is almost exactly one mile (approx. 1,609 km) above sea level. For this reason too, a particularly large number of mining companies have settled in the region around Denver. But Denver is not only known for mining, parks, skiing and mountain biking, it was here that the first hamburger in the world was born in 1944 – the pride of Denver and Colorado. The name has nothing to do with the city of Hamburg, but the term comes from Ham (= ham) and from Burger.

City of Grand Junction
The city of a little less than 60,000 people is the administrative seat of the Mesa County and is located in the middle of the state. It should be noted that a large part of the uranium for the US nuclear weapons program was mined at Grand Junction and then processed in Rocky Flats.

Colorado Springs
Ca. Colorado Springs, Colorado’s second largest city, is located 100 km south of Denver – at the foothills of the Rockies and right on Pikes Peak. Colorado Springs has just under 416,000 residents, making it number 41 in the United States and the administrative headquarters of El Paso County. In 2006, the city was recognized by Money Magazine as the city in the United States where it is best to live and three years later it was voted number 1 in the list of the most beautiful cities in the United States by Outside Magazine. Colorado Springs is also referred to as the Guardian, even the Vatican of the Evangelical Movement, because the city is known as the center of Protestantism.

Fort Collins
With approximately 144,000 inhabitants, Fort Collins is the fourth largest city in Colorado. It is the administrative headquarters of Larimer County in the north of the state, right on the Wyoming border. Fort Collins was originally founded as a military fort in 1864 during the Civil War. 3 times, the city was listed by Money Magazine as one of the best cities to live in. Fort Collins has grown into a popular student city with a great cultural and artistic offering thanks to the establishment of Colorado State University. Furthermore, six microbreweries have made a name for themselves in the city and have even found their way across the state’s borders.

Arvada
With approximately 106,500 residents, Arvada is the eighth largest city in the state. It is located about 11 km from Denver in Jefferson County and became known around 1850 through the first large gold discoveries in the region around the Rocky Mountains. Although Arvada is counted as a larger city, it impresses with its relaxed small-town atmosphere – particularly significant are the historical and cultural offerings in Downtown Arvae, which have made it particularly popular in Colorado as a place to live.

Aurora
With approximately 325,000 residents, Aurora is the third largest city in the state of Colorado and number 56 in terms of population in the entire United States. It belongs to the metropolitan area around Denver and extends over Arapahoe, Adams and Douglas County. The city is the birthplace of former presidential candidate John Kerry, who lost out to former President George W. Bush in 2004 in the election for office. Aurora is known as an area especially for golfers as the city is home to seven of the best golf courses in the United States

Lakewood
Lakewood is the fifth largest city in the state and the largest in Jefferson County with approximately 143,000 residents. The city is located just a few kilometers from Denver and is included in the Aurora-Broomfield-Denver metropolitan area. Until 1969, Lakewood was not yet considered the official state of Colorado, although it had existed for over 80 years. In 2011, the city received the All-America-City Award from the National Civic League, one of the oldest non-profit organizations in the state. It is to honor the cohesion and development of the community and is awarded annually to up to 10 villages with special cohesion.

Pueblo
Pueblo is the administrative center of Pueblo County and, with approximately 107,000, the seventh largest city in Colorado and the largest in the county. The city is located in the so-called Banana Belt, a humid and warm region (38 degrees north latitude to 28 degrees south latitude), which has the perfect conditions for growing bananas. The climate in Pueblo is therefore rather atypical for Colorado, as it tends to be less snowing. The city is also known for its local steel production, sometimes the largest in the United States. Pueblo is also known as Steel City.

Thornton
The sixth largest city in Colorado is Thornton with approximately 119,000 inhabitants. It is located in Adams County, an administrative unit in the northeastern part of the state. The city is located approximately 16 km from the capital Denver and is a suburb of the Aurora-Broomfield-Denver metropolitan region. The city was named after Daniel IJ Thornthon, a former Colorado governor who campaigned for countless green areas and parks in Thornton.

Westminster
Although Westminster, with its approximately 106,000 residents in the United States, falls under the category of small towns, it is still one of the largest in Colorado (9th place). The suburb is 14 km northwest of Denver and is part of Adams and Jefferson counties. In 2006, Money Magazine voted it one of the best cities to live in in the United States. Due to some gold discoveries in the Westminster region around 1860, the city is now a rather splendid place. The city is particularly proud of the building of Westminster University – also known as Westminster Castle – which is considered Princeton of the West and serves as a special landmark.

List of Colorado Acronyms

The most commonly used abbreviations about Colorado are CO which stands for Colorado. In the following table, you can see all acronyms related to Colorado, including abbreviations for airport, city, school, port, government, and etc.

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