U.S. states similar to or like Colorado

State in the Midwestern region of the United States. 18th-most populous state of the country. Wikipedia

U.S. state in the Upper Midwest region of the United States. Named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux Native American tribes, who comprise a large portion of the population and historically dominated the territory. Wikipedia

State in the South Central region of the United States, bordered by the state of Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the north, Missouri on the northeast, Arkansas on the east, New Mexico on the west, and Colorado on the northwest. 20th-most extensive and the 28th-most populous of the 50 United States. Wikipedia

State in the South Central region of the United States. Second largest U.S. state by both area and population (after California). Wikipedia

State in the Western region of the United States. Bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Wikipedia

State in the Midwestern region of the United States. Bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the southwest; and Wyoming to the west. Wikipedia

State in the Southeastern region of the United States. 36th largest by area and the 16th most populous of the 50 states. Wikipedia

State in the Pacific Coast region of the United States. Most populous U.S. state and the third-largest by area, as well as the world's thirty-fourth-most-populous subnational entity. Wikipedia

State in the Midwestern region of the United States. It has the fifth largest gross domestic product (GDP), Wikipedia

State in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It borders the state of Montana to the east and northeast, Wyoming to the east, Nevada and Utah to the south, and Washington and Oregon to the west. Wikipedia

State located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Third-most populous and the 22nd-most extensive of the 50 United States. Wikipedia

State in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Made out of the western part of the Washington Territory, which was ceded by the British Empire in 1846, in accordance with the Oregon Treaty in the settlement of the Oregon boundary dispute. Wikipedia

State in the Upper Midwest region of the United States. Named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux Native American tribes, who comprise a large portion of the population and historically dominated the territory. Wikipedia

State in the South Central region of the United States, home to more than three million people as of 2018. From the Osage language, of Siouan derivation; it denoted their related kin, the Quapaw people. Wikipedia

State in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered by Tennessee to the north; Georgia to the east; Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south; and Mississippi to the west. 30th largest by area and the 24th-most populous of the U.S. states. Wikipedia

State in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee and North Carolina; to the northeast by South Carolina; to the southeast by the Atlantic Ocean; to the south by Florida; and to the west by Alabama. 24th-largest in area and 8th-most populous of the 50 United States. Wikipedia

State in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of its eastern boundary with Idaho. Wikipedia

State in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth are shaped by the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Chesapeake Bay, which provide habitat for much of its flora and fauna. Wikipedia

Most populous state in the New England region of the United States. It borders on the Atlantic Ocean to the east, the states of Connecticut and Rhode Island to the south, New Hampshire and Vermont to the north, and New York to the west. Wikipedia

State in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. One of the original thirteen colonies forming the United States. Wikipedia

State in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. English nobleman and Virginia's first colonial governor. Wikipedia

State in the New England region of the United States. It borders the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the north. Wikipedia

State in the Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. Bordered by six states: Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to the east and southeast, Missouri to the south, Nebraska to the west, South Dakota to the northwest, and Minnesota to the north. Wikipedia

State in the Southeastern region of the United States. Bordered to the north by North Carolina, to the southeast by the Atlantic Ocean, and to the southwest by Georgia across the Savannah River. Wikipedia