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Florida vs Massachusetts Geography
Land area
- Florida has a land area of 53,655 square miles (138,965 km²), while Massachusetts has 7,801 square miles (20,204 km²).
- Florida's land area is 6.9 times (588%) larger than Massachusetts'.
Total area
- Florida: 71,404 square miles (184,934 km²) vs Massachusetts: 10,554 square miles (27,335 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Florida's total area is 6.8 times (577%) larger than Massachusetts'.
Length
- Florida is 471 miles (758 km) long from north to south; Massachusetts is 123 miles (198 km).
- Florida's north-south length is 3.8 times (283%) longer than Massachusetts'.
Width
- Florida spans 547 miles (880 km) east to west; Massachusetts spans 185 miles (297 km).
- Florida's east-west width is 3.0 times (196%) wider than Massachusetts'.
Highest point
- Florida's highest point is Britton Hill at 344 feet (105 m); Massachusetts's is Mount Greylock at 3,489 feet (1,063 m).
- Mount Greylock is 3,145 feet higher than Britton Hill.
Lowest point
- Florida's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Massachusetts's is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet.
- Both lowest points are at or near sea level.
Florida vs Massachusetts Population and History
Population
- Florida has a population of 23,372,215 (2024), while Massachusetts has 7,136,171 (2024).
- Florida's population is 3.3 times (228%) larger than Massachusetts'.
Population density
- Florida: 435.6 people per square mile vs Massachusetts: 914.8.
- Massachusetts' population density is 2.1 times (110%) higher than Florida's.
Biggest city
- Florida's biggest city is Jacksonville with 1,009,833 people; Massachusetts's is Boston with 673,458.
- Jacksonville's population is 1.5 times (50%) larger than Boston's.
Largest metro area
- Florida's largest metropolitan area is Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area (6,457,988 people) vs Massachusetts's Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area (5,025,517).
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area's population is 1.3 times (29%) larger than Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area's.
History
- Florida: Admitted to the Union on March 3, 1845, as the 27th state.
- Massachusetts: Admitted to the Union on February 6, 1788, as the 6th state.
- In its current form, Massachusetts is the older of the two by 57 years.
Florida vs Massachusetts Economy
GDP
- Florida's GDP is $1,726.7 billion (2024) vs Massachusetts's $778.5 billion.
- Florida's economic output is 2.2 times (122%) larger than Massachusetts'.
GDP per capita
- Florida: $73,879 per person vs Massachusetts: $109,095.
- Massachusetts' GDP per capita is 1.5 times (48%) higher than Florida's.
Average income
- Florida: $73,006 vs Massachusetts: $93,607 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Massachusetts' average income is 1.3 times (28%) higher than Florida's.
Florida vs Massachusetts Counties
Number of counties
- Florida has 67 counties, while Massachusetts has 14.
- Florida's county count is 4.8 times (379%) higher than Massachusetts'.
Biggest county by area
- Florida's largest county is Collier County at 1,997 square miles; Massachusetts's is Worcester County at 1,511 square miles.
- Collier County's land area is 1.3 times (32%) larger than Worcester County's.
Smallest county by area
- Florida: Union County (244 sq mi) vs Massachusetts: Nantucket County (46 sq mi).
- Union County's land area is 5.3 times (427%) larger than Nantucket County's.
Most populous county
- Florida: Miami-Dade County (2,838,461 people) vs Massachusetts: Middlesex County (1,668,956 people).
- Miami-Dade County's population is 1.7 times (70%) larger than Middlesex County's.
Least populous county
- Florida: Liberty County (7,955 people) vs Massachusetts: Nantucket County (14,670 people).
- Nantucket County's population is 1.8 times (84%) larger than Liberty County's.
Richest county
- Florida: Collier County ($150,140 per capita income) vs Massachusetts: Nantucket County ($129,250).
- Collier County's income is 1.2 times (16%) richer than Nantucket County's.
Poorest county
- Florida: Union County ($30,156 per capita income) vs Massachusetts: Hampshire County ($65,432).
- Hampshire County's income is 2.2 times (117%) richer than Union County's.
Florida vs Massachusetts Taxes
State income tax
- Florida has no state income tax, while Massachusetts has a top income tax rate of 9%.
- Massachusetts's top rate is 9 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Florida: 0.75% effective rate vs Massachusetts: 1% of home value per year.
- Massachusetts's rate is 0.25 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Florida: 6.98% combined state and average local rate vs Massachusetts: 6.25%.
- Florida's combined rate is 0.73 percentage points higher.
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