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Minnesota vs Ohio Geography
Land area
- Minnesota has a land area of 79,632 square miles (206,245 km²), while Ohio has 40,859 square miles (105,824 km²).
- Minnesota's land area is 1.9 times (95%) larger than Ohio's.
Total area
- Minnesota: 86,943 square miles (225,182 km²) vs Ohio: 44,826 square miles (116,098 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Minnesota's total area is 1.9 times (94%) larger than Ohio's.
Length
- Minnesota is 408 miles (657 km) long from north to south; Ohio is 291 miles (468 km).
- Minnesota's north-south length is 1.4 times (40%) longer than Ohio's.
Width
- Minnesota spans 360 miles (580 km) east to west; Ohio spans 317 miles (510 km).
- Minnesota's east-west width is 1.1 times (14%) wider than Ohio's.
Highest point
- Minnesota's highest point is Eagle Mountain at 2,292 feet (699 m); Ohio's is Campbell Hill at 1,547 feet (472 m).
- Eagle Mountain is 745 feet higher than Campbell Hill.
Lowest point
- Minnesota's lowest point is Lake Superior at 601 feet; Ohio's is Ohio River at 455 feet.
- Ohio's lowest point is 146 feet lower.
Minnesota vs Ohio Population and History
Population
- Minnesota has a population of 5,793,151 (2024), while Ohio has 11,883,304 (2024).
- Ohio's population is 2.1 times (105%) larger than Minnesota's.
Population density
- Minnesota: 72.7 people per square mile vs Ohio: 290.8.
- Ohio's population density is 4.0 times (300%) higher than Minnesota's.
Biggest city
- Minnesota's biggest city is Minneapolis with 428,579 people; Ohio's is Columbus with 933,263.
- Columbus' population is 2.2 times (118%) larger than Minneapolis'.
Largest metro area
- Minnesota's largest metropolitan area is Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area (3,757,952 people) vs Ohio's Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN metro area (2,302,815).
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area's population is 1.6 times (63%) larger than Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN metro area's.
History
- Minnesota: Admitted to the Union on May 11, 1858, as the 32nd state.
- Ohio: Admitted to the Union on March 1, 1803, as the 17th state.
- In its current form, Ohio is the older of the two by 55 years.
Minnesota vs Ohio Economy
GDP
- Minnesota's GDP is $507.7 billion (2024) vs Ohio's $923.1 billion.
- Ohio's economic output is 1.8 times (82%) larger than Minnesota's.
GDP per capita
- Minnesota: $87,636 per person vs Ohio: $77,684.
- Minnesota's GDP per capita is 1.1 times (13%) higher than Ohio's.
Average income
- Minnesota: $75,603 vs Ohio: $64,464 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Minnesota's average income is 1.2 times (17%) higher than Ohio's.
Minnesota vs Ohio Counties
Number of counties
- Minnesota has 87 counties, while Ohio has 88.
- Minnesota and Ohio have about the same county count.
Biggest county by area
- Minnesota's largest county is St. Louis County at 6,248 square miles; Ohio's is Ashtabula County at 702 square miles.
- St. Louis County's land area is 8.9 times (790%) larger than Ashtabula County's.
Smallest county by area
- Minnesota: Ramsey County (152 sq mi) vs Ohio: Lake County (229 sq mi).
- Lake County's land area is 1.5 times (51%) larger than Ramsey County's.
Most populous county
- Minnesota: Hennepin County (1,273,334 people) vs Ohio: Franklin County (1,356,303 people).
- Franklin County's population is 1.1 times (7%) larger than Hennepin County's.
Least populous county
- Minnesota: Traverse County (3,134 people) vs Ohio: Vinton County (12,545 people).
- Vinton County's population is 4.0 times (300%) larger than Traverse County's.
Richest county
- Minnesota: Hennepin County ($100,352 per capita income) vs Ohio: Delaware County ($96,573).
- Hennepin County and Delaware County have about the same income.
Poorest county
- Minnesota: Pine County ($48,677 per capita income) vs Ohio: Noble County ($34,940).
- Pine County's income is 1.4 times (39%) richer than Noble County's.
Minnesota vs Ohio Taxes
State income tax
- Minnesota has a top income tax rate of 9.85%, while Ohio has a top income tax rate of 2.75%.
- Minnesota's top rate is 7.1 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Minnesota: 1.02% effective rate vs Ohio: 1.22% of home value per year.
- Ohio's rate is 0.2 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Minnesota: 8.14% combined state and average local rate vs Ohio: 7.29%.
- Minnesota's combined rate is 0.85 percentage points higher.
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