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Georgia vs Nevada Geography
Land area
- Georgia has a land area of 57,717 square miles (149,486 km²), while Nevada has 109,860 square miles (284,537 km²).
- Nevada's land area is 1.9 times (90%) larger than Georgia's.
Total area
- Georgia: 59,423 square miles (153,905 km²) vs Nevada: 110,571 square miles (286,377 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Nevada's total area is 1.9 times (86%) larger than Georgia's.
Length
- Georgia is 326 miles (525 km) long from north to south; Nevada is 484 miles (780 km).
- Nevada's north-south length is 1.5 times (48%) longer than Georgia's.
Width
- Georgia spans 343 miles (553 km) east to west; Nevada spans 469 miles (755 km).
- Nevada's east-west width is 1.4 times (37%) wider than Georgia's.
Highest point
- Georgia's highest point is Brasstown Bald at 4,778 feet (1,456 m); Nevada's is Boundary Peak at 13,115 feet (3,997 m).
- Boundary Peak is 8,337 feet higher than Brasstown Bald.
Lowest point
- Georgia's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Nevada's is Colorado River at 481 feet.
- Georgia's lowest point is 481 feet lower.
Georgia vs Nevada Population and History
Population
- Georgia has a population of 11,180,878 (2024), while Nevada has 3,267,467 (2024).
- Georgia's population is 3.4 times (242%) larger than Nevada's.
Population density
- Georgia: 193.7 people per square mile vs Nevada: 29.7.
- Georgia's population density is 6.5 times (552%) higher than Nevada's.
Biggest city
- Georgia's biggest city is Atlanta with 520,070 people; Nevada's is Las Vegas with 678,922.
- Las Vegas' population is 1.3 times (31%) larger than Atlanta's.
Largest metro area
- Georgia's largest metropolitan area is Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area (6,411,149 people) vs Nevada's Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area (2,398,871).
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area's population is 2.7 times (167%) larger than Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area's.
History
- Georgia: Admitted to the Union on January 2, 1788, as the 4th state.
- Nevada: Admitted to the Union on October 31, 1864, as the 36th state.
- In its current form, Georgia is the older of the two by 76 years.
Georgia vs Nevada Economy
GDP
- Georgia's GDP is $881.5 billion (2024) vs Nevada's $269.0 billion.
- Georgia's economic output is 3.3 times (228%) larger than Nevada's.
GDP per capita
- Georgia: $78,841 per person vs Nevada: $82,330.
- Georgia and Nevada have about the same GDP per capita.
Average income
- Georgia: $63,006 vs Nevada: $69,805 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Nevada's average income is 1.1 times (11%) higher than Georgia's.
Georgia vs Nevada Counties
Number of counties
- Georgia has 159 counties, while Nevada has 17.
- Georgia's county count is 9.4 times (835%) higher than Nevada's.
Biggest county by area
- Georgia's largest county is Ware County at 899 square miles; Nevada's is Nye County at 18,182 square miles.
- Nye County's land area is 20.2 times larger than Ware County's.
Smallest county by area
- Georgia: Clarke County (119 sq mi) vs Nevada: Carson City (145 sq mi).
- Carson City's land area is 1.2 times (21%) larger than Clarke County's.
Most populous county
- Georgia: Fulton County (1,090,354 people) vs Nevada: Clark County (2,398,871 people).
- Clark County's population is 2.2 times (120%) larger than Fulton County's.
Least populous county
- Georgia: Taliaferro County (1,620 people) vs Nevada: Esmeralda County (720 people).
- Taliaferro County's population is 2.3 times (125%) larger than Esmeralda County's.
Richest county
- Georgia: Fulton County ($111,238 per capita income) vs Nevada: Douglas County ($109,486).
- Fulton County and Douglas County have about the same income.
Poorest county
- Georgia: Wheeler County ($26,119 per capita income) vs Nevada: Pershing County ($45,906).
- Pershing County's income is 1.8 times (76%) richer than Wheeler County's.
Georgia vs Nevada Taxes
State income tax
- Georgia has a top income tax rate of 5.19%, while Nevada has no state income tax.
- Georgia's top rate is 5.19 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Georgia: 0.74% effective rate vs Nevada: 0.47% of home value per year.
- Georgia's rate is 0.27 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Georgia: 7.56% combined state and average local rate vs Nevada: 8.24%.
- Nevada's combined rate is 0.68 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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