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Arizona vs Delaware Geography
Land area
- Arizona has a land area of 113,655 square miles (294,366 km²), while Delaware has 1,949 square miles (5,047 km²).
- Arizona's land area is 58.3 times larger than Delaware's.
Total area
- Arizona: 113,985 square miles (295,220 km²) vs Delaware: 2,489 square miles (6,446 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Arizona's total area is 45.8 times larger than Delaware's.
Length
- Arizona is 429 miles (690 km) long from north to south; Delaware is 98 miles (158 km).
- Arizona's north-south length is 4.4 times (338%) longer than Delaware's.
Width
- Arizona spans 452 miles (727 km) east to west; Delaware spans 96 miles (155 km).
- Arizona's east-west width is 4.7 times (371%) wider than Delaware's.
Highest point
- Arizona's highest point is Humphreys Peak at 12,620 feet (3,847 m); Delaware's is Ebright Azimuth at 450 feet (137 m).
- Humphreys Peak is 12,170 feet higher than Ebright Azimuth.
Lowest point
- Arizona's lowest point is Colorado River at 71 feet; Delaware's is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet.
- Delaware's lowest point is 71 feet lower.
Arizona vs Delaware Population and History
Population
- Arizona has a population of 7,582,384 (2024), while Delaware has 1,051,917 (2024).
- Arizona's population is 7.2 times (621%) larger than Delaware's.
Population density
- Arizona: 66.7 people per square mile vs Delaware: 539.9.
- Delaware's population density is 8.1 times (709%) higher than Arizona's.
Biggest city
- Arizona's biggest city is Phoenix with 1,673,164 people; Delaware's is Wilmington with 73,176.
- Phoenix's population is 22.9 times larger than Wilmington's.
Largest metro area
- Arizona's largest metropolitan area is Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ metro area (5,186,958 people) vs Delaware's Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area (6,330,422).
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area's population is 1.2 times (22%) larger than Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ metro area's.
History
- Arizona: Admitted to the Union on February 14, 1912, as the 48th state.
- Delaware: Admitted to the Union on December 7, 1787, as the 1st state.
- In its current form, Delaware is the older of the two by 125 years.
Arizona vs Delaware Economy
GDP
- Arizona's GDP is $570.1 billion (2024) vs Delaware's $111.0 billion.
- Arizona's economic output is 5.1 times (414%) larger than Delaware's.
GDP per capita
- Arizona: $75,186 per person vs Delaware: $105,495.
- Delaware's GDP per capita is 1.4 times (40%) higher than Arizona's.
Average income
- Arizona: $65,798 vs Delaware: $68,061 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Arizona and Delaware have about the same average income.
Arizona vs Delaware Counties
Number of counties
- Arizona has 15 counties, while Delaware has 3.
- Arizona's county count is 5.0 times (400%) higher than Delaware's.
Biggest county by area
- Arizona's largest county is Coconino County at 18,616 square miles; Delaware's is Sussex County at 936 square miles.
- Coconino County's land area is 19.9 times larger than Sussex County's.
Smallest county by area
- Arizona: Santa Cruz County (1,236 sq mi) vs Delaware: New Castle County (426 sq mi).
- Santa Cruz County's land area is 2.9 times (190%) larger than New Castle County's.
Most populous county
- Arizona: Maricopa County (4,673,096 people) vs Delaware: New Castle County (588,093 people).
- Maricopa County's population is 7.9 times (695%) larger than New Castle County's.
Least populous county
- Arizona: Greenlee County (9,410 people) vs Delaware: Kent County (192,690 people).
- Kent County's population is 20.5 times larger than Greenlee County's.
Richest county
- Arizona: Maricopa County ($72,176 per capita income) vs Delaware: Sussex County ($73,647).
- Maricopa County and Sussex County have about the same income.
Poorest county
- Arizona: Graham County ($44,164 per capita income) vs Delaware: Kent County ($55,474).
- Kent County's income is 1.3 times (26%) richer than Graham County's.
Arizona vs Delaware Taxes
State income tax
- Arizona has a top income tax rate of 2.5%, while Delaware has a top income tax rate of 6.6%.
- Delaware's top rate is 4.1 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Arizona: 0.43% effective rate vs Delaware: 0.47% of home value per year.
- Delaware's rate is 0.04 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Arizona: 8.54% combined state and average local rate vs Delaware: 0%.
- Arizona's combined rate is 8.54 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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