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Florida vs Louisiana Geography
Land area
- Florida has a land area of 53,655 square miles (138,965 km²), while Louisiana has 43,213 square miles (111,921 km²).
- Florida's land area is 1.2 times (24%) larger than Louisiana's.
Total area
- Florida: 71,404 square miles (184,934 km²) vs Louisiana: 52,375 square miles (135,652 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Florida's total area is 1.4 times (36%) larger than Louisiana's.
Length
- Florida is 471 miles (758 km) long from north to south; Louisiana is 301 miles (484 km).
- Florida's north-south length is 1.6 times (56%) longer than Louisiana's.
Width
- Florida spans 547 miles (880 km) east to west; Louisiana spans 356 miles (574 km).
- Florida's east-west width is 1.5 times (54%) wider than Louisiana's.
Highest point
- Florida's highest point is Britton Hill at 344 feet (105 m); Louisiana's is Driskill Mountain at 533 feet (162 m).
- Driskill Mountain is 189 feet higher than Britton Hill.
Lowest point
- Florida's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Louisiana's is New Orleans at -8 feet.
- Louisiana's lowest point is 8 feet lower.
Florida vs Louisiana Population and History
Population
- Florida has a population of 23,372,215 (2024), while Louisiana has 4,597,740 (2024).
- Florida's population is 5.1 times (408%) larger than Louisiana's.
Population density
- Florida: 435.6 people per square mile vs Louisiana: 106.4.
- Florida's population density is 4.1 times (309%) higher than Louisiana's.
Biggest city
- Florida's biggest city is Jacksonville with 1,009,833 people; Louisiana's is New Orleans with 362,701.
- Jacksonville's population is 2.8 times (178%) larger than New Orleans'.
Largest metro area
- Florida's largest metropolitan area is Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area (6,457,988 people) vs Louisiana's New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area (966,230).
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area's population is 6.7 times (568%) larger than New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area's.
History
- Florida: Admitted to the Union on March 3, 1845, as the 27th state.
- Louisiana: Admitted to the Union on April 30, 1812, as the 18th state.
- In its current form, Louisiana is the older of the two by 33 years.
Florida vs Louisiana Economy
GDP
- Florida's GDP is $1,726.7 billion (2024) vs Louisiana's $329.2 billion.
- Florida's economic output is 5.2 times (425%) larger than Louisiana's.
GDP per capita
- Florida: $73,879 per person vs Louisiana: $71,594.
- Florida and Louisiana have about the same GDP per capita.
Average income
- Florida: $73,006 vs Louisiana: $61,897 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Florida's average income is 1.2 times (18%) higher than Louisiana's.
Florida vs Louisiana Counties
Number of counties
- Florida has 67 counties, while Louisiana has 64.
- Florida and Louisiana have about the same county count.
Biggest county by area
- Florida's largest county is Collier County at 1,997 square miles; Louisiana's is Vernon Parish at 1,327 square miles.
- Collier County's land area is 1.5 times (51%) larger than Vernon Parish's.
Smallest county by area
- Florida: Union County (244 sq mi) vs Louisiana: Orleans Parish (170 sq mi).
- Union County's land area is 1.4 times (44%) larger than Orleans Parish's.
Most populous county
- Florida: Miami-Dade County (2,838,461 people) vs Louisiana: East Baton Rouge Parish (453,022 people).
- Miami-Dade County's population is 6.3 times (527%) larger than East Baton Rouge Parish's.
Least populous county
- Florida: Liberty County (7,955 people) vs Louisiana: Tensas Parish (3,844 people).
- Liberty County's population is 2.1 times (107%) larger than Tensas Parish's.
Richest county
- Florida: Collier County ($150,140 per capita income) vs Louisiana: St. Tammany Parish ($82,398).
- Collier County's income is 1.8 times (82%) richer than St. Tammany Parish's.
Poorest county
- Florida: Union County ($30,156 per capita income) vs Louisiana: East Carroll Parish ($36,751).
- East Carroll Parish's income is 1.2 times (22%) richer than Union County's.
Florida vs Louisiana Taxes
State income tax
- Florida has no state income tax, while Louisiana has a top income tax rate of 3%.
- Louisiana's top rate is 3 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Florida: 0.75% effective rate vs Louisiana: 0.53% of home value per year.
- Florida's rate is 0.22 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Florida: 6.98% combined state and average local rate vs Louisiana: 10.13%.
- Louisiana's combined rate is 3.15 percentage points higher.
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