Colorado is about 2,985 times bigger than Fort Lauderdale.

Fort Lauderdale (excluding the city's 9.9 sq km of water area) is approximately 90 sq km, while Colorado is approximately 268,627 sq km, making Colorado 298,374% larger than Fort Lauderdale.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Fort Lauderdale vs. Colorado uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.