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Florida vs Minnesota Geography
Land area
- Florida has a land area of 53,655 square miles (138,965 km²), while Minnesota has 79,632 square miles (206,245 km²).
- Minnesota's land area is 1.5 times (48%) larger than Florida's.
Total area
- Florida: 71,404 square miles (184,934 km²) vs Minnesota: 86,943 square miles (225,182 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Minnesota's total area is 1.2 times (22%) larger than Florida's.
Length
- Florida is 471 miles (758 km) long from north to south; Minnesota is 408 miles (657 km).
- Florida's north-south length is 1.2 times (15%) longer than Minnesota's.
Width
- Florida spans 547 miles (880 km) east to west; Minnesota spans 360 miles (580 km).
- Florida's east-west width is 1.5 times (52%) wider than Minnesota's.
Highest point
- Florida's highest point is Britton Hill at 344 feet (105 m); Minnesota's is Eagle Mountain at 2,292 feet (699 m).
- Eagle Mountain is 1,948 feet higher than Britton Hill.
Lowest point
- Florida's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Minnesota's is Lake Superior at 601 feet.
- Florida's lowest point is 601 feet lower.
Florida vs Minnesota Population and History
Population
- Florida has a population of 23,372,215 (2024), while Minnesota has 5,793,151 (2024).
- Florida's population is 4.0 times (303%) larger than Minnesota's.
Population density
- Florida: 435.6 people per square mile vs Minnesota: 72.7.
- Florida's population density is 6.0 times (499%) higher than Minnesota's.
Biggest city
- Florida's biggest city is Jacksonville with 1,009,833 people; Minnesota's is Minneapolis with 428,579.
- Jacksonville's population is 2.4 times (136%) larger than Minneapolis'.
Largest metro area
- Florida's largest metropolitan area is Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area (6,457,988 people) vs Minnesota's Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area (3,757,952).
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area's population is 1.7 times (72%) larger than Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area's.
History
- Florida: Admitted to the Union on March 3, 1845, as the 27th state.
- Minnesota: Admitted to the Union on May 11, 1858, as the 32nd state.
- In its current form, Florida is the older of the two by 13 years.
Florida vs Minnesota Economy
GDP
- Florida's GDP is $1,726.7 billion (2024) vs Minnesota's $507.7 billion.
- Florida's economic output is 3.4 times (240%) larger than Minnesota's.
GDP per capita
- Florida: $73,879 per person vs Minnesota: $87,636.
- Minnesota's GDP per capita is 1.2 times (19%) higher than Florida's.
Average income
- Florida: $73,006 vs Minnesota: $75,603 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Florida and Minnesota have about the same average income.
Florida vs Minnesota Counties
Number of counties
- Florida has 67 counties, while Minnesota has 87.
- Minnesota's county count is 1.3 times (30%) higher than Florida's.
Biggest county by area
- Florida's largest county is Collier County at 1,997 square miles; Minnesota's is St. Louis County at 6,248 square miles.
- St. Louis County's land area is 3.1 times (213%) larger than Collier County's.
Smallest county by area
- Florida: Union County (244 sq mi) vs Minnesota: Ramsey County (152 sq mi).
- Union County's land area is 1.6 times (60%) larger than Ramsey County's.
Most populous county
- Florida: Miami-Dade County (2,838,461 people) vs Minnesota: Hennepin County (1,273,334 people).
- Miami-Dade County's population is 2.2 times (123%) larger than Hennepin County's.
Least populous county
- Florida: Liberty County (7,955 people) vs Minnesota: Traverse County (3,134 people).
- Liberty County's population is 2.5 times (154%) larger than Traverse County's.
Richest county
- Florida: Collier County ($150,140 per capita income) vs Minnesota: Hennepin County ($100,352).
- Collier County's income is 1.5 times (50%) richer than Hennepin County's.
Poorest county
- Florida: Union County ($30,156 per capita income) vs Minnesota: Pine County ($48,677).
- Pine County's income is 1.6 times (61%) richer than Union County's.
Florida vs Minnesota Taxes
State income tax
- Florida has no state income tax, while Minnesota has a top income tax rate of 9.85%.
- Minnesota's top rate is 9.85 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Florida: 0.75% effective rate vs Minnesota: 1.02% of home value per year.
- Minnesota's rate is 0.27 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Florida: 6.98% combined state and average local rate vs Minnesota: 8.14%.
- Minnesota's combined rate is 1.16 percentage points higher.
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