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Georgia vs Missouri Geography
Land area
- Georgia has a land area of 57,717 square miles (149,486 km²), while Missouri has 68,746 square miles (178,052 km²).
- Missouri's land area is 1.2 times (19%) larger than Georgia's.
Total area
- Georgia: 59,423 square miles (153,905 km²) vs Missouri: 69,707 square miles (180,540 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Missouri's total area is 1.2 times (17%) larger than Georgia's.
Length
- Georgia is 326 miles (525 km) long from north to south; Missouri is 328 miles (529 km).
- Georgia and Missouri have about the same north-south length.
Width
- Georgia spans 343 miles (553 km) east to west; Missouri spans 437 miles (703 km).
- Missouri's east-west width is 1.3 times (27%) wider than Georgia's.
Highest point
- Georgia's highest point is Brasstown Bald at 4,778 feet (1,456 m); Missouri's is Taum Sauk Mountain at 1,771 feet (540 m).
- Brasstown Bald is 3,007 feet higher than Taum Sauk Mountain.
Lowest point
- Georgia's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Missouri's is St. Francis River at 230 feet.
- Georgia's lowest point is 230 feet lower.
Georgia vs Missouri Population and History
Population
- Georgia has a population of 11,180,878 (2024), while Missouri has 6,245,466 (2024).
- Georgia's population is 1.8 times (79%) larger than Missouri's.
Population density
- Georgia: 193.7 people per square mile vs Missouri: 90.8.
- Georgia's population density is 2.1 times (113%) higher than Missouri's.
Biggest city
- Georgia's biggest city is Atlanta with 520,070 people; Missouri's is Kansas City with 516,032.
- Atlanta and Kansas City have about the same population.
Largest metro area
- Georgia's largest metropolitan area is Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area (6,411,149 people) vs Missouri's St. Louis, MO-IL metro area (2,811,927).
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area's population is 2.3 times (128%) larger than St. Louis, MO-IL metro area's.
History
- Georgia: Admitted to the Union on January 2, 1788, as the 4th state.
- Missouri: Admitted to the Union on August 10, 1821, as the 24th state.
- In its current form, Georgia is the older of the two by 33 years.
Georgia vs Missouri Economy
GDP
- Georgia's GDP is $881.5 billion (2024) vs Missouri's $448.7 billion.
- Georgia's economic output is 2.0 times (96%) larger than Missouri's.
GDP per capita
- Georgia: $78,841 per person vs Missouri: $71,846.
- Georgia's GDP per capita is 1.1 times (10%) higher than Missouri's.
Average income
- Georgia: $63,006 vs Missouri: $64,920 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Georgia and Missouri have about the same average income.
Georgia vs Missouri Counties
Number of counties
- Georgia has 159 counties, while Missouri has 115.
- Georgia's county count is 1.4 times (38%) higher than Missouri's.
Biggest county by area
- Georgia's largest county is Ware County at 899 square miles; Missouri's is Texas County at 1,177 square miles.
- Texas County's land area is 1.3 times (31%) larger than Ware County's.
Smallest county by area
- Georgia: Clarke County (119 sq mi) vs Missouri: St. Louis city (62 sq mi).
- Clarke County's land area is 1.9 times (93%) larger than St. Louis city's.
Most populous county
- Georgia: Fulton County (1,090,354 people) vs Missouri: St. Louis County (992,929 people).
- Fulton County's population is 1.1 times (10%) larger than St. Louis County's.
Least populous county
- Georgia: Taliaferro County (1,620 people) vs Missouri: Worth County (1,872 people).
- Worth County's population is 1.2 times (16%) larger than Taliaferro County's.
Richest county
- Georgia: Fulton County ($111,238 per capita income) vs Missouri: St. Louis County ($104,775).
- Fulton County's income is 1.1 times (6%) richer than St. Louis County's.
Poorest county
- Georgia: Wheeler County ($26,119 per capita income) vs Missouri: Douglas County ($40,515).
- Douglas County's income is 1.6 times (55%) richer than Wheeler County's.
Georgia vs Missouri Taxes
State income tax
- Georgia has a top income tax rate of 5.19%, while Missouri has a top income tax rate of 4.7%.
- Georgia's top rate is 0.49 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Georgia: 0.74% effective rate vs Missouri: 0.79% of home value per year.
- Missouri's rate is 0.05 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Georgia: 7.56% combined state and average local rate vs Missouri: 8.44%.
- Missouri's combined rate is 0.88 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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