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Arizona vs Tennessee Geography
Land area
- Arizona has a land area of 113,655 square miles (294,366 km²), while Tennessee has 41,224 square miles (106,770 km²).
- Arizona's land area is 2.8 times (176%) larger than Tennessee's.
Total area
- Arizona: 113,985 square miles (295,220 km²) vs Tennessee: 42,130 square miles (109,116 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Arizona's total area is 2.7 times (171%) larger than Tennessee's.
Length
- Arizona is 429 miles (690 km) long from north to south; Tennessee is 191 miles (308 km).
- Arizona's north-south length is 2.2 times (125%) longer than Tennessee's.
Width
- Arizona spans 452 miles (727 km) east to west; Tennessee spans 497 miles (800 km).
- Tennessee's east-west width is 1.1 times (10%) wider than Arizona's.
Highest point
- Arizona's highest point is Humphreys Peak at 12,620 feet (3,847 m); Tennessee's is Clingmans Dome at 6,624 feet (2,019 m).
- Humphreys Peak is 5,996 feet higher than Clingmans Dome.
Lowest point
- Arizona's lowest point is Colorado River at 71 feet; Tennessee's is Mississippi River at 178 feet.
- Arizona's lowest point is 107 feet lower.
Arizona vs Tennessee Population and History
Population
- Arizona has a population of 7,582,384 (2024), while Tennessee has 7,227,750 (2024).
- Arizona's population is 1.0 times (5%) larger than Tennessee's.
Population density
- Arizona: 66.7 people per square mile vs Tennessee: 175.3.
- Tennessee's population density is 2.6 times (163%) higher than Arizona's.
Biggest city
- Arizona's biggest city is Phoenix with 1,673,164 people; Tennessee's is Nashville with 704,963.
- Phoenix's population is 2.4 times (137%) larger than Nashville's.
Largest metro area
- Arizona's largest metropolitan area is Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ metro area (5,186,958 people) vs Tennessee's Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN metro area (2,150,553).
- Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ metro area's population is 2.4 times (141%) larger than Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN metro area's.
History
- Arizona: Admitted to the Union on February 14, 1912, as the 48th state.
- Tennessee: Admitted to the Union on June 1, 1796, as the 16th state.
- In its current form, Tennessee is the older of the two by 116 years.
Arizona vs Tennessee Economy
GDP
- Arizona's GDP is $570.1 billion (2024) vs Tennessee's $561.2 billion.
- Arizona and Tennessee have about the same economic output.
GDP per capita
- Arizona: $75,186 per person vs Tennessee: $77,645.
- Arizona and Tennessee have about the same GDP per capita.
Average income
- Arizona: $65,798 vs Tennessee: $66,504 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Arizona and Tennessee have about the same average income.
Arizona vs Tennessee Counties
Number of counties
- Arizona has 15 counties, while Tennessee has 95.
- Tennessee's county count is 6.3 times (533%) higher than Arizona's.
Biggest county by area
- Arizona's largest county is Coconino County at 18,616 square miles; Tennessee's is Shelby County at 753 square miles.
- Coconino County's land area is 24.7 times larger than Shelby County's.
Smallest county by area
- Arizona: Santa Cruz County (1,236 sq mi) vs Tennessee: Trousdale County (114 sq mi).
- Santa Cruz County's land area is 10.8 times larger than Trousdale County's.
Most populous county
- Arizona: Maricopa County (4,673,096 people) vs Tennessee: Shelby County (910,530 people).
- Maricopa County's population is 5.1 times (413%) larger than Shelby County's.
Least populous county
- Arizona: Greenlee County (9,410 people) vs Tennessee: Pickett County (5,108 people).
- Greenlee County's population is 1.8 times (84%) larger than Pickett County's.
Richest county
- Arizona: Maricopa County ($72,176 per capita income) vs Tennessee: Williamson County ($139,704).
- Williamson County's income is 1.9 times (94%) richer than Maricopa County's.
Poorest county
- Arizona: Graham County ($44,164 per capita income) vs Tennessee: Lake County ($31,572).
- Graham County's income is 1.4 times (40%) richer than Lake County's.
Arizona vs Tennessee Taxes
State income tax
- Arizona has a top income tax rate of 2.5%, while Tennessee has no state income tax.
- Arizona's top rate is 2.5 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Arizona: 0.43% effective rate vs Tennessee: 0.45% of home value per year.
- Tennessee's rate is 0.02 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Arizona: 8.54% combined state and average local rate vs Tennessee: 9.61%.
- Tennessee's combined rate is 1.07 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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