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Arizona vs North Carolina Geography
Land area
- Arizona has a land area of 113,655 square miles (294,366 km²), while North Carolina has 48,624 square miles (125,936 km²).
- Arizona's land area is 2.3 times (134%) larger than North Carolina's.
Total area
- Arizona: 113,985 square miles (295,220 km²) vs North Carolina: 53,819 square miles (139,390 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Arizona's total area is 2.1 times (112%) larger than North Carolina's.
Length
- Arizona is 429 miles (690 km) long from north to south; North Carolina is 258 miles (415 km).
- Arizona's north-south length is 1.7 times (66%) longer than North Carolina's.
Width
- Arizona spans 452 miles (727 km) east to west; North Carolina spans 487 miles (784 km).
- North Carolina's east-west width is 1.1 times (8%) wider than Arizona's.
Highest point
- Arizona's highest point is Humphreys Peak at 12,620 feet (3,847 m); North Carolina's is Mount Mitchell at 6,674 feet (2,034 m).
- Humphreys Peak is 5,946 feet higher than Mount Mitchell.
Lowest point
- Arizona's lowest point is Colorado River at 71 feet; North Carolina's is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet.
- North Carolina's lowest point is 71 feet lower.
Arizona vs North Carolina Population and History
Population
- Arizona has a population of 7,582,384 (2024), while North Carolina has 11,046,024 (2024).
- North Carolina's population is 1.5 times (46%) larger than Arizona's.
Population density
- Arizona: 66.7 people per square mile vs North Carolina: 227.2.
- North Carolina's population density is 3.4 times (241%) higher than Arizona's.
Biggest city
- Arizona's biggest city is Phoenix with 1,673,164 people; North Carolina's is Charlotte with 943,476.
- Phoenix's population is 1.8 times (77%) larger than Charlotte's.
Largest metro area
- Arizona's largest metropolitan area is Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ metro area (5,186,958 people) vs North Carolina's Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area (2,883,370).
- Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ metro area's population is 1.8 times (80%) larger than Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area's.
History
- Arizona: Admitted to the Union on February 14, 1912, as the 48th state.
- North Carolina: Admitted to the Union on November 21, 1789, as the 12th state.
- In its current form, North Carolina is the older of the two by 123 years.
Arizona vs North Carolina Economy
GDP
- Arizona's GDP is $570.1 billion (2024) vs North Carolina's $844.2 billion.
- North Carolina's economic output is 1.5 times (48%) larger than Arizona's.
GDP per capita
- Arizona: $75,186 per person vs North Carolina: $76,427.
- Arizona and North Carolina have about the same GDP per capita.
Average income
- Arizona: $65,798 vs North Carolina: $65,634 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Arizona and North Carolina have about the same average income.
Arizona vs North Carolina Counties
Number of counties
- Arizona has 15 counties, while North Carolina has 100.
- North Carolina's county count is 6.7 times (567%) higher than Arizona's.
Biggest county by area
- Arizona's largest county is Coconino County at 18,616 square miles; North Carolina's is Robeson County at 947 square miles.
- Coconino County's land area is 19.7 times larger than Robeson County's.
Smallest county by area
- Arizona: Santa Cruz County (1,236 sq mi) vs North Carolina: Chowan County (173 sq mi).
- Santa Cruz County's land area is 7.2 times (616%) larger than Chowan County's.
Most populous county
- Arizona: Maricopa County (4,673,096 people) vs North Carolina: Wake County (1,232,444 people).
- Maricopa County's population is 3.8 times (279%) larger than Wake County's.
Least populous county
- Arizona: Greenlee County (9,410 people) vs North Carolina: Tyrrell County (3,517 people).
- Greenlee County's population is 2.7 times (168%) larger than Tyrrell County's.
Richest county
- Arizona: Maricopa County ($72,176 per capita income) vs North Carolina: Chatham County ($91,638).
- Chatham County's income is 1.3 times (27%) richer than Maricopa County's.
Poorest county
- Arizona: Graham County ($44,164 per capita income) vs North Carolina: Warren County ($40,932).
- Graham County's income is 1.1 times (8%) richer than Warren County's.
Arizona vs North Carolina Taxes
State income tax
- Arizona has a top income tax rate of 2.5%, while North Carolina has a top income tax rate of 3.99%.
- North Carolina's top rate is 1.49 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Arizona: 0.43% effective rate vs North Carolina: 0.61% of home value per year.
- North Carolina's rate is 0.18 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Arizona: 8.54% combined state and average local rate vs North Carolina: 7.1%.
- Arizona's combined rate is 1.44 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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