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Florida vs Wisconsin Geography
Land area
- Florida has a land area of 53,655 square miles (138,965 km²), while Wisconsin has 54,168 square miles (140,294 km²).
- Florida and Wisconsin have about the same land area.
Total area
- Florida: 71,404 square miles (184,934 km²) vs Wisconsin: 65,497 square miles (169,636 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Florida's total area is 1.1 times (9%) larger than Wisconsin's.
Length
- Florida is 471 miles (758 km) long from north to south; Wisconsin is 368 miles (593 km).
- Florida's north-south length is 1.3 times (28%) longer than Wisconsin's.
Width
- Florida spans 547 miles (880 km) east to west; Wisconsin spans 323 miles (521 km).
- Florida's east-west width is 1.7 times (69%) wider than Wisconsin's.
Highest point
- Florida's highest point is Britton Hill at 344 feet (105 m); Wisconsin's is Timms Hill at 1,946 feet (593 m).
- Timms Hill is 1,602 feet higher than Britton Hill.
Lowest point
- Florida's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Wisconsin's is Lake Michigan at 577 feet.
- Florida's lowest point is 577 feet lower.
Florida vs Wisconsin Population and History
Population
- Florida has a population of 23,372,215 (2024), while Wisconsin has 5,960,975 (2024).
- Florida's population is 3.9 times (292%) larger than Wisconsin's.
Population density
- Florida: 435.6 people per square mile vs Wisconsin: 110.0.
- Florida's population density is 4.0 times (296%) higher than Wisconsin's.
Biggest city
- Florida's biggest city is Jacksonville with 1,009,833 people; Wisconsin's is Milwaukee with 563,531.
- Jacksonville's population is 1.8 times (79%) larger than Milwaukee's.
Largest metro area
- Florida's largest metropolitan area is Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area (6,457,988 people) vs Wisconsin's Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area (3,757,952).
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area's population is 1.7 times (72%) larger than Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area's.
History
- Florida: Admitted to the Union on March 3, 1845, as the 27th state.
- Wisconsin: Admitted to the Union on May 29, 1848, as the 30th state.
- In its current form, Florida is the older of the two by 3 years.
Florida vs Wisconsin Economy
GDP
- Florida's GDP is $1,726.7 billion (2024) vs Wisconsin's $453.3 billion.
- Florida's economic output is 3.8 times (281%) larger than Wisconsin's.
GDP per capita
- Florida: $73,879 per person vs Wisconsin: $76,044.
- Florida and Wisconsin have about the same GDP per capita.
Average income
- Florida: $73,006 vs Wisconsin: $67,755 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Florida's average income is 1.1 times (8%) higher than Wisconsin's.
Florida vs Wisconsin Counties
Number of counties
- Florida has 67 counties, while Wisconsin has 72.
- Wisconsin's county count is 1.1 times (7%) higher than Florida's.
Biggest county by area
- Florida's largest county is Collier County at 1,997 square miles; Wisconsin's is Marathon County at 1,545 square miles.
- Collier County's land area is 1.3 times (29%) larger than Marathon County's.
Smallest county by area
- Florida: Union County (244 sq mi) vs Wisconsin: Pepin County (232 sq mi).
- Union County's land area is 1.1 times (5%) larger than Pepin County's.
Most populous county
- Florida: Miami-Dade County (2,838,461 people) vs Wisconsin: Milwaukee County (924,740 people).
- Miami-Dade County's population is 3.1 times (207%) larger than Milwaukee County's.
Least populous county
- Florida: Liberty County (7,955 people) vs Wisconsin: Menominee County (4,286 people).
- Liberty County's population is 1.9 times (86%) larger than Menominee County's.
Richest county
- Florida: Collier County ($150,140 per capita income) vs Wisconsin: Ozaukee County ($109,947).
- Collier County's income is 1.4 times (37%) richer than Ozaukee County's.
Poorest county
- Florida: Union County ($30,156 per capita income) vs Wisconsin: Menominee County ($43,696).
- Menominee County's income is 1.4 times (45%) richer than Union County's.
Florida vs Wisconsin Taxes
State income tax
- Florida has no state income tax, while Wisconsin has a top income tax rate of 7.65%.
- Wisconsin's top rate is 7.65 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Florida: 0.75% effective rate vs Wisconsin: 1.25% of home value per year.
- Wisconsin's rate is 0.5 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Florida: 6.98% combined state and average local rate vs Wisconsin: 5.72%.
- Florida's combined rate is 1.26 percentage points higher.
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