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Arizona vs Wisconsin Geography
Land area
- Arizona has a land area of 113,655 square miles (294,366 km²), while Wisconsin has 54,168 square miles (140,294 km²).
- Arizona's land area is 2.1 times (110%) larger than Wisconsin's.
Total area
- Arizona: 113,985 square miles (295,220 km²) vs Wisconsin: 65,497 square miles (169,636 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Arizona's total area is 1.7 times (74%) larger than Wisconsin's.
Length
- Arizona is 429 miles (690 km) long from north to south; Wisconsin is 368 miles (593 km).
- Arizona's north-south length is 1.2 times (17%) longer than Wisconsin's.
Width
- Arizona spans 452 miles (727 km) east to west; Wisconsin spans 323 miles (521 km).
- Arizona's east-west width is 1.4 times (40%) wider than Wisconsin's.
Highest point
- Arizona's highest point is Humphreys Peak at 12,620 feet (3,847 m); Wisconsin's is Timms Hill at 1,946 feet (593 m).
- Humphreys Peak is 10,674 feet higher than Timms Hill.
Lowest point
- Arizona's lowest point is Colorado River at 71 feet; Wisconsin's is Lake Michigan at 577 feet.
- Arizona's lowest point is 506 feet lower.
Arizona vs Wisconsin Population and History
Population
- Arizona has a population of 7,582,384 (2024), while Wisconsin has 5,960,975 (2024).
- Arizona's population is 1.3 times (27%) larger than Wisconsin's.
Population density
- Arizona: 66.7 people per square mile vs Wisconsin: 110.0.
- Wisconsin's population density is 1.6 times (65%) higher than Arizona's.
Biggest city
- Arizona's biggest city is Phoenix with 1,673,164 people; Wisconsin's is Milwaukee with 563,531.
- Phoenix's population is 3.0 times (197%) larger than Milwaukee's.
Largest metro area
- Arizona's largest metropolitan area is Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ metro area (5,186,958 people) vs Wisconsin's Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area (3,757,952).
- Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ metro area's population is 1.4 times (38%) larger than Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area's.
History
- Arizona: Admitted to the Union on February 14, 1912, as the 48th state.
- Wisconsin: Admitted to the Union on May 29, 1848, as the 30th state.
- In its current form, Wisconsin is the older of the two by 64 years.
Arizona vs Wisconsin Economy
GDP
- Arizona's GDP is $570.1 billion (2024) vs Wisconsin's $453.3 billion.
- Arizona's economic output is 1.3 times (26%) larger than Wisconsin's.
GDP per capita
- Arizona: $75,186 per person vs Wisconsin: $76,044.
- Arizona and Wisconsin have about the same GDP per capita.
Average income
- Arizona: $65,798 vs Wisconsin: $67,755 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Arizona and Wisconsin have about the same average income.
Arizona vs Wisconsin Counties
Number of counties
- Arizona has 15 counties, while Wisconsin has 72.
- Wisconsin's county count is 4.8 times (380%) higher than Arizona's.
Biggest county by area
- Arizona's largest county is Coconino County at 18,616 square miles; Wisconsin's is Marathon County at 1,545 square miles.
- Coconino County's land area is 12.0 times larger than Marathon County's.
Smallest county by area
- Arizona: Santa Cruz County (1,236 sq mi) vs Wisconsin: Pepin County (232 sq mi).
- Santa Cruz County's land area is 5.3 times (433%) larger than Pepin County's.
Most populous county
- Arizona: Maricopa County (4,673,096 people) vs Wisconsin: Milwaukee County (924,740 people).
- Maricopa County's population is 5.1 times (405%) larger than Milwaukee County's.
Least populous county
- Arizona: Greenlee County (9,410 people) vs Wisconsin: Menominee County (4,286 people).
- Greenlee County's population is 2.2 times (120%) larger than Menominee County's.
Richest county
- Arizona: Maricopa County ($72,176 per capita income) vs Wisconsin: Ozaukee County ($109,947).
- Ozaukee County's income is 1.5 times (52%) richer than Maricopa County's.
Poorest county
- Arizona: Graham County ($44,164 per capita income) vs Wisconsin: Menominee County ($43,696).
- Graham County and Menominee County have about the same income.
Arizona vs Wisconsin Taxes
State income tax
- Arizona has a top income tax rate of 2.5%, while Wisconsin has a top income tax rate of 7.65%.
- Wisconsin's top rate is 5.15 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Arizona: 0.43% effective rate vs Wisconsin: 1.25% of home value per year.
- Wisconsin's rate is 0.82 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Arizona: 8.54% combined state and average local rate vs Wisconsin: 5.72%.
- Arizona's combined rate is 2.82 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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