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Georgia vs Tennessee Geography
Land area
- Georgia has a land area of 57,717 square miles (149,486 km²), while Tennessee has 41,224 square miles (106,770 km²).
- Georgia's land area is 1.4 times (40%) larger than Tennessee's.
Total area
- Georgia: 59,423 square miles (153,905 km²) vs Tennessee: 42,130 square miles (109,116 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Georgia's total area is 1.4 times (41%) larger than Tennessee's.
Length
- Georgia is 326 miles (525 km) long from north to south; Tennessee is 191 miles (308 km).
- Georgia's north-south length is 1.7 times (71%) longer than Tennessee's.
Width
- Georgia spans 343 miles (553 km) east to west; Tennessee spans 497 miles (800 km).
- Tennessee's east-west width is 1.4 times (45%) wider than Georgia's.
Highest point
- Georgia's highest point is Brasstown Bald at 4,778 feet (1,456 m); Tennessee's is Clingmans Dome at 6,624 feet (2,019 m).
- Clingmans Dome is 1,846 feet higher than Brasstown Bald.
Lowest point
- Georgia's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Tennessee's is Mississippi River at 178 feet.
- Georgia's lowest point is 178 feet lower.
Georgia vs Tennessee Population and History
Population
- Georgia has a population of 11,180,878 (2024), while Tennessee has 7,227,750 (2024).
- Georgia's population is 1.5 times (55%) larger than Tennessee's.
Population density
- Georgia: 193.7 people per square mile vs Tennessee: 175.3.
- Georgia's population density is 1.1 times (10%) higher than Tennessee's.
Biggest city
- Georgia's biggest city is Atlanta with 520,070 people; Tennessee's is Nashville with 704,963.
- Nashville's population is 1.4 times (36%) 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 Tennessee's Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN metro area (2,150,553).
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area's population is 3.0 times (198%) larger than Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN metro area's.
History
- Georgia: Admitted to the Union on January 2, 1788, as the 4th state.
- Tennessee: Admitted to the Union on June 1, 1796, as the 16th state.
- In its current form, Georgia is the older of the two by 8 years.
Georgia vs Tennessee Economy
GDP
- Georgia's GDP is $881.5 billion (2024) vs Tennessee's $561.2 billion.
- Georgia's economic output is 1.6 times (57%) larger than Tennessee's.
GDP per capita
- Georgia: $78,841 per person vs Tennessee: $77,645.
- Georgia and Tennessee have about the same GDP per capita.
Average income
- Georgia: $63,006 vs Tennessee: $66,504 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Tennessee's average income is 1.1 times (6%) higher than Georgia's.
Georgia vs Tennessee Counties
Number of counties
- Georgia has 159 counties, while Tennessee has 95.
- Georgia's county count is 1.7 times (67%) higher than Tennessee's.
Biggest county by area
- Georgia's largest county is Ware County at 899 square miles; Tennessee's is Shelby County at 753 square miles.
- Ware County's land area is 1.2 times (19%) larger than Shelby County's.
Smallest county by area
- Georgia: Clarke County (119 sq mi) vs Tennessee: Trousdale County (114 sq mi).
- Clarke County and Trousdale County have about the same land area.
Most populous county
- Georgia: Fulton County (1,090,354 people) vs Tennessee: Shelby County (910,530 people).
- Fulton County's population is 1.2 times (20%) larger than Shelby County's.
Least populous county
- Georgia: Taliaferro County (1,620 people) vs Tennessee: Pickett County (5,108 people).
- Pickett County's population is 3.2 times (215%) larger than Taliaferro County's.
Richest county
- Georgia: Fulton County ($111,238 per capita income) vs Tennessee: Williamson County ($139,704).
- Williamson County's income is 1.3 times (26%) richer than Fulton County's.
Poorest county
- Georgia: Wheeler County ($26,119 per capita income) vs Tennessee: Lake County ($31,572).
- Lake County's income is 1.2 times (21%) richer than Wheeler County's.
Georgia vs Tennessee Taxes
State income tax
- Georgia has a top income tax rate of 5.19%, while Tennessee has no state income tax.
- Georgia's top rate is 5.19 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Georgia: 0.74% effective rate vs Tennessee: 0.45% of home value per year.
- Georgia's rate is 0.29 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Georgia: 7.56% combined state and average local rate vs Tennessee: 9.61%.
- Tennessee's combined rate is 2.05 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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