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District of Columbia vs Wyoming Geography
Land area
- District of Columbia has a land area of 61 square miles (158 km²), while Wyoming has 97,089 square miles (251,458 km²).
- Wyoming's land area is 1,591.5 times larger than District of Columbia's.
Total area
- District of Columbia: 68 square miles (177 km²) vs Wyoming: 97,810 square miles (253,326 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Wyoming's total area is 1,431.2 times larger than District of Columbia's.
Length
- District of Columbia is 13 miles (22 km) long from north to south; Wyoming is 324 miles (522 km).
- Wyoming's north-south length is 24.9 times longer than District of Columbia's.
Width
- District of Columbia spans 12 miles (19 km) east to west; Wyoming spans 410 miles (659 km).
- Wyoming's east-west width is 34.2 times wider than District of Columbia's.
Highest point
- District of Columbia's highest point is Fort Reno at 429 feet (131 m); Wyoming's is Gannett Peak at 13,788 feet (4,203 m).
- Gannett Peak is 13,359 feet higher than Fort Reno.
Lowest point
- District of Columbia's lowest point is Potomac River at 0 feet; Wyoming's is Belle Fourche River at 3,108 feet.
- District of Columbia's lowest point is 3,108 feet lower.
District of Columbia vs Wyoming Population and History
Population
- District of Columbia has a population of 702,250 (2024), while Wyoming has 587,618 (2024).
- District of Columbia's population is 1.2 times (20%) larger than Wyoming's.
Population density
- District of Columbia: 11,493.5 people per square mile vs Wyoming: 6.1.
- District of Columbia's population density is 1,884.2 times higher than Wyoming's.
Biggest city
- District of Columbia's biggest city is Washington with 702,250 people; Wyoming's is Cheyenne with 65,704.
- Washington's population is 10.7 times larger than Cheyenne'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 Wyoming's Cheyenne, WY metro area (101,783).
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area's population is 63.2 times larger than Cheyenne, WY metro area's.
History
- District of Columbia: The federal district, established by the Residence Act on July 16, 1790; not a state.
- Wyoming: Admitted to the Union on July 10, 1890, as the 44th state.
- In its current form, District of Columbia is the older of the two by 100 years.
District of Columbia vs Wyoming Economy
GDP
- District of Columbia's GDP is $184.3 billion (2024) vs Wyoming's $51.5 billion.
- District of Columbia's economic output is 3.6 times (258%) larger than Wyoming's.
GDP per capita
- District of Columbia: $262,439 per person vs Wyoming: $87,639.
- District of Columbia's GDP per capita is 3.0 times (199%) higher than Wyoming's.
Average income
- District of Columbia: $111,185 vs Wyoming: $86,477 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- District of Columbia's average income is 1.3 times (29%) higher than Wyoming's.
District of Columbia vs Wyoming Counties
Number of counties
- District of Columbia has 1 counties, while Wyoming has 23.
- Wyoming's county count is 23.0 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; Wyoming's is Sweetwater County at 10,427 square miles.
- Sweetwater County's land area is 170.7 times larger than District of Columbia's.
Smallest county by area
- District of Columbia: District of Columbia (61 sq mi) vs Wyoming: Hot Springs County (2,004 sq mi).
- Hot Springs County's land area is 32.8 times larger than District of Columbia's.
Most populous county
- District of Columbia: District of Columbia (702,250 people) vs Wyoming: Laramie County (101,783 people).
- District of Columbia's population is 6.9 times (590%) larger than Laramie County's.
Least populous county
- District of Columbia: District of Columbia (702,250 people) vs Wyoming: Niobrara County (2,301 people).
- District of Columbia's population is 305.2 times larger than Niobrara County's.
Richest county
- District of Columbia: District of Columbia ($111,185 per capita income) vs Wyoming: Teton County ($532,903).
- Teton County's income is 4.8 times (379%) richer than District of Columbia's.
Poorest county
- District of Columbia: District of Columbia ($111,185 per capita income) vs Wyoming: Uinta County ($50,370).
- District of Columbia's income is 2.2 times (121%) richer than Uinta County's.
District of Columbia vs Wyoming Taxes
State income tax
- District of Columbia has a top income tax rate of 10.75%, while Wyoming 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 Wyoming: 0.57% of home value per year.
- District of Columbia's rate is 0.06 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- District of Columbia: 6% combined state and average local rate vs Wyoming: 5.39%.
- District of Columbia's combined rate is 0.61 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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