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Florida vs Vermont Geography
Land area
- Florida has a land area of 53,655 square miles (138,965 km²), while Vermont has 9,217 square miles (23,873 km²).
- Florida's land area is 5.8 times (482%) larger than Vermont's.
Total area
- Florida: 71,404 square miles (184,934 km²) vs Vermont: 9,615 square miles (24,903 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Florida's total area is 7.4 times (643%) larger than Vermont's.
Length
- Florida is 471 miles (758 km) long from north to south; Vermont is 165 miles (265 km).
- Florida's north-south length is 2.9 times (185%) longer than Vermont's.
Width
- Florida spans 547 miles (880 km) east to west; Vermont spans 113 miles (181 km).
- Florida's east-west width is 4.8 times (384%) wider than Vermont's.
Highest point
- Florida's highest point is Britton Hill at 344 feet (105 m); Vermont's is Mount Mansfield at 4,384 feet (1,336 m).
- Mount Mansfield is 4,040 feet higher than Britton Hill.
Lowest point
- Florida's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Vermont's is Lake Champlain at 95 feet.
- Florida's lowest point is 95 feet lower.
Florida vs Vermont Population and History
Population
- Florida has a population of 23,372,215 (2024), while Vermont has 648,493 (2024).
- Florida's population is 36.0 times larger than Vermont's.
Population density
- Florida: 435.6 people per square mile vs Vermont: 70.4.
- Florida's population density is 6.2 times (519%) higher than Vermont's.
Biggest city
- Florida's biggest city is Jacksonville with 1,009,833 people; Vermont's is Burlington with 44,432.
- Jacksonville's population is 22.7 times larger than Burlington's.
Largest metro area
- Florida's largest metropolitan area is Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area (6,457,988 people) vs Vermont's Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area (229,445).
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area's population is 28.1 times larger than Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area's.
History
- Florida: Admitted to the Union on March 3, 1845, as the 27th state.
- Vermont: Admitted to the Union on March 4, 1791, as the 14th state.
- In its current form, Vermont is the older of the two by 54 years.
Florida vs Vermont Economy
GDP
- Florida's GDP is $1,726.7 billion (2024) vs Vermont's $46.3 billion.
- Florida's economic output is 37.3 times larger than Vermont's.
GDP per capita
- Florida: $73,879 per person vs Vermont: $71,359.
- Florida and Vermont have about the same GDP per capita.
Average income
- Florida: $73,006 vs Vermont: $71,287 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Florida and Vermont have about the same average income.
Florida vs Vermont Counties
Number of counties
- Florida has 67 counties, while Vermont has 14.
- Florida's county count is 4.8 times (379%) higher than Vermont's.
Biggest county by area
- Florida's largest county is Collier County at 1,997 square miles; Vermont's is Windsor County at 969 square miles.
- Collier County's land area is 2.1 times (106%) larger than Windsor County's.
Smallest county by area
- Florida: Union County (244 sq mi) vs Vermont: Grand Isle County (82 sq mi).
- Union County's land area is 3.0 times (198%) larger than Grand Isle County's.
Most populous county
- Florida: Miami-Dade County (2,838,461 people) vs Vermont: Chittenden County (170,851 people).
- Miami-Dade County's population is 16.6 times larger than Chittenden County's.
Least populous county
- Florida: Liberty County (7,955 people) vs Vermont: Essex County (6,037 people).
- Liberty County's population is 1.3 times (32%) larger than Essex County's.
Richest county
- Florida: Collier County ($150,140 per capita income) vs Vermont: Chittenden County ($80,533).
- Collier County's income is 1.9 times (86%) richer than Chittenden County's.
Poorest county
- Florida: Union County ($30,156 per capita income) vs Vermont: Essex County ($50,712).
- Essex County's income is 1.7 times (68%) richer than Union County's.
Florida vs Vermont Taxes
State income tax
- Florida has no state income tax, while Vermont has a top income tax rate of 8.75%.
- Vermont's top rate is 8.75 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Florida: 0.75% effective rate vs Vermont: 1.42% of home value per year.
- Vermont's rate is 0.67 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Florida: 6.98% combined state and average local rate vs Vermont: 6.43%.
- Florida's combined rate is 0.55 percentage points higher.
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