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Delaware vs Louisiana Geography
Land area
- Delaware has a land area of 1,949 square miles (5,047 km²), while Louisiana has 43,213 square miles (111,921 km²).
- Louisiana's land area is 22.2 times larger than Delaware's.
Total area
- Delaware: 2,489 square miles (6,446 km²) vs Louisiana: 52,375 square miles (135,652 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Louisiana's total area is 21.0 times larger than Delaware's.
Length
- Delaware is 98 miles (158 km) long from north to south; Louisiana is 301 miles (484 km).
- Louisiana's north-south length is 3.1 times (207%) longer than Delaware's.
Width
- Delaware spans 96 miles (155 km) east to west; Louisiana spans 356 miles (574 km).
- Louisiana's east-west width is 3.7 times (271%) wider than Delaware's.
Highest point
- Delaware's highest point is Ebright Azimuth at 450 feet (137 m); Louisiana's is Driskill Mountain at 533 feet (162 m).
- Driskill Mountain is 83 feet higher than Ebright Azimuth.
Lowest point
- Delaware's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Louisiana's is New Orleans at -8 feet.
- Louisiana's lowest point is 8 feet lower.
Delaware vs Louisiana Population and History
Population
- Delaware has a population of 1,051,917 (2024), while Louisiana has 4,597,740 (2024).
- Louisiana's population is 4.4 times (337%) larger than Delaware's.
Population density
- Delaware: 539.9 people per square mile vs Louisiana: 106.4.
- Delaware's population density is 5.1 times (407%) higher than Louisiana's.
Biggest city
- Delaware's biggest city is Wilmington with 73,176 people; Louisiana's is New Orleans with 362,701.
- New Orleans' population is 5.0 times (396%) 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 Louisiana's New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area (966,230).
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area's population is 6.6 times (555%) larger than New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area's.
History
- Delaware: Admitted to the Union on December 7, 1787, as the 1st state.
- Louisiana: Admitted to the Union on April 30, 1812, as the 18th state.
- In its current form, Delaware is the older of the two by 25 years.
Delaware vs Louisiana Economy
GDP
- Delaware's GDP is $111.0 billion (2024) vs Louisiana's $329.2 billion.
- Louisiana's economic output is 3.0 times (197%) larger than Delaware's.
GDP per capita
- Delaware: $105,495 per person vs Louisiana: $71,594.
- Delaware's GDP per capita is 1.5 times (47%) higher than Louisiana's.
Average income
- Delaware: $68,061 vs Louisiana: $61,897 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Delaware's average income is 1.1 times (10%) higher than Louisiana's.
Delaware vs Louisiana Counties
Number of counties
- Delaware has 3 counties, while Louisiana has 64.
- Louisiana's county count is 21.3 times higher than Delaware's.
Biggest county by area
- Delaware's largest county is Sussex County at 936 square miles; Louisiana's is Vernon Parish at 1,327 square miles.
- Vernon Parish's land area is 1.4 times (42%) larger than Sussex County's.
Smallest county by area
- Delaware: New Castle County (426 sq mi) vs Louisiana: Orleans Parish (170 sq mi).
- New Castle County's land area is 2.5 times (152%) larger than Orleans Parish's.
Most populous county
- Delaware: New Castle County (588,093 people) vs Louisiana: East Baton Rouge Parish (453,022 people).
- New Castle County's population is 1.3 times (30%) larger than East Baton Rouge Parish's.
Least populous county
- Delaware: Kent County (192,690 people) vs Louisiana: Tensas Parish (3,844 people).
- Kent County's population is 50.1 times larger than Tensas Parish's.
Richest county
- Delaware: Sussex County ($73,647 per capita income) vs Louisiana: St. Tammany Parish ($82,398).
- St. Tammany Parish's income is 1.1 times (12%) richer than Sussex County's.
Poorest county
- Delaware: Kent County ($55,474 per capita income) vs Louisiana: East Carroll Parish ($36,751).
- Kent County's income is 1.5 times (51%) richer than East Carroll Parish's.
Delaware vs Louisiana Taxes
State income tax
- Delaware has a top income tax rate of 6.6%, while Louisiana has a top income tax rate of 3%.
- Delaware's top rate is 3.6 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Delaware: 0.47% effective rate vs Louisiana: 0.53% of home value per year.
- Louisiana's rate is 0.06 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Delaware: 0% combined state and average local rate vs Louisiana: 10.13%.
- Louisiana's combined rate is 10.13 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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