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Florida vs Hawaii Geography
Land area
- Florida has a land area of 53,655 square miles (138,965 km²), while Hawaii has 6,423 square miles (16,634 km²).
- Florida's land area is 8.4 times (735%) larger than Hawaii's.
Total area
- Florida: 71,404 square miles (184,934 km²) vs Hawaii: 10,970 square miles (28,412 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Florida's total area is 6.5 times (551%) larger than Hawaii's.
Length
- Florida is 471 miles (758 km) long from north to south; Hawaii is 333 miles (536 km).
- Florida's north-south length is 1.4 times (41%) longer than Hawaii's.
Width
- Florida spans 547 miles (880 km) east to west; Hawaii spans 386 miles (621 km).
- Florida's east-west width is 1.4 times (42%) wider than Hawaii's.
Highest point
- Florida's highest point is Britton Hill at 344 feet (105 m); Hawaii's is Mauna Kea at 13,795 feet (4,205 m).
- Mauna Kea is 13,451 feet higher than Britton Hill.
Lowest point
- Florida's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Hawaii's is Pacific Ocean at 0 feet.
- Both lowest points are at or near sea level.
Florida vs Hawaii Population and History
Population
- Florida has a population of 23,372,215 (2024), while Hawaii has 1,446,146 (2024).
- Florida's population is 16.2 times larger than Hawaii's.
Population density
- Florida: 435.6 people per square mile vs Hawaii: 225.2.
- Florida's population density is 1.9 times (93%) higher than Hawaii's.
Biggest city
- Florida's biggest city is Jacksonville with 1,009,833 people; Hawaii's is Honolulu with 344,967.
- Jacksonville's population is 2.9 times (193%) larger than Honolulu's.
Largest metro area
- Florida's largest metropolitan area is Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area (6,457,988 people) vs Hawaii's Urban Honolulu, HI metro area (998,747).
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area's population is 6.5 times (547%) larger than Urban Honolulu, HI metro area's.
History
- Florida: Admitted to the Union on March 3, 1845, as the 27th state.
- Hawaii: Admitted to the Union on August 21, 1959, as the 50th state.
- In its current form, Florida is the older of the two by 114 years.
Florida vs Hawaii Economy
GDP
- Florida's GDP is $1,726.7 billion (2024) vs Hawaii's $117.6 billion.
- Florida's economic output is 14.7 times larger than Hawaii's.
GDP per capita
- Florida: $73,879 per person vs Hawaii: $81,339.
- Hawaii's GDP per capita is 1.1 times (10%) higher than Florida's.
Average income
- Florida: $73,006 vs Hawaii: $71,019 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Florida and Hawaii have about the same average income.
Florida vs Hawaii Counties
Number of counties
- Florida has 67 counties, while Hawaii has 5.
- Florida's county count is 13.4 times higher than Hawaii's.
Biggest county by area
- Florida's largest county is Collier County at 1,997 square miles; Hawaii's is Hawaii County at 4,028 square miles.
- Hawaii County's land area is 2.0 times (102%) larger than Collier County's.
Smallest county by area
- Florida: Union County (244 sq mi) vs Hawaii: Kalawao County (12 sq mi).
- Union County's land area is 20.3 times larger than Kalawao County's.
Most populous county
- Florida: Miami-Dade County (2,838,461 people) vs Hawaii: Honolulu County (998,747 people).
- Miami-Dade County's population is 2.8 times (184%) larger than Honolulu County's.
Least populous county
- Florida: Liberty County (7,955 people) vs Hawaii: Kalawao County (81 people).
- Liberty County's population is 98.2 times larger than Kalawao County's.
Richest county
- Florida: Collier County ($150,140 per capita income) vs Hawaii: Honolulu County ($74,681).
- Collier County's income is 2.0 times (101%) richer than Honolulu County's.
Poorest county
- Florida: Union County ($30,156 per capita income) vs Hawaii: Hawaii County ($57,694).
- Hawaii County's income is 1.9 times (91%) richer than Union County's.
Florida vs Hawaii Taxes
State income tax
- Florida has no state income tax, while Hawaii has a top income tax rate of 11%.
- Hawaii's top rate is 11 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Florida: 0.75% effective rate vs Hawaii: 0.27% of home value per year.
- Florida's rate is 0.48 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Florida: 6.98% combined state and average local rate vs Hawaii: 4.5%.
- Florida's combined rate is 2.48 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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