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Florida vs Maine Geography
Land area
- Florida has a land area of 53,655 square miles (138,965 km²), while Maine has 30,845 square miles (79,888 km²).
- Florida's land area is 1.7 times (74%) larger than Maine's.
Total area
- Florida: 71,404 square miles (184,934 km²) vs Maine: 35,380 square miles (91,634 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Florida's total area is 2.0 times (102%) larger than Maine's.
Length
- Florida is 471 miles (758 km) long from north to south; Maine is 311 miles (501 km).
- Florida's north-south length is 1.5 times (51%) longer than Maine's.
Width
- Florida spans 547 miles (880 km) east to west; Maine spans 203 miles (327 km).
- Florida's east-west width is 2.7 times (169%) wider than Maine's.
Highest point
- Florida's highest point is Britton Hill at 344 feet (105 m); Maine's is Mount Katahdin at 5,253 feet (1,601 m).
- Mount Katahdin is 4,909 feet higher than Britton Hill.
Lowest point
- Florida's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Maine's is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet.
- Both lowest points are at or near sea level.
Florida vs Maine Population and History
Population
- Florida has a population of 23,372,215 (2024), while Maine has 1,405,012 (2024).
- Florida's population is 16.6 times larger than Maine's.
Population density
- Florida: 435.6 people per square mile vs Maine: 45.6.
- Florida's population density is 9.6 times (855%) higher than Maine's.
Biggest city
- Florida's biggest city is Jacksonville with 1,009,833 people; Maine's is Portland with 69,568.
- Jacksonville's population is 14.5 times larger than Portland's.
Largest metro area
- Florida's largest metropolitan area is Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area (6,457,988 people) vs Maine's Portland-South Portland, ME metro area (571,534).
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area's population is 11.3 times larger than Portland-South Portland, ME metro area's.
History
- Florida: Admitted to the Union on March 3, 1845, as the 27th state.
- Maine: Admitted to the Union on March 15, 1820, as the 23rd state.
- In its current form, Maine is the older of the two by 25 years.
Florida vs Maine Economy
GDP
- Florida's GDP is $1,726.7 billion (2024) vs Maine's $99.2 billion.
- Florida's economic output is 17.4 times larger than Maine's.
GDP per capita
- Florida: $73,879 per person vs Maine: $70,586.
- Florida and Maine have about the same GDP per capita.
Average income
- Florida: $73,006 vs Maine: $68,932 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Florida's average income is 1.1 times (6%) higher than Maine's.
Florida vs Maine Counties
Number of counties
- Florida has 67 counties, while Maine has 16.
- Florida's county count is 4.2 times (319%) higher than Maine's.
Biggest county by area
- Florida's largest county is Collier County at 1,997 square miles; Maine's is Aroostook County at 6,671 square miles.
- Aroostook County's land area is 3.3 times (234%) larger than Collier County's.
Smallest county by area
- Florida: Union County (244 sq mi) vs Maine: Sagadahoc County (254 sq mi).
- Union County and Sagadahoc County have about the same land area.
Most populous county
- Florida: Miami-Dade County (2,838,461 people) vs Maine: Cumberland County (313,809 people).
- Miami-Dade County's population is 9.0 times (805%) larger than Cumberland County's.
Least populous county
- Florida: Liberty County (7,955 people) vs Maine: Piscataquis County (17,432 people).
- Piscataquis County's population is 2.2 times (119%) larger than Liberty County's.
Richest county
- Florida: Collier County ($150,140 per capita income) vs Maine: Cumberland County ($90,142).
- Collier County's income is 1.7 times (67%) richer than Cumberland County's.
Poorest county
- Florida: Union County ($30,156 per capita income) vs Maine: Franklin County ($52,725).
- Franklin County's income is 1.7 times (75%) richer than Union County's.
Florida vs Maine Taxes
State income tax
- Florida has no state income tax, while Maine has a top income tax rate of 7.15%.
- Maine's top rate is 7.15 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Florida: 0.75% effective rate vs Maine: 0.91% of home value per year.
- Maine's rate is 0.16 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Florida: 6.98% combined state and average local rate vs Maine: 5.5%.
- Florida's combined rate is 1.48 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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