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Georgia vs Hawaii Geography
Land area
- Georgia has a land area of 57,717 square miles (149,486 km²), while Hawaii has 6,423 square miles (16,634 km²).
- Georgia's land area is 9.0 times (799%) larger than Hawaii's.
Total area
- Georgia: 59,423 square miles (153,905 km²) vs Hawaii: 10,970 square miles (28,412 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Georgia's total area is 5.4 times (442%) larger than Hawaii's.
Length
- Georgia is 326 miles (525 km) long from north to south; Hawaii is 333 miles (536 km).
- Georgia and Hawaii have about the same north-south length.
Width
- Georgia spans 343 miles (553 km) east to west; Hawaii spans 386 miles (621 km).
- Hawaii's east-west width is 1.1 times (13%) wider than Georgia's.
Highest point
- Georgia's highest point is Brasstown Bald at 4,778 feet (1,456 m); Hawaii's is Mauna Kea at 13,795 feet (4,205 m).
- Mauna Kea is 9,017 feet higher than Brasstown Bald.
Lowest point
- Georgia's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Hawaii's is Pacific Ocean at 0 feet.
- Both lowest points are at or near sea level.
Georgia vs Hawaii Population and History
Population
- Georgia has a population of 11,180,878 (2024), while Hawaii has 1,446,146 (2024).
- Georgia's population is 7.7 times (673%) larger than Hawaii's.
Population density
- Georgia: 193.7 people per square mile vs Hawaii: 225.2.
- Hawaii's population density is 1.2 times (16%) higher than Georgia's.
Biggest city
- Georgia's biggest city is Atlanta with 520,070 people; Hawaii's is Honolulu with 344,967.
- Atlanta's population is 1.5 times (51%) larger than Honolulu's.
Largest metro area
- Georgia's largest metropolitan area is Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area (6,411,149 people) vs Hawaii's Urban Honolulu, HI metro area (998,747).
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area's population is 6.4 times (542%) larger than Urban Honolulu, HI metro area's.
History
- Georgia: Admitted to the Union on January 2, 1788, as the 4th state.
- Hawaii: Admitted to the Union on August 21, 1959, as the 50th state.
- In its current form, Georgia is the older of the two by 171 years.
Georgia vs Hawaii Economy
GDP
- Georgia's GDP is $881.5 billion (2024) vs Hawaii's $117.6 billion.
- Georgia's economic output is 7.5 times (650%) larger than Hawaii's.
GDP per capita
- Georgia: $78,841 per person vs Hawaii: $81,339.
- Georgia and Hawaii have about the same GDP per capita.
Average income
- Georgia: $63,006 vs Hawaii: $71,019 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Hawaii's average income is 1.1 times (13%) higher than Georgia's.
Georgia vs Hawaii Counties
Number of counties
- Georgia has 159 counties, while Hawaii has 5.
- Georgia's county count is 31.8 times higher than Hawaii's.
Biggest county by area
- Georgia's largest county is Ware County at 899 square miles; Hawaii's is Hawaii County at 4,028 square miles.
- Hawaii County's land area is 4.5 times (348%) larger than Ware County's.
Smallest county by area
- Georgia: Clarke County (119 sq mi) vs Hawaii: Kalawao County (12 sq mi).
- Clarke County's land area is 9.9 times (894%) larger than Kalawao County's.
Most populous county
- Georgia: Fulton County (1,090,354 people) vs Hawaii: Honolulu County (998,747 people).
- Fulton County's population is 1.1 times (9%) larger than Honolulu County's.
Least populous county
- Georgia: Taliaferro County (1,620 people) vs Hawaii: Kalawao County (81 people).
- Taliaferro County's population is 20.0 times larger than Kalawao County's.
Richest county
- Georgia: Fulton County ($111,238 per capita income) vs Hawaii: Honolulu County ($74,681).
- Fulton County's income is 1.5 times (49%) richer than Honolulu County's.
Poorest county
- Georgia: Wheeler County ($26,119 per capita income) vs Hawaii: Hawaii County ($57,694).
- Hawaii County's income is 2.2 times (121%) richer than Wheeler County's.
Georgia vs Hawaii Taxes
State income tax
- Georgia has a top income tax rate of 5.19%, while Hawaii has a top income tax rate of 11%.
- Hawaii's top rate is 5.81 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Georgia: 0.74% effective rate vs Hawaii: 0.27% of home value per year.
- Georgia's rate is 0.47 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Georgia: 7.56% combined state and average local rate vs Hawaii: 4.5%.
- Georgia's combined rate is 3.06 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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