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Georgia vs Minnesota Geography
Land area
- Georgia has a land area of 57,717 square miles (149,486 km²), while Minnesota has 79,632 square miles (206,245 km²).
- Minnesota's land area is 1.4 times (38%) larger than Georgia's.
Total area
- Georgia: 59,423 square miles (153,905 km²) vs Minnesota: 86,943 square miles (225,182 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Minnesota's total area is 1.5 times (46%) larger than Georgia's.
Length
- Georgia is 326 miles (525 km) long from north to south; Minnesota is 408 miles (657 km).
- Minnesota's north-south length is 1.3 times (25%) longer than Georgia's.
Width
- Georgia spans 343 miles (553 km) east to west; Minnesota spans 360 miles (580 km).
- Minnesota's east-west width is 1.0 times (5%) wider than Georgia's.
Highest point
- Georgia's highest point is Brasstown Bald at 4,778 feet (1,456 m); Minnesota's is Eagle Mountain at 2,292 feet (699 m).
- Brasstown Bald is 2,486 feet higher than Eagle Mountain.
Lowest point
- Georgia's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Minnesota's is Lake Superior at 601 feet.
- Georgia's lowest point is 601 feet lower.
Georgia vs Minnesota Population and History
Population
- Georgia has a population of 11,180,878 (2024), while Minnesota has 5,793,151 (2024).
- Georgia's population is 1.9 times (93%) larger than Minnesota's.
Population density
- Georgia: 193.7 people per square mile vs Minnesota: 72.7.
- Georgia's population density is 2.7 times (166%) higher than Minnesota's.
Biggest city
- Georgia's biggest city is Atlanta with 520,070 people; Minnesota's is Minneapolis with 428,579.
- Atlanta's population is 1.2 times (21%) larger than Minneapolis'.
Largest metro area
- Georgia's largest metropolitan area is Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area (6,411,149 people) vs Minnesota's Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area (3,757,952).
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area's population is 1.7 times (71%) larger than Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area's.
History
- Georgia: Admitted to the Union on January 2, 1788, as the 4th state.
- Minnesota: Admitted to the Union on May 11, 1858, as the 32nd state.
- In its current form, Georgia is the older of the two by 70 years.
Georgia vs Minnesota Economy
GDP
- Georgia's GDP is $881.5 billion (2024) vs Minnesota's $507.7 billion.
- Georgia's economic output is 1.7 times (74%) larger than Minnesota's.
GDP per capita
- Georgia: $78,841 per person vs Minnesota: $87,636.
- Minnesota's GDP per capita is 1.1 times (11%) higher than Georgia's.
Average income
- Georgia: $63,006 vs Minnesota: $75,603 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Minnesota's average income is 1.2 times (20%) higher than Georgia's.
Georgia vs Minnesota Counties
Number of counties
- Georgia has 159 counties, while Minnesota has 87.
- Georgia's county count is 1.8 times (83%) higher than Minnesota's.
Biggest county by area
- Georgia's largest county is Ware County at 899 square miles; Minnesota's is St. Louis County at 6,248 square miles.
- St. Louis County's land area is 6.9 times (595%) larger than Ware County's.
Smallest county by area
- Georgia: Clarke County (119 sq mi) vs Minnesota: Ramsey County (152 sq mi).
- Ramsey County's land area is 1.3 times (28%) larger than Clarke County's.
Most populous county
- Georgia: Fulton County (1,090,354 people) vs Minnesota: Hennepin County (1,273,334 people).
- Hennepin County's population is 1.2 times (17%) larger than Fulton County's.
Least populous county
- Georgia: Taliaferro County (1,620 people) vs Minnesota: Traverse County (3,134 people).
- Traverse County's population is 1.9 times (93%) larger than Taliaferro County's.
Richest county
- Georgia: Fulton County ($111,238 per capita income) vs Minnesota: Hennepin County ($100,352).
- Fulton County's income is 1.1 times (11%) richer than Hennepin County's.
Poorest county
- Georgia: Wheeler County ($26,119 per capita income) vs Minnesota: Pine County ($48,677).
- Pine County's income is 1.9 times (86%) richer than Wheeler County's.
Georgia vs Minnesota Taxes
State income tax
- Georgia has a top income tax rate of 5.19%, while Minnesota has a top income tax rate of 9.85%.
- Minnesota's top rate is 4.66 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Georgia: 0.74% effective rate vs Minnesota: 1.02% of home value per year.
- Minnesota's rate is 0.28 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Georgia: 7.56% combined state and average local rate vs Minnesota: 8.14%.
- Minnesota's combined rate is 0.58 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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