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Florida vs North Carolina Geography
Land area
- Florida has a land area of 53,655 square miles (138,965 km²), while North Carolina has 48,624 square miles (125,936 km²).
- Florida's land area is 1.1 times (10%) larger than North Carolina's.
Total area
- Florida: 71,404 square miles (184,934 km²) vs North Carolina: 53,819 square miles (139,390 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Florida's total area is 1.3 times (33%) larger than North Carolina's.
Length
- Florida is 471 miles (758 km) long from north to south; North Carolina is 258 miles (415 km).
- Florida's north-south length is 1.8 times (83%) longer than North Carolina's.
Width
- Florida spans 547 miles (880 km) east to west; North Carolina spans 487 miles (784 km).
- Florida's east-west width is 1.1 times (12%) wider than North Carolina's.
Highest point
- Florida's highest point is Britton Hill at 344 feet (105 m); North Carolina's is Mount Mitchell at 6,674 feet (2,034 m).
- Mount Mitchell is 6,330 feet higher than Britton Hill.
Lowest point
- Florida's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; North Carolina's is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet.
- Both lowest points are at or near sea level.
Florida vs North Carolina Population and History
Population
- Florida has a population of 23,372,215 (2024), while North Carolina has 11,046,024 (2024).
- Florida's population is 2.1 times (112%) larger than North Carolina's.
Population density
- Florida: 435.6 people per square mile vs North Carolina: 227.2.
- Florida's population density is 1.9 times (92%) higher than North Carolina's.
Biggest city
- Florida's biggest city is Jacksonville with 1,009,833 people; North Carolina's is Charlotte with 943,476.
- Jacksonville's population is 1.1 times (7%) larger than Charlotte's.
Largest metro area
- Florida's largest metropolitan area is Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area (6,457,988 people) vs North Carolina's Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area (2,883,370).
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area's population is 2.2 times (124%) larger than Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area's.
History
- Florida: Admitted to the Union on March 3, 1845, as the 27th state.
- North Carolina: Admitted to the Union on November 21, 1789, as the 12th state.
- In its current form, North Carolina is the older of the two by 56 years.
Florida vs North Carolina Economy
GDP
- Florida's GDP is $1,726.7 billion (2024) vs North Carolina's $844.2 billion.
- Florida's economic output is 2.0 times (105%) larger than North Carolina's.
GDP per capita
- Florida: $73,879 per person vs North Carolina: $76,427.
- Florida and North Carolina have about the same GDP per capita.
Average income
- Florida: $73,006 vs North Carolina: $65,634 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Florida's average income is 1.1 times (11%) higher than North Carolina's.
Florida vs North Carolina Counties
Number of counties
- Florida has 67 counties, while North Carolina has 100.
- North Carolina's county count is 1.5 times (49%) higher than Florida's.
Biggest county by area
- Florida's largest county is Collier County at 1,997 square miles; North Carolina's is Robeson County at 947 square miles.
- Collier County's land area is 2.1 times (111%) larger than Robeson County's.
Smallest county by area
- Florida: Union County (244 sq mi) vs North Carolina: Chowan County (173 sq mi).
- Union County's land area is 1.4 times (41%) larger than Chowan County's.
Most populous county
- Florida: Miami-Dade County (2,838,461 people) vs North Carolina: Wake County (1,232,444 people).
- Miami-Dade County's population is 2.3 times (130%) larger than Wake County's.
Least populous county
- Florida: Liberty County (7,955 people) vs North Carolina: Tyrrell County (3,517 people).
- Liberty County's population is 2.3 times (126%) larger than Tyrrell County's.
Richest county
- Florida: Collier County ($150,140 per capita income) vs North Carolina: Chatham County ($91,638).
- Collier County's income is 1.6 times (64%) richer than Chatham County's.
Poorest county
- Florida: Union County ($30,156 per capita income) vs North Carolina: Warren County ($40,932).
- Warren County's income is 1.4 times (36%) richer than Union County's.
Florida vs North Carolina Taxes
State income tax
- Florida has no state income tax, while North Carolina has a top income tax rate of 3.99%.
- North Carolina's top rate is 3.99 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Florida: 0.75% effective rate vs North Carolina: 0.61% of home value per year.
- Florida's rate is 0.14 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Florida: 6.98% combined state and average local rate vs North Carolina: 7.1%.
- North Carolina's combined rate is 0.12 percentage points higher.
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