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Florida vs Idaho Geography
Land area
- Florida has a land area of 53,655 square miles (138,965 km²), while Idaho has 82,645 square miles (214,051 km²).
- Idaho's land area is 1.5 times (54%) larger than Florida's.
Total area
- Florida: 71,404 square miles (184,934 km²) vs Idaho: 83,569 square miles (216,441 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Idaho's total area is 1.2 times (17%) larger than Florida's.
Length
- Florida is 471 miles (758 km) long from north to south; Idaho is 483 miles (778 km).
- Florida and Idaho have about the same north-south length.
Width
- Florida spans 547 miles (880 km) east to west; Idaho spans 352 miles (566 km).
- Florida's east-west width is 1.6 times (55%) wider than Idaho's.
Highest point
- Florida's highest point is Britton Hill at 344 feet (105 m); Idaho's is Borah Peak at 12,631 feet (3,850 m).
- Borah Peak is 12,287 feet higher than Britton Hill.
Lowest point
- Florida's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Idaho's is Snake River at 718 feet.
- Florida's lowest point is 718 feet lower.
Florida vs Idaho Population and History
Population
- Florida has a population of 23,372,215 (2024), while Idaho has 2,001,619 (2024).
- Florida's population is 11.7 times larger than Idaho's.
Population density
- Florida: 435.6 people per square mile vs Idaho: 24.2.
- Florida's population density is 18.0 times higher than Idaho's.
Biggest city
- Florida's biggest city is Jacksonville with 1,009,833 people; Idaho's is Boise with 237,963.
- Jacksonville's population is 4.2 times (324%) larger than Boise's.
Largest metro area
- Florida's largest metropolitan area is Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area (6,457,988 people) vs Idaho's Boise City, ID metro area (845,877).
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area's population is 7.6 times (663%) larger than Boise City, ID metro area's.
History
- Florida: Admitted to the Union on March 3, 1845, as the 27th state.
- Idaho: Admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, as the 43rd state.
- In its current form, Florida is the older of the two by 45 years.
Florida vs Idaho Economy
GDP
- Florida's GDP is $1,726.7 billion (2024) vs Idaho's $129.0 billion.
- Florida's economic output is 13.4 times larger than Idaho's.
GDP per capita
- Florida: $73,879 per person vs Idaho: $64,457.
- Florida's GDP per capita is 1.1 times (15%) higher than Idaho's.
Average income
- Florida: $73,006 vs Idaho: $62,323 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Florida's average income is 1.2 times (17%) higher than Idaho's.
Florida vs Idaho Counties
Number of counties
- Florida has 67 counties, while Idaho has 44.
- Florida's county count is 1.5 times (52%) higher than Idaho's.
Biggest county by area
- Florida's largest county is Collier County at 1,997 square miles; Idaho's is Idaho County at 8,478 square miles.
- Idaho County's land area is 4.2 times (325%) larger than Collier County's.
Smallest county by area
- Florida: Union County (244 sq mi) vs Idaho: Payette County (407 sq mi).
- Payette County's land area is 1.7 times (67%) larger than Union County's.
Most populous county
- Florida: Miami-Dade County (2,838,461 people) vs Idaho: Ada County (535,799 people).
- Miami-Dade County's population is 5.3 times (430%) larger than Ada County's.
Least populous county
- Florida: Liberty County (7,955 people) vs Idaho: Clark County (794 people).
- Liberty County's population is 10.0 times larger than Clark County's.
Richest county
- Florida: Collier County ($150,140 per capita income) vs Idaho: Blaine County ($202,612).
- Blaine County's income is 1.3 times (35%) richer than Collier County's.
Poorest county
- Florida: Union County ($30,156 per capita income) vs Idaho: Madison County ($29,485).
- Union County and Madison County have about the same income.
Florida vs Idaho Taxes
State income tax
- Florida has no state income tax, while Idaho has a top income tax rate of 5.3%.
- Idaho's top rate is 5.3 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Florida: 0.75% effective rate vs Idaho: 0.43% of home value per year.
- Florida's rate is 0.32 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Florida: 6.98% combined state and average local rate vs Idaho: 6.03%.
- Florida's combined rate is 0.95 percentage points higher.
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