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Florida vs Pennsylvania Geography
Land area
- Florida has a land area of 53,655 square miles (138,965 km²), while Pennsylvania has 44,742 square miles (115,882 km²).
- Florida's land area is 1.2 times (20%) larger than Pennsylvania's.
Total area
- Florida: 71,404 square miles (184,934 km²) vs Pennsylvania: 46,054 square miles (119,279 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Florida's total area is 1.6 times (55%) larger than Pennsylvania's.
Length
- Florida is 471 miles (758 km) long from north to south; Pennsylvania is 284 miles (458 km).
- Florida's north-south length is 1.7 times (66%) longer than Pennsylvania's.
Width
- Florida spans 547 miles (880 km) east to west; Pennsylvania spans 307 miles (495 km).
- Florida's east-west width is 1.8 times (78%) wider than Pennsylvania's.
Highest point
- Florida's highest point is Britton Hill at 344 feet (105 m); Pennsylvania's is Mount Davis at 3,210 feet (978 m).
- Mount Davis is 2,866 feet higher than Britton Hill.
Lowest point
- Florida's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Pennsylvania's is Delaware River at 0 feet.
- Both lowest points are at or near sea level.
Florida vs Pennsylvania Population and History
Population
- Florida has a population of 23,372,215 (2024), while Pennsylvania has 13,078,751 (2024).
- Florida's population is 1.8 times (79%) larger than Pennsylvania's.
Population density
- Florida: 435.6 people per square mile vs Pennsylvania: 292.3.
- Florida's population density is 1.5 times (49%) higher than Pennsylvania's.
Biggest city
- Florida's biggest city is Jacksonville with 1,009,833 people; Pennsylvania's is Philadelphia with 1,573,916.
- Philadelphia's population is 1.6 times (56%) larger than Jacksonville's.
Largest metro area
- Florida's largest metropolitan area is Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area (6,457,988 people) vs Pennsylvania's Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area (6,330,422).
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area and Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area have about the same population.
History
- Florida: Admitted to the Union on March 3, 1845, as the 27th state.
- Pennsylvania: Admitted to the Union on December 12, 1787, as the 2nd state.
- In its current form, Pennsylvania is the older of the two by 58 years.
Florida vs Pennsylvania Economy
GDP
- Florida's GDP is $1,726.7 billion (2024) vs Pennsylvania's $1,007.9 billion.
- Florida's economic output is 1.7 times (71%) larger than Pennsylvania's.
GDP per capita
- Florida: $73,879 per person vs Pennsylvania: $77,062.
- Florida and Pennsylvania have about the same GDP per capita.
Average income
- Florida: $73,006 vs Pennsylvania: $70,678 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Florida and Pennsylvania have about the same average income.
Florida vs Pennsylvania Counties
Number of counties
- Florida has 67 counties, while Pennsylvania has 67.
- Florida and Pennsylvania have about the same county count.
Biggest county by area
- Florida's largest county is Collier County at 1,997 square miles; Pennsylvania's is Lycoming County at 1,229 square miles.
- Collier County's land area is 1.6 times (63%) larger than Lycoming County's.
Smallest county by area
- Florida: Union County (244 sq mi) vs Pennsylvania: Montour County (130 sq mi).
- Union County's land area is 1.9 times (87%) larger than Montour County's.
Most populous county
- Florida: Miami-Dade County (2,838,461 people) vs Pennsylvania: Philadelphia County (1,573,916 people).
- Miami-Dade County's population is 1.8 times (80%) larger than Philadelphia County's.
Least populous county
- Florida: Liberty County (7,955 people) vs Pennsylvania: Cameron County (4,348 people).
- Liberty County's population is 1.8 times (83%) larger than Cameron County's.
Richest county
- Florida: Collier County ($150,140 per capita income) vs Pennsylvania: Chester County ($110,883).
- Collier County's income is 1.4 times (35%) richer than Chester County's.
Poorest county
- Florida: Union County ($30,156 per capita income) vs Pennsylvania: Forest County ($30,234).
- Union County and Forest County have about the same income.
Florida vs Pennsylvania Taxes
State income tax
- Florida has no state income tax, while Pennsylvania has a top income tax rate of 3.07%.
- Pennsylvania's top rate is 3.07 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Florida: 0.75% effective rate vs Pennsylvania: 1.16% of home value per year.
- Pennsylvania's rate is 0.41 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Florida: 6.98% combined state and average local rate vs Pennsylvania: 6.34%.
- Florida's combined rate is 0.64 percentage points higher.
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