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Florida vs Nevada Geography
Land area
- Florida has a land area of 53,655 square miles (138,965 km²), while Nevada has 109,860 square miles (284,537 km²).
- Nevada's land area is 2.0 times (105%) larger than Florida's.
Total area
- Florida: 71,404 square miles (184,934 km²) vs Nevada: 110,571 square miles (286,377 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Nevada's total area is 1.5 times (55%) larger than Florida's.
Length
- Florida is 471 miles (758 km) long from north to south; Nevada is 484 miles (780 km).
- Florida and Nevada have about the same north-south length.
Width
- Florida spans 547 miles (880 km) east to west; Nevada spans 469 miles (755 km).
- Florida's east-west width is 1.2 times (17%) wider than Nevada's.
Highest point
- Florida's highest point is Britton Hill at 344 feet (105 m); Nevada's is Boundary Peak at 13,115 feet (3,997 m).
- Boundary Peak is 12,771 feet higher than Britton Hill.
Lowest point
- Florida's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Nevada's is Colorado River at 481 feet.
- Florida's lowest point is 481 feet lower.
Florida vs Nevada Population and History
Population
- Florida has a population of 23,372,215 (2024), while Nevada has 3,267,467 (2024).
- Florida's population is 7.2 times (615%) larger than Nevada's.
Population density
- Florida: 435.6 people per square mile vs Nevada: 29.7.
- Florida's population density is 14.7 times higher than Nevada's.
Biggest city
- Florida's biggest city is Jacksonville with 1,009,833 people; Nevada's is Las Vegas with 678,922.
- Jacksonville's population is 1.5 times (49%) larger than Las Vegas'.
Largest metro area
- Florida's largest metropolitan area is Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area (6,457,988 people) vs Nevada's Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area (2,398,871).
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area's population is 2.7 times (169%) larger than Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area's.
History
- Florida: Admitted to the Union on March 3, 1845, as the 27th state.
- Nevada: Admitted to the Union on October 31, 1864, as the 36th state.
- In its current form, Florida is the older of the two by 19 years.
Florida vs Nevada Economy
GDP
- Florida's GDP is $1,726.7 billion (2024) vs Nevada's $269.0 billion.
- Florida's economic output is 6.4 times (542%) larger than Nevada's.
GDP per capita
- Florida: $73,879 per person vs Nevada: $82,330.
- Nevada's GDP per capita is 1.1 times (11%) higher than Florida's.
Average income
- Florida: $73,006 vs Nevada: $69,805 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Florida and Nevada have about the same average income.
Florida vs Nevada Counties
Number of counties
- Florida has 67 counties, while Nevada has 17.
- Florida's county count is 3.9 times (294%) higher than Nevada's.
Biggest county by area
- Florida's largest county is Collier County at 1,997 square miles; Nevada's is Nye County at 18,182 square miles.
- Nye County's land area is 9.1 times (810%) larger than Collier County's.
Smallest county by area
- Florida: Union County (244 sq mi) vs Nevada: Carson City (145 sq mi).
- Union County's land area is 1.7 times (69%) larger than Carson City's.
Most populous county
- Florida: Miami-Dade County (2,838,461 people) vs Nevada: Clark County (2,398,871 people).
- Miami-Dade County's population is 1.2 times (18%) larger than Clark County's.
Least populous county
- Florida: Liberty County (7,955 people) vs Nevada: Esmeralda County (720 people).
- Liberty County's population is 11.0 times larger than Esmeralda County's.
Richest county
- Florida: Collier County ($150,140 per capita income) vs Nevada: Douglas County ($109,486).
- Collier County's income is 1.4 times (37%) richer than Douglas County's.
Poorest county
- Florida: Union County ($30,156 per capita income) vs Nevada: Pershing County ($45,906).
- Pershing County's income is 1.5 times (52%) richer than Union County's.
Florida vs Nevada Taxes
State income tax
- Florida has no state income tax, while Nevada has no state income tax.
Property tax
- Florida: 0.75% effective rate vs Nevada: 0.47% of home value per year.
- Florida's rate is 0.28 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Florida: 6.98% combined state and average local rate vs Nevada: 8.24%.
- Nevada's combined rate is 1.26 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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