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District of Columbia vs Georgia Geography
Land area
- District of Columbia has a land area of 61 square miles (158 km²), while Georgia has 57,717 square miles (149,486 km²).
- Georgia's land area is 946.1 times larger than District of Columbia's.
Total area
- District of Columbia: 68 square miles (177 km²) vs Georgia: 59,423 square miles (153,905 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Georgia's total area is 869.5 times larger than District of Columbia's.
Length
- District of Columbia is 13 miles (22 km) long from north to south; Georgia is 326 miles (525 km).
- Georgia's north-south length is 25.1 times longer than District of Columbia's.
Width
- District of Columbia spans 12 miles (19 km) east to west; Georgia spans 343 miles (553 km).
- Georgia's east-west width is 28.6 times wider than District of Columbia's.
Highest point
- District of Columbia's highest point is Fort Reno at 429 feet (131 m); Georgia's is Brasstown Bald at 4,778 feet (1,456 m).
- Brasstown Bald is 4,349 feet higher than Fort Reno.
Lowest point
- District of Columbia's lowest point is Potomac River at 0 feet; Georgia's is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet.
- Both lowest points are at or near sea level.
District of Columbia vs Georgia Population and History
Population
- District of Columbia has a population of 702,250 (2024), while Georgia has 11,180,878 (2024).
- Georgia's population is 15.9 times larger than District of Columbia's.
Population density
- District of Columbia: 11,493.5 people per square mile vs Georgia: 193.7.
- District of Columbia's population density is 59.3 times higher than Georgia's.
Biggest city
- District of Columbia's biggest city is Washington with 702,250 people; Georgia's is Atlanta with 520,070.
- Washington's population is 1.4 times (35%) larger than Atlanta'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 Georgia's Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area (6,411,149).
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area and Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA 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.
- Georgia: Admitted to the Union on January 2, 1788, as the 4th state.
- In its current form, Georgia is the older of the two by 2 years.
District of Columbia vs Georgia Economy
GDP
- District of Columbia's GDP is $184.3 billion (2024) vs Georgia's $881.5 billion.
- Georgia's economic output is 4.8 times (378%) larger than District of Columbia's.
GDP per capita
- District of Columbia: $262,439 per person vs Georgia: $78,841.
- District of Columbia's GDP per capita is 3.3 times (233%) higher than Georgia's.
Average income
- District of Columbia: $111,185 vs Georgia: $63,006 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- District of Columbia's average income is 1.8 times (76%) higher than Georgia's.
District of Columbia vs Georgia Counties
Number of counties
- District of Columbia has 1 counties, while Georgia has 159.
- Georgia's county count is 159.0 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; Georgia's is Ware County at 899 square miles.
- Ware County's land area is 14.7 times larger than District of Columbia's.
Smallest county by area
- District of Columbia: District of Columbia (61 sq mi) vs Georgia: Clarke County (119 sq mi).
- Clarke County's land area is 2.0 times (95%) larger than District of Columbia's.
Most populous county
- District of Columbia: District of Columbia (702,250 people) vs Georgia: Fulton County (1,090,354 people).
- Fulton County's population is 1.6 times (55%) larger than District of Columbia's.
Least populous county
- District of Columbia: District of Columbia (702,250 people) vs Georgia: Taliaferro County (1,620 people).
- District of Columbia's population is 433.5 times larger than Taliaferro County's.
Richest county
- District of Columbia: District of Columbia ($111,185 per capita income) vs Georgia: Fulton County ($111,238).
- District of Columbia and Fulton County have about the same income.
Poorest county
- District of Columbia: District of Columbia ($111,185 per capita income) vs Georgia: Wheeler County ($26,119).
- District of Columbia's income is 4.3 times (326%) richer than Wheeler County's.
District of Columbia vs Georgia Taxes
State income tax
- District of Columbia has a top income tax rate of 10.75%, while Georgia has a top income tax rate of 5.19%.
- District of Columbia's top rate is 5.56 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- District of Columbia: 0.63% effective rate vs Georgia: 0.74% of home value per year.
- Georgia's rate is 0.11 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- District of Columbia: 6% combined state and average local rate vs Georgia: 7.56%.
- Georgia's combined rate is 1.56 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
District of Columbia official website · Georgia official website
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