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Section sizes

Section size for Colorado (67 sections)
Section name	Byte count		Prose size (words)
Section name	Header	Total	Header	Total
(Top)	12,261	12,261	351	351
History	8,273	33,141	609	1,898
Colorado Territory	319	4,029	17	288
Civil war	3,710	3,710	271	271
Statehood	4,220	4,220	211	211
Twentieth and twenty-first centuries	16,619	16,619	790	790
Geography	3,767	24,346	147	1,474
Plains	2,653	2,653	170	170
Front Range	2,422	2,422	109	109
Mountains	5,424	7,234	296	464
Continental Divide	1,810	1,810	168	168
South Central region	894	894	122	122
Western Slope	7,376	7,376	462	462
Climate	891	26,639	108	1,187
Eastern Plains	3,577	3,577	282	282
Front Range foothills	912	912	82	82
Extreme weather	7,086	7,086	556	556
Climate change	78	78	0	0
Records	9,609	9,609	31	31
Extreme temperatures	1,069	1,069	0	0
Earthquakes	3,417	3,417	128	128
Fauna	11,955	11,955	395	395
Government	48	42,781	0	1,573
State government	4,594	20,609	319	965
Politics	7,484	7,484	243	243
Significant initiatives and legislation enacted in Colorado	8,531	8,531	403	403
Counties	6,230	6,230	140	140
Municipalities	8,905	8,905	185	185
Unincorporated communities	3,114	3,114	60	60
Special districts	1,977	1,977	77	77
Statistical areas	1,898	1,898	146	146
Demographics	14,781	31,410	528	968
Birth data	9,224	9,224	102	102
Language	761	761	42	42
Religion	6,644	6,644	296	296
Health	1,811	4,890	58	145
Obesity	1,366	1,366	41	41
Life expectancy	495	495	29	29
Homelessness	1,218	1,218	17	17
Economy	11,958	15,771	759	1,062
Agriculture	458	458	20	20
Natural resources	2,769	2,769	235	235
Electricity generation	586	586	48	48
Culture	94	21,605	5	972
Arts and film	5,378	5,378	353	353
Cuisine	3,848	3,848	125	125
Wine and beer	4,370	4,370	197	197
Marijuana and hemp	2,893	7,915	120	292
Medicinal use	3,719	3,719	123	123
Recreational use	1,303	1,303	49	49
Transportation	5,556	5,556	477	477
Education	6,888	6,888	395	395
Indigenous people	1,376	1,376	72	72
Military installations	1,942	1,942	24	24
Protected areas	1,853	1,853	11	11
Sports	2,458	8,752	136	149
Professional sports teams	2,801	2,801	0	0
College athletics	3,493	3,493	13	13
See also	282	282	0	0
Footnotes	28	28	0	0
References	28	28	0	0
Sources	424	424	0	0
Further reading	1,700	1,700	0	0
External links	81	3,055	0	25
State government	330	330	0	0
Federal government	1,104	1,104	0	0
Other	1,540	1,540	25	25
Total	256,683	256,683	11,178	11,178

Duplicate pages!

Latest comment: 11 months ago3 comments2 people in discussion

There are two Colorado pages and two Wyoming pages! I don't know if other states have the same issue or how to merge them. One of each has "U.S. state" as the description and the other says "state of the United States of America". The latter should probably be deleted. Can someone look into this? Thanks! Seananony (talk) 18:02, 25 December 2024 (UTC)Reply

How many people live in Colorado 77.21.245.220 (talk) 08:51, 22 August 2025 (UTC)Reply

@77.21.245.220 About six million. You may need to expand the quick facts drop-down on the Colorado page. Seananony (talk) 14:06, 23 August 2025 (UTC)Reply

"Hexahectaenneacontakaiheptagon" listed at Redirects for discussion

Latest comment: 10 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

The redirect Hexahectaenneacontakaiheptagon has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 September 22 § Hexahectaenneacontakaiheptagon until a consensus is reached. Thepharoah17 (talk) 22:05, 22 September 2025 (UTC)Reply

Notable Colorado writers

Latest comment: 9 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

Small idea ...

I am a Colorado native and was surprised to see Hunter S. Thompson not make the cut for notable writers that have visited or lived in Colorado - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado#Culture

Thompson's Wiki has plenty of references to Colorado https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_S._Thompson and he was fairly notorious in the area.

Additionally, he fits right into the theme the paragraph concludes with - "... every man carries a gun."

Just one point on the bellcurve.

-cheers 2601:280:517E:7AE0:14F:A53:AEF:4A42 (talk) 05:34, 7 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

Wikipedia:Be bold HappiestSisyphus (talk) 15:52, 7 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

Etymology section?

Latest comment: 6 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

Been some churn over a paragraph describing the name of Colorado. Seems like most the states have a top "Etymology" section, ex Arizona#Etymology, California#Etymology, Wyoming#Etymology, Wisconsin#Etymology

I propose adding a section here, I think it will also be more clear with a few sentences to work with to describe the complications with the Colorado River, Eusebio Kino, and maybe the two theories about the color of the river versus the color of the rock. I am not WP:BOLD enough to create a new first section on a State's page so figured we could workshop it a little here and see how people feel about it HappiestSisyphus (talk) 17:05, 20 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

I support this. I just removed the paragraph because it did not belong in the lead Czarking0 (talk) 20:40, 20 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

"List of Colorado state agencies" listed at Redirects for discussion

Latest comment: 6 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

The redirect List of Colorado state agencies has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2026 January 21 § List of US state agencies until a consensus is reached. Squawk7700 (talk) 20:09, 21 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

A page that knows where it met you.

Duplicate pages!

"Hexahectaenneacontakaiheptagon" listed at Redirects for discussion

Notable Colorado writers

Etymology section?

"List of Colorado state agencies" listed at Redirects for discussion