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Delaware vs Florida Geography
Land area
- Delaware has a land area of 1,949 square miles (5,047 km²), while Florida has 53,655 square miles (138,965 km²).
- Florida's land area is 27.5 times larger than Delaware's.
Total area
- Delaware: 2,489 square miles (6,446 km²) vs Florida: 71,404 square miles (184,934 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Florida's total area is 28.7 times larger than Delaware's.
Length
- Delaware is 98 miles (158 km) long from north to south; Florida is 471 miles (758 km).
- Florida's north-south length is 4.8 times (381%) longer than Delaware's.
Width
- Delaware spans 96 miles (155 km) east to west; Florida spans 547 miles (880 km).
- Florida's east-west width is 5.7 times (470%) wider than Delaware's.
Highest point
- Delaware's highest point is Ebright Azimuth at 450 feet (137 m); Florida's is Britton Hill at 344 feet (105 m).
- Ebright Azimuth is 106 feet higher than Britton Hill.
Lowest point
- Delaware's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Florida's is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet.
- Both lowest points are at or near sea level.
Delaware vs Florida Population and History
Population
- Delaware has a population of 1,051,917 (2024), while Florida has 23,372,215 (2024).
- Florida's population is 22.2 times larger than Delaware's.
Population density
- Delaware: 539.9 people per square mile vs Florida: 435.6.
- Delaware's population density is 1.2 times (24%) higher than Florida's.
Biggest city
- Delaware's biggest city is Wilmington with 73,176 people; Florida's is Jacksonville with 1,009,833.
- Jacksonville's population is 13.8 times larger than Wilmington's.
Largest metro area
- Delaware's largest metropolitan area is Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area (6,330,422 people) vs Florida's Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area (6,457,988).
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area and Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area have about the same population.
History
- Delaware: Admitted to the Union on December 7, 1787, as the 1st state.
- Florida: Admitted to the Union on March 3, 1845, as the 27th state.
- In its current form, Delaware is the older of the two by 58 years.
Delaware vs Florida Economy
GDP
- Delaware's GDP is $111.0 billion (2024) vs Florida's $1,726.7 billion.
- Florida's economic output is 15.6 times larger than Delaware's.
GDP per capita
- Delaware: $105,495 per person vs Florida: $73,879.
- Delaware's GDP per capita is 1.4 times (43%) higher than Florida's.
Average income
- Delaware: $68,061 vs Florida: $73,006 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Florida's average income is 1.1 times (7%) higher than Delaware's.
Delaware vs Florida Counties
Number of counties
- Delaware has 3 counties, while Florida has 67.
- Florida's county count is 22.3 times higher than Delaware's.
Biggest county by area
- Delaware's largest county is Sussex County at 936 square miles; Florida's is Collier County at 1,997 square miles.
- Collier County's land area is 2.1 times (113%) larger than Sussex County's.
Smallest county by area
- Delaware: New Castle County (426 sq mi) vs Florida: Union County (244 sq mi).
- New Castle County's land area is 1.8 times (75%) larger than Union County's.
Most populous county
- Delaware: New Castle County (588,093 people) vs Florida: Miami-Dade County (2,838,461 people).
- Miami-Dade County's population is 4.8 times (383%) larger than New Castle County's.
Least populous county
- Delaware: Kent County (192,690 people) vs Florida: Liberty County (7,955 people).
- Kent County's population is 24.2 times larger than Liberty County's.
Richest county
- Delaware: Sussex County ($73,647 per capita income) vs Florida: Collier County ($150,140).
- Collier County's income is 2.0 times (104%) richer than Sussex County's.
Poorest county
- Delaware: Kent County ($55,474 per capita income) vs Florida: Union County ($30,156).
- Kent County's income is 1.8 times (84%) richer than Union County's.
Delaware vs Florida Taxes
State income tax
- Delaware has a top income tax rate of 6.6%, while Florida has no state income tax.
- Delaware's top rate is 6.6 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Delaware: 0.47% effective rate vs Florida: 0.75% of home value per year.
- Florida's rate is 0.28 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Delaware: 0% combined state and average local rate vs Florida: 6.98%.
- Florida's combined rate is 6.98 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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