Colorado, the Centennial State

Land area: 103,730 sq. mi. (8)
Population (2000): 4,301,261 (24)
Population density: 41.47 per sq. mi. (37)
U.S. Representatives (2003-12): 7
Entered Union: 1-Aug-1876 (38)
Until 1995, my only taste of Colorado was Stapleton International Airport on the fringes of Denver. I corrected that that summer, and enjoyed every minute of it. Rocky Mountain National Park, the Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs, the Royal Gorge suspension bridge over the Arkansas River outside Cañon City, the Great Sand Dunes outside Alamosa, the Rio Grande, the Anasazi cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde National Park ... it’s all gorgeous. But how come it had to rain when I drove up Pikes Peak?

No. of Counties I’ve Visited: 64 of 64

County Pop. (2000)     Latest Visit   County Seat Visited?
Adams 363,857 29-Sep-2008 Brighton
Alamosa 14,966 14-Aug-1995 Alamosa yes
Arapahoe 487,967 21-Aug-2009 Littleton
Archuleta 9,898 14-Aug-1995 Pagosa Springs yes
Baca 4,517 11-Aug-2007 Springfield yes
Bent 5,998 3-Oct-2008 Las Animas yes
Boulder 291,288 13-Aug-1995 Boulder
Broomfield 18-Aug-2002 Broomfield yes
Chaffee 16,242 21-Aug-2009 Salida yes
Cheyenne 2,231 29-Sep-2008 Cheyenne Wells yes
Clear Creek 9,322 26-Aug-1997 Georgetown yes
Conejos 8,400 24-Aug-2009 Conejos yes
Costilla 3,663 24-Aug-2009 San Luis yes
Crowley 5,518 3-Oct-2008 Ordway yes
Custer 3,503 23-Aug-2009 Westcliffe yes
Delta 27,834 20-Aug-2009 Delta yes
Denver 554,636 21-Aug-2009 Denver yes
Dolores 1,844 19-Aug-2009 Dove Creek
Douglas 175,766 22-Aug-2009 Castle Rock yes
Eagle 41,659 20-Aug-2009 Eagle yes
Elbert 19,872 29-Sep-2008 Kiowa
El Paso 516,929 23-Aug-2009 Colorado Springs yes
Fremont 46,145 23-Aug-2009 Cañon City yes
Garfield 43,791 20-Aug-2009 Glenwood Springs yes
Gilpin 4,757 13-Aug-1995 Central City
Grand 12,442 13-Aug-1995 Hot Sulphur Springs yes
Gunnison 13,956 21-Aug-2009 Gunnison yes
Hinsdale 790 21-Aug-2009 Lake City yes
Huerfano 7,862 23-Aug-2009 Walsenburg yes
Jackson 1,577 12-Aug-1995 Walden
Jefferson 527,056 21-Aug-2009 Golden yes
Kiowa 1,622 2-Oct-2008 Eads
Kit Carson 8,011 29-Sep-2008 Burlington yes
Lake 7,812 20-Aug-2009 Leadville
La Plata 43,941 20-Aug-2009 Durango yes
Larimer 251,494 18-Aug-2002 Fort Collins yes
Las Animas 15,207 23-Aug-2009 Trinidad yes
Lincoln 6,087 29-Sep-2008 Hugo yes
Logan 20,504 3-Aug-2002 Sterling
Mesa 116,255 19-Aug-2009 Grand Junction yes
Mineral 831 21-Aug-2009 Creede yes
Moffat 13,184 19-Aug-2009 Craig yes
Montezuma 23,830 20-Aug-2009 Cortez yes
Montrose 33,432 20-Aug-2009 Montrose yes
Morgan 27,171 3-Aug-2002 Fort Morgan yes
Otero 20,311 3-Oct-2008 La Junta yes
Ouray 3,742 20-Aug-2009 Ouray yes
Park 14,523 21-Aug-2009 Fairplay yes
Phillips 4,480 10-Oct-2007 Holyoke yes
Pitkin 14,872 20-Aug-2009 Aspen yes
Prowers 14,483 3-Oct-2008 Lamar yes
Pueblo 141,472 3-Oct-2008 Pueblo yes
Rio Blanco 5,986 19-Aug-2009 Meeker
Rio Grande 12,413 21-Aug-2009 Del Norte yes
Routt 19,690 12-Aug-1995 Steamboat Springs yes
Saguache 5,917 21-Aug-2009 Saguache yes
San Juan 558 20-Aug-2009 Silverton yes
San Miguel 6,594 19-Aug-2009 Telluride yes
Sedgwick 2,747 10-Oct-2007 Julesburg
Summit 23,548 26-Aug-1997 Breckenridge
Teller 20,555 14-Aug-1995 Cripple Creek
Washington 4,926 3-Aug-2002 Akron
Weld 180,936 18-Aug-2002 Greeley
Yuma 9,841 10-Oct-2007 Wray yes
Note: Broomfield became a separate county in 2001, carved out of four existing counties.
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