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Delaware vs Utah Geography
Land area
- Delaware has a land area of 1,949 square miles (5,047 km²), while Utah has 82,596 square miles (213,922 km²).
- Utah's land area is 42.4 times larger than Delaware's.
Total area
- Delaware: 2,489 square miles (6,446 km²) vs Utah: 84,898 square miles (219,885 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Utah's total area is 34.1 times larger than Delaware's.
Length
- Delaware is 98 miles (158 km) long from north to south; Utah is 436 miles (702 km).
- Utah's north-south length is 4.4 times (345%) longer than Delaware's.
Width
- Delaware spans 96 miles (155 km) east to west; Utah spans 268 miles (431 km).
- Utah's east-west width is 2.8 times (179%) wider than Delaware's.
Highest point
- Delaware's highest point is Ebright Azimuth at 450 feet (137 m); Utah's is Kings Peak at 13,512 feet (4,118 m).
- Kings Peak is 13,062 feet higher than Ebright Azimuth.
Lowest point
- Delaware's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Utah's is Beaver Dam Wash at 2,180 feet.
- Delaware's lowest point is 2,180 feet lower.
Delaware vs Utah Population and History
Population
- Delaware has a population of 1,051,917 (2024), while Utah has 3,503,613 (2024).
- Utah's population is 3.3 times (233%) larger than Delaware's.
Population density
- Delaware: 539.9 people per square mile vs Utah: 42.4.
- Delaware's population density is 12.7 times higher than Utah's.
Biggest city
- Delaware's biggest city is Wilmington with 73,176 people; Utah's is Salt Lake City with 217,783.
- Salt Lake City's population is 3.0 times (198%) 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 Utah's Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro area (1,300,762).
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area's population is 4.9 times (387%) larger than Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro area's.
History
- Delaware: Admitted to the Union on December 7, 1787, as the 1st state.
- Utah: Admitted to the Union on January 4, 1896, as the 45th state.
- In its current form, Delaware is the older of the two by 109 years.
Delaware vs Utah Economy
GDP
- Delaware's GDP is $111.0 billion (2024) vs Utah's $299.5 billion.
- Utah's economic output is 2.7 times (170%) larger than Delaware's.
GDP per capita
- Delaware: $105,495 per person vs Utah: $85,475.
- Delaware's GDP per capita is 1.2 times (23%) higher than Utah's.
Average income
- Delaware: $68,061 vs Utah: $67,333 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Delaware and Utah have about the same average income.
Delaware vs Utah Counties
Number of counties
- Delaware has 3 counties, while Utah has 29.
- Utah's county count is 9.7 times (867%) higher than Delaware's.
Biggest county by area
- Delaware's largest county is Sussex County at 936 square miles; Utah's is San Juan County at 7,824 square miles.
- San Juan County's land area is 8.4 times (736%) larger than Sussex County's.
Smallest county by area
- Delaware: New Castle County (426 sq mi) vs Utah: Davis County (325 sq mi).
- New Castle County's land area is 1.3 times (31%) larger than Davis County's.
Most populous county
- Delaware: New Castle County (588,093 people) vs Utah: Salt Lake County (1,216,274 people).
- Salt Lake County's population is 2.1 times (107%) larger than New Castle County's.
Least populous county
- Delaware: Kent County (192,690 people) vs Utah: Daggett County (956 people).
- Kent County's population is 201.6 times larger than Daggett County's.
Richest county
- Delaware: Sussex County ($73,647 per capita income) vs Utah: Summit County ($280,510).
- Summit County's income is 3.8 times (281%) richer than Sussex County's.
Poorest county
- Delaware: Kent County ($55,474 per capita income) vs Utah: Beaver County ($39,179).
- Kent County's income is 1.4 times (42%) richer than Beaver County's.
Delaware vs Utah Taxes
State income tax
- Delaware has a top income tax rate of 6.6%, while Utah has a top income tax rate of 4.5%.
- Delaware's top rate is 2.1 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Delaware: 0.47% effective rate vs Utah: 0.49% of home value per year.
- Utah's rate is 0.02 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Delaware: 0% combined state and average local rate vs Utah: 7.42%.
- Utah's combined rate is 7.42 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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