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Georgia vs Montana Geography
Land area
- Georgia has a land area of 57,717 square miles (149,486 km²), while Montana has 145,550 square miles (376,973 km²).
- Montana's land area is 2.5 times (152%) larger than Georgia's.
Total area
- Georgia: 59,423 square miles (153,905 km²) vs Montana: 147,043 square miles (380,840 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Montana's total area is 2.5 times (147%) larger than Georgia's.
Length
- Georgia is 326 miles (525 km) long from north to south; Montana is 319 miles (514 km).
- Georgia and Montana have about the same north-south length.
Width
- Georgia spans 343 miles (553 km) east to west; Montana spans 607 miles (976 km).
- Montana's east-west width is 1.8 times (77%) wider than Georgia's.
Highest point
- Georgia's highest point is Brasstown Bald at 4,778 feet (1,456 m); Montana's is Granite Peak at 12,767 feet (3,891 m).
- Granite Peak is 7,989 feet higher than Brasstown Bald.
Lowest point
- Georgia's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Montana's is Kootenai River at 1,805 feet.
- Georgia's lowest point is 1,805 feet lower.
Georgia vs Montana Population and History
Population
- Georgia has a population of 11,180,878 (2024), while Montana has 1,137,233 (2024).
- Georgia's population is 9.8 times (883%) larger than Montana's.
Population density
- Georgia: 193.7 people per square mile vs Montana: 7.8.
- Georgia's population density is 24.8 times higher than Montana's.
Biggest city
- Georgia's biggest city is Atlanta with 520,070 people; Montana's is Billings with 121,483.
- Atlanta's population is 4.3 times (328%) larger than Billings'.
Largest metro area
- Georgia's largest metropolitan area is Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area (6,411,149 people) vs Montana's Billings, MT metro area (192,531).
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area's population is 33.3 times larger than Billings, MT metro area's.
History
- Georgia: Admitted to the Union on January 2, 1788, as the 4th state.
- Montana: Admitted to the Union on November 8, 1889, as the 41st state.
- In its current form, Georgia is the older of the two by 101 years.
Georgia vs Montana Economy
GDP
- Georgia's GDP is $881.5 billion (2024) vs Montana's $78.4 billion.
- Georgia's economic output is 11.2 times larger than Montana's.
GDP per capita
- Georgia: $78,841 per person vs Montana: $68,975.
- Georgia's GDP per capita is 1.1 times (14%) higher than Montana's.
Average income
- Georgia: $63,006 vs Montana: $69,240 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Montana's average income is 1.1 times (10%) higher than Georgia's.
Georgia vs Montana Counties
Number of counties
- Georgia has 159 counties, while Montana has 56.
- Georgia's county count is 2.8 times (184%) higher than Montana's.
Biggest county by area
- Georgia's largest county is Ware County at 899 square miles; Montana's is Beaverhead County at 5,543 square miles.
- Beaverhead County's land area is 6.2 times (516%) larger than Ware County's.
Smallest county by area
- Georgia: Clarke County (119 sq mi) vs Montana: Silver Bow County (718 sq mi).
- Silver Bow County's land area is 6.0 times (502%) larger than Clarke County's.
Most populous county
- Georgia: Fulton County (1,090,354 people) vs Montana: Yellowstone County (171,583 people).
- Fulton County's population is 6.4 times (535%) larger than Yellowstone County's.
Least populous county
- Georgia: Taliaferro County (1,620 people) vs Montana: Petroleum County (525 people).
- Taliaferro County's population is 3.1 times (209%) larger than Petroleum County's.
Richest county
- Georgia: Fulton County ($111,238 per capita income) vs Montana: Gallatin County ($94,573).
- Fulton County's income is 1.2 times (18%) richer than Gallatin County's.
Poorest county
- Georgia: Wheeler County ($26,119 per capita income) vs Montana: Blaine County ($37,554).
- Blaine County's income is 1.4 times (44%) richer than Wheeler County's.
Georgia vs Montana Taxes
State income tax
- Georgia has a top income tax rate of 5.19%, while Montana has a top income tax rate of 5.65%.
- Montana's top rate is 0.46 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Georgia: 0.74% effective rate vs Montana: 0.69% of home value per year.
- Georgia's rate is 0.05 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Georgia: 7.56% combined state and average local rate vs Montana: 0%.
- Georgia's combined rate is 7.56 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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