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Georgia vs New York Geography
Land area
- Georgia has a land area of 57,717 square miles (149,486 km²), while New York has 47,123 square miles (122,049 km²).
- Georgia's land area is 1.2 times (22%) larger than New York's.
Total area
- Georgia: 59,423 square miles (153,905 km²) vs New York: 54,559 square miles (141,306 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Georgia's total area is 1.1 times (9%) larger than New York's.
Length
- Georgia is 326 miles (525 km) long from north to south; New York is 312 miles (503 km).
- Georgia and New York have about the same north-south length.
Width
- Georgia spans 343 miles (553 km) east to west; New York spans 415 miles (668 km).
- New York's east-west width is 1.2 times (21%) wider than Georgia's.
Highest point
- Georgia's highest point is Brasstown Bald at 4,778 feet (1,456 m); New York's is Mount Marcy at 5,335 feet (1,626 m).
- Mount Marcy is 557 feet higher than Brasstown Bald.
Lowest point
- Georgia's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; New York's is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet.
- Both lowest points are at or near sea level.
Georgia vs New York Population and History
Population
- Georgia has a population of 11,180,878 (2024), while New York has 19,867,248 (2024).
- New York's population is 1.8 times (78%) larger than Georgia's.
Population density
- Georgia: 193.7 people per square mile vs New York: 421.6.
- New York's population density is 2.2 times (118%) higher than Georgia's.
Biggest city
- Georgia's biggest city is Atlanta with 520,070 people; New York's is New York with 8,478,072.
- New York's population is 16.3 times larger than Atlanta's.
Largest metro area
- Georgia's largest metropolitan area is Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area (6,411,149 people) vs New York's New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area (19,940,274).
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area's population is 3.1 times (211%) larger than Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area's.
History
- Georgia: Admitted to the Union on January 2, 1788, as the 4th state.
- New York: Admitted to the Union on July 26, 1788, as the 11th state.
Georgia vs New York Economy
GDP
- Georgia's GDP is $881.5 billion (2024) vs New York's $2,322.1 billion.
- New York's economic output is 2.6 times (163%) larger than Georgia's.
GDP per capita
- Georgia: $78,841 per person vs New York: $116,883.
- New York's GDP per capita is 1.5 times (48%) higher than Georgia's.
Average income
- Georgia: $63,006 vs New York: $85,552 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- New York's average income is 1.4 times (36%) higher than Georgia's.
Georgia vs New York Counties
Number of counties
- Georgia has 159 counties, while New York has 62.
- Georgia's county count is 2.6 times (156%) higher than New York's.
Biggest county by area
- Georgia's largest county is Ware County at 899 square miles; New York's is St. Lawrence County at 2,680 square miles.
- St. Lawrence County's land area is 3.0 times (198%) larger than Ware County's.
Smallest county by area
- Georgia: Clarke County (119 sq mi) vs New York: New York County (23 sq mi).
- Clarke County's land area is 5.3 times (426%) larger than New York County's.
Most populous county
- Georgia: Fulton County (1,090,354 people) vs New York: Kings County (2,617,631 people).
- Kings County's population is 2.4 times (140%) larger than Fulton County's.
Least populous county
- Georgia: Taliaferro County (1,620 people) vs New York: Hamilton County (5,082 people).
- Hamilton County's population is 3.1 times (214%) larger than Taliaferro County's.
Richest county
- Georgia: Fulton County ($111,238 per capita income) vs New York: New York County ($217,075).
- New York County's income is 2.0 times (95%) richer than Fulton County's.
Poorest county
- Georgia: Wheeler County ($26,119 per capita income) vs New York: Allegany County ($44,689).
- Allegany County's income is 1.7 times (71%) richer than Wheeler County's.
Georgia vs New York Taxes
State income tax
- Georgia has a top income tax rate of 5.19%, while New York has a top income tax rate of 10.9%.
- New York's top rate is 5.71 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Georgia: 0.74% effective rate vs New York: 1.45% of home value per year.
- New York's rate is 0.71 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Georgia: 7.56% combined state and average local rate vs New York: 8.54%.
- New York's combined rate is 0.98 percentage points higher.
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