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District of Columbia vs Florida Geography
Land area
- District of Columbia has a land area of 61 square miles (158 km²), while Florida has 53,655 square miles (138,965 km²).
- Florida's land area is 879.5 times larger than District of Columbia's.
Total area
- District of Columbia: 68 square miles (177 km²) vs Florida: 71,404 square miles (184,934 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Florida's total area is 1,044.8 times larger than District of Columbia's.
Length
- District of Columbia is 13 miles (22 km) long from north to south; Florida is 471 miles (758 km).
- Florida's north-south length is 36.2 times longer than District of Columbia's.
Width
- District of Columbia spans 12 miles (19 km) east to west; Florida spans 547 miles (880 km).
- Florida's east-west width is 45.6 times wider than District of Columbia's.
Highest point
- District of Columbia's highest point is Fort Reno at 429 feet (131 m); Florida's is Britton Hill at 344 feet (105 m).
- Fort Reno is 85 feet higher than Britton Hill.
Lowest point
- District of Columbia's lowest point is Potomac River at 0 feet; Florida's is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet.
- Both lowest points are at or near sea level.
District of Columbia vs Florida Population and History
Population
- District of Columbia has a population of 702,250 (2024), while Florida has 23,372,215 (2024).
- Florida's population is 33.3 times larger than District of Columbia's.
Population density
- District of Columbia: 11,493.5 people per square mile vs Florida: 435.6.
- District of Columbia's population density is 26.4 times higher than Florida's.
Biggest city
- District of Columbia's biggest city is Washington with 702,250 people; Florida's is Jacksonville with 1,009,833.
- Jacksonville's population is 1.4 times (44%) larger than Washington's.
Largest metro area
- District of Columbia's largest metropolitan area is Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area (6,436,489 people) vs Florida's Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area (6,457,988).
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area and Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area have about the same population.
History
- District of Columbia: The federal district, established by the Residence Act on July 16, 1790; not a state.
- Florida: Admitted to the Union on March 3, 1845, as the 27th state.
- In its current form, District of Columbia is the older of the two by 55 years.
District of Columbia vs Florida Economy
GDP
- District of Columbia's GDP is $184.3 billion (2024) vs Florida's $1,726.7 billion.
- Florida's economic output is 9.4 times (837%) larger than District of Columbia's.
GDP per capita
- District of Columbia: $262,439 per person vs Florida: $73,879.
- District of Columbia's GDP per capita is 3.6 times (255%) higher than Florida's.
Average income
- District of Columbia: $111,185 vs Florida: $73,006 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- District of Columbia's average income is 1.5 times (52%) higher than Florida's.
District of Columbia vs Florida Counties
Number of counties
- District of Columbia has 1 counties, while Florida has 67.
- Florida's county count is 67.0 times higher than District of Columbia's.
Biggest county by area
- District of Columbia's largest county is District of Columbia at 61 square miles; Florida's is Collier County at 1,997 square miles.
- Collier County's land area is 32.7 times larger than District of Columbia's.
Smallest county by area
- District of Columbia: District of Columbia (61 sq mi) vs Florida: Union County (244 sq mi).
- Union County's land area is 4.0 times (299%) larger than District of Columbia's.
Most populous county
- District of Columbia: District of Columbia (702,250 people) vs Florida: Miami-Dade County (2,838,461 people).
- Miami-Dade County's population is 4.0 times (304%) larger than District of Columbia's.
Least populous county
- District of Columbia: District of Columbia (702,250 people) vs Florida: Liberty County (7,955 people).
- District of Columbia's population is 88.3 times larger than Liberty County's.
Richest county
- District of Columbia: District of Columbia ($111,185 per capita income) vs Florida: Collier County ($150,140).
- Collier County's income is 1.4 times (35%) richer than District of Columbia's.
Poorest county
- District of Columbia: District of Columbia ($111,185 per capita income) vs Florida: Union County ($30,156).
- District of Columbia's income is 3.7 times (269%) richer than Union County's.
District of Columbia vs Florida Taxes
State income tax
- District of Columbia has a top income tax rate of 10.75%, while Florida has no state income tax.
- District of Columbia's top rate is 10.75 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- District of Columbia: 0.63% effective rate vs Florida: 0.75% of home value per year.
- Florida's rate is 0.12 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- District of Columbia: 6% combined state and average local rate vs Florida: 6.98%.
- Florida's combined rate is 0.98 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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