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Florida vs Missouri Geography
Land area
- Florida has a land area of 53,655 square miles (138,965 km²), while Missouri has 68,746 square miles (178,052 km²).
- Missouri's land area is 1.3 times (28%) larger than Florida's.
Total area
- Florida: 71,404 square miles (184,934 km²) vs Missouri: 69,707 square miles (180,540 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Florida and Missouri have about the same total area.
Length
- Florida is 471 miles (758 km) long from north to south; Missouri is 328 miles (529 km).
- Florida's north-south length is 1.4 times (44%) longer than Missouri's.
Width
- Florida spans 547 miles (880 km) east to west; Missouri spans 437 miles (703 km).
- Florida's east-west width is 1.3 times (25%) wider than Missouri's.
Highest point
- Florida's highest point is Britton Hill at 344 feet (105 m); Missouri's is Taum Sauk Mountain at 1,771 feet (540 m).
- Taum Sauk Mountain is 1,427 feet higher than Britton Hill.
Lowest point
- Florida's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Missouri's is St. Francis River at 230 feet.
- Florida's lowest point is 230 feet lower.
Florida vs Missouri Population and History
Population
- Florida has a population of 23,372,215 (2024), while Missouri has 6,245,466 (2024).
- Florida's population is 3.7 times (274%) larger than Missouri's.
Population density
- Florida: 435.6 people per square mile vs Missouri: 90.8.
- Florida's population density is 4.8 times (380%) higher than Missouri's.
Biggest city
- Florida's biggest city is Jacksonville with 1,009,833 people; Missouri's is Kansas City with 516,032.
- Jacksonville's population is 2.0 times (96%) larger than Kansas City's.
Largest metro area
- Florida's largest metropolitan area is Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area (6,457,988 people) vs Missouri's St. Louis, MO-IL metro area (2,811,927).
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area's population is 2.3 times (130%) larger than St. Louis, MO-IL metro area's.
History
- Florida: Admitted to the Union on March 3, 1845, as the 27th state.
- Missouri: Admitted to the Union on August 10, 1821, as the 24th state.
- In its current form, Missouri is the older of the two by 24 years.
Florida vs Missouri Economy
GDP
- Florida's GDP is $1,726.7 billion (2024) vs Missouri's $448.7 billion.
- Florida's economic output is 3.8 times (285%) larger than Missouri's.
GDP per capita
- Florida: $73,879 per person vs Missouri: $71,846.
- Florida and Missouri have about the same GDP per capita.
Average income
- Florida: $73,006 vs Missouri: $64,920 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Florida's average income is 1.1 times (12%) higher than Missouri's.
Florida vs Missouri Counties
Number of counties
- Florida has 67 counties, while Missouri has 115.
- Missouri's county count is 1.7 times (72%) higher than Florida's.
Biggest county by area
- Florida's largest county is Collier County at 1,997 square miles; Missouri's is Texas County at 1,177 square miles.
- Collier County's land area is 1.7 times (70%) larger than Texas County's.
Smallest county by area
- Florida: Union County (244 sq mi) vs Missouri: St. Louis city (62 sq mi).
- Union County's land area is 3.9 times (295%) larger than St. Louis city's.
Most populous county
- Florida: Miami-Dade County (2,838,461 people) vs Missouri: St. Louis County (992,929 people).
- Miami-Dade County's population is 2.9 times (186%) larger than St. Louis County's.
Least populous county
- Florida: Liberty County (7,955 people) vs Missouri: Worth County (1,872 people).
- Liberty County's population is 4.2 times (325%) larger than Worth County's.
Richest county
- Florida: Collier County ($150,140 per capita income) vs Missouri: St. Louis County ($104,775).
- Collier County's income is 1.4 times (43%) richer than St. Louis County's.
Poorest county
- Florida: Union County ($30,156 per capita income) vs Missouri: Douglas County ($40,515).
- Douglas County's income is 1.3 times (34%) richer than Union County's.
Florida vs Missouri Taxes
State income tax
- Florida has no state income tax, while Missouri has a top income tax rate of 4.7%.
- Missouri's top rate is 4.7 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Florida: 0.75% effective rate vs Missouri: 0.79% of home value per year.
- Missouri's rate is 0.04 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Florida: 6.98% combined state and average local rate vs Missouri: 8.44%.
- Missouri's combined rate is 1.46 percentage points higher.
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