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Florida vs Utah Geography
Land area
- Florida has a land area of 53,655 square miles (138,965 km²), while Utah has 82,596 square miles (213,922 km²).
- Utah's land area is 1.5 times (54%) larger than Florida's.
Total area
- Florida: 71,404 square miles (184,934 km²) vs Utah: 84,898 square miles (219,885 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Utah's total area is 1.2 times (19%) larger than Florida's.
Length
- Florida is 471 miles (758 km) long from north to south; Utah is 436 miles (702 km).
- Florida's north-south length is 1.1 times (8%) longer than Utah's.
Width
- Florida spans 547 miles (880 km) east to west; Utah spans 268 miles (431 km).
- Florida's east-west width is 2.0 times (104%) wider than Utah's.
Highest point
- Florida's highest point is Britton Hill at 344 feet (105 m); Utah's is Kings Peak at 13,512 feet (4,118 m).
- Kings Peak is 13,168 feet higher than Britton Hill.
Lowest point
- Florida's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Utah's is Beaver Dam Wash at 2,180 feet.
- Florida's lowest point is 2,180 feet lower.
Florida vs Utah Population and History
Population
- Florida has a population of 23,372,215 (2024), while Utah has 3,503,613 (2024).
- Florida's population is 6.7 times (567%) larger than Utah's.
Population density
- Florida: 435.6 people per square mile vs Utah: 42.4.
- Florida's population density is 10.3 times higher than Utah's.
Biggest city
- Florida's biggest city is Jacksonville with 1,009,833 people; Utah's is Salt Lake City with 217,783.
- Jacksonville's population is 4.6 times (364%) larger than Salt Lake 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 Utah's Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro area (1,300,762).
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area's population is 5.0 times (396%) larger than Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro area's.
History
- Florida: Admitted to the Union on March 3, 1845, as the 27th state.
- Utah: Admitted to the Union on January 4, 1896, as the 45th state.
- In its current form, Florida is the older of the two by 51 years.
Florida vs Utah Economy
GDP
- Florida's GDP is $1,726.7 billion (2024) vs Utah's $299.5 billion.
- Florida's economic output is 5.8 times (477%) larger than Utah's.
GDP per capita
- Florida: $73,879 per person vs Utah: $85,475.
- Utah's GDP per capita is 1.2 times (16%) higher than Florida's.
Average income
- Florida: $73,006 vs Utah: $67,333 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Florida's average income is 1.1 times (8%) higher than Utah's.
Florida vs Utah Counties
Number of counties
- Florida has 67 counties, while Utah has 29.
- Florida's county count is 2.3 times (131%) higher than Utah's.
Biggest county by area
- Florida's largest county is Collier County at 1,997 square miles; Utah's is San Juan County at 7,824 square miles.
- San Juan County's land area is 3.9 times (292%) larger than Collier County's.
Smallest county by area
- Florida: Union County (244 sq mi) vs Utah: Davis County (325 sq mi).
- Davis County's land area is 1.3 times (33%) larger than Union County's.
Most populous county
- Florida: Miami-Dade County (2,838,461 people) vs Utah: Salt Lake County (1,216,274 people).
- Miami-Dade County's population is 2.3 times (133%) larger than Salt Lake County's.
Least populous county
- Florida: Liberty County (7,955 people) vs Utah: Daggett County (956 people).
- Liberty County's population is 8.3 times (732%) larger than Daggett County's.
Richest county
- Florida: Collier County ($150,140 per capita income) vs Utah: Summit County ($280,510).
- Summit County's income is 1.9 times (87%) richer than Collier County's.
Poorest county
- Florida: Union County ($30,156 per capita income) vs Utah: Beaver County ($39,179).
- Beaver County's income is 1.3 times (30%) richer than Union County's.
Florida vs Utah Taxes
State income tax
- Florida has no state income tax, while Utah has a top income tax rate of 4.5%.
- Utah's top rate is 4.5 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Florida: 0.75% effective rate vs Utah: 0.49% of home value per year.
- Florida's rate is 0.26 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Florida: 6.98% combined state and average local rate vs Utah: 7.42%.
- Utah's combined rate is 0.44 percentage points higher.
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