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Georgia vs North Carolina Geography
Land area
- Georgia has a land area of 57,717 square miles (149,486 km²), while North Carolina has 48,624 square miles (125,936 km²).
- Georgia's land area is 1.2 times (19%) larger than North Carolina's.
Total area
- Georgia: 59,423 square miles (153,905 km²) vs North Carolina: 53,819 square miles (139,390 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Georgia's total area is 1.1 times (10%) larger than North Carolina's.
Length
- Georgia is 326 miles (525 km) long from north to south; North Carolina is 258 miles (415 km).
- Georgia's north-south length is 1.3 times (26%) longer than North Carolina's.
Width
- Georgia spans 343 miles (553 km) east to west; North Carolina spans 487 miles (784 km).
- North Carolina's east-west width is 1.4 times (42%) wider than Georgia's.
Highest point
- Georgia's highest point is Brasstown Bald at 4,778 feet (1,456 m); North Carolina's is Mount Mitchell at 6,674 feet (2,034 m).
- Mount Mitchell is 1,896 feet higher than Brasstown Bald.
Lowest point
- Georgia's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; North Carolina's is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet.
- Both lowest points are at or near sea level.
Georgia vs North Carolina Population and History
Population
- Georgia has a population of 11,180,878 (2024), while North Carolina has 11,046,024 (2024).
- Georgia and North Carolina have about the same population.
Population density
- Georgia: 193.7 people per square mile vs North Carolina: 227.2.
- North Carolina's population density is 1.2 times (17%) higher than Georgia's.
Biggest city
- Georgia's biggest city is Atlanta with 520,070 people; North Carolina's is Charlotte with 943,476.
- Charlotte's population is 1.8 times (81%) 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 North Carolina's Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area (2,883,370).
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area's population is 2.2 times (122%) larger than Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area's.
History
- Georgia: Admitted to the Union on January 2, 1788, as the 4th state.
- North Carolina: Admitted to the Union on November 21, 1789, as the 12th state.
- In its current form, Georgia is the older of the two by 1 years.
Georgia vs North Carolina Economy
GDP
- Georgia's GDP is $881.5 billion (2024) vs North Carolina's $844.2 billion.
- Georgia and North Carolina have about the same economic output.
GDP per capita
- Georgia: $78,841 per person vs North Carolina: $76,427.
- Georgia and North Carolina have about the same GDP per capita.
Average income
- Georgia: $63,006 vs North Carolina: $65,634 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Georgia and North Carolina have about the same average income.
Georgia vs North Carolina Counties
Number of counties
- Georgia has 159 counties, while North Carolina has 100.
- Georgia's county count is 1.6 times (59%) higher than North Carolina's.
Biggest county by area
- Georgia's largest county is Ware County at 899 square miles; North Carolina's is Robeson County at 947 square miles.
- Robeson County's land area is 1.1 times (5%) larger than Ware County's.
Smallest county by area
- Georgia: Clarke County (119 sq mi) vs North Carolina: Chowan County (173 sq mi).
- Chowan County's land area is 1.4 times (45%) larger than Clarke County's.
Most populous county
- Georgia: Fulton County (1,090,354 people) vs North Carolina: Wake County (1,232,444 people).
- Wake County's population is 1.1 times (13%) larger than Fulton County's.
Least populous county
- Georgia: Taliaferro County (1,620 people) vs North Carolina: Tyrrell County (3,517 people).
- Tyrrell County's population is 2.2 times (117%) larger than Taliaferro County's.
Richest county
- Georgia: Fulton County ($111,238 per capita income) vs North Carolina: Chatham County ($91,638).
- Fulton County's income is 1.2 times (21%) richer than Chatham County's.
Poorest county
- Georgia: Wheeler County ($26,119 per capita income) vs North Carolina: Warren County ($40,932).
- Warren County's income is 1.6 times (57%) richer than Wheeler County's.
Georgia vs North Carolina Taxes
State income tax
- Georgia has a top income tax rate of 5.19%, while North Carolina has a top income tax rate of 3.99%.
- Georgia's top rate is 1.2 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Georgia: 0.74% effective rate vs North Carolina: 0.61% of home value per year.
- Georgia's rate is 0.13 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Georgia: 7.56% combined state and average local rate vs North Carolina: 7.1%.
- Georgia's combined rate is 0.46 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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