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Delaware vs Georgia Geography
Land area
- Delaware has a land area of 1,949 square miles (5,047 km²), while Georgia has 57,717 square miles (149,486 km²).
- Georgia's land area is 29.6 times larger than Delaware's.
Total area
- Delaware: 2,489 square miles (6,446 km²) vs Georgia: 59,423 square miles (153,905 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Georgia's total area is 23.9 times larger than Delaware's.
Length
- Delaware is 98 miles (158 km) long from north to south; Georgia is 326 miles (525 km).
- Georgia's north-south length is 3.3 times (233%) longer than Delaware's.
Width
- Delaware spans 96 miles (155 km) east to west; Georgia spans 343 miles (553 km).
- Georgia's east-west width is 3.6 times (257%) wider than Delaware's.
Highest point
- Delaware's highest point is Ebright Azimuth at 450 feet (137 m); Georgia's is Brasstown Bald at 4,778 feet (1,456 m).
- Brasstown Bald is 4,328 feet higher than Ebright Azimuth.
Lowest point
- Delaware's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Georgia's is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet.
- Both lowest points are at or near sea level.
Delaware vs Georgia Population and History
Population
- Delaware has a population of 1,051,917 (2024), while Georgia has 11,180,878 (2024).
- Georgia's population is 10.6 times larger than Delaware's.
Population density
- Delaware: 539.9 people per square mile vs Georgia: 193.7.
- Delaware's population density is 2.8 times (179%) higher than Georgia's.
Biggest city
- Delaware's biggest city is Wilmington with 73,176 people; Georgia's is Atlanta with 520,070.
- Atlanta's population is 7.1 times (611%) 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 Georgia's Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area (6,411,149).
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area and Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area have about the same population.
History
- Delaware: Admitted to the Union on December 7, 1787, as the 1st state.
- Georgia: Admitted to the Union on January 2, 1788, as the 4th state.
- In its current form, Delaware is the older of the two by 1 years.
Delaware vs Georgia Economy
GDP
- Delaware's GDP is $111.0 billion (2024) vs Georgia's $881.5 billion.
- Georgia's economic output is 7.9 times (694%) larger than Delaware's.
GDP per capita
- Delaware: $105,495 per person vs Georgia: $78,841.
- Delaware's GDP per capita is 1.3 times (34%) higher than Georgia's.
Average income
- Delaware: $68,061 vs Georgia: $63,006 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Delaware's average income is 1.1 times (8%) higher than Georgia's.
Delaware vs Georgia Counties
Number of counties
- Delaware has 3 counties, while Georgia has 159.
- Georgia's county count is 53.0 times higher than Delaware's.
Biggest county by area
- Delaware's largest county is Sussex County at 936 square miles; Georgia's is Ware County at 899 square miles.
- Sussex County and Ware County have about the same land area.
Smallest county by area
- Delaware: New Castle County (426 sq mi) vs Georgia: Clarke County (119 sq mi).
- New Castle County's land area is 3.6 times (257%) larger than Clarke County's.
Most populous county
- Delaware: New Castle County (588,093 people) vs Georgia: Fulton County (1,090,354 people).
- Fulton County's population is 1.9 times (85%) larger than New Castle County's.
Least populous county
- Delaware: Kent County (192,690 people) vs Georgia: Taliaferro County (1,620 people).
- Kent County's population is 118.9 times larger than Taliaferro County's.
Richest county
- Delaware: Sussex County ($73,647 per capita income) vs Georgia: Fulton County ($111,238).
- Fulton County's income is 1.5 times (51%) richer than Sussex County's.
Poorest county
- Delaware: Kent County ($55,474 per capita income) vs Georgia: Wheeler County ($26,119).
- Kent County's income is 2.1 times (112%) richer than Wheeler County's.
Delaware vs Georgia Taxes
State income tax
- Delaware has a top income tax rate of 6.6%, while Georgia has a top income tax rate of 5.19%.
- Delaware's top rate is 1.41 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Delaware: 0.47% effective rate vs Georgia: 0.74% of home value per year.
- Georgia's rate is 0.27 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Delaware: 0% combined state and average local rate vs Georgia: 7.56%.
- Georgia's combined rate is 7.56 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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