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Georgia vs North Dakota Geography
Land area
- Georgia has a land area of 57,717 square miles (149,486 km²), while North Dakota has 68,994 square miles (178,694 km²).
- North Dakota's land area is 1.2 times (20%) larger than Georgia's.
Total area
- Georgia: 59,423 square miles (153,905 km²) vs North Dakota: 70,699 square miles (183,109 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- North Dakota's total area is 1.2 times (19%) larger than Georgia's.
Length
- Georgia is 326 miles (525 km) long from north to south; North Dakota is 338 miles (544 km).
- Georgia and North Dakota have about the same north-south length.
Width
- Georgia spans 343 miles (553 km) east to west; North Dakota spans 408 miles (657 km).
- North Dakota's east-west width is 1.2 times (19%) wider than Georgia's.
Highest point
- Georgia's highest point is Brasstown Bald at 4,778 feet (1,456 m); North Dakota's is White Butte at 3,500 feet (1,067 m).
- Brasstown Bald is 1,278 feet higher than White Butte.
Lowest point
- Georgia's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; North Dakota's is Red River of the North at 754 feet.
- Georgia's lowest point is 754 feet lower.
Georgia vs North Dakota Population and History
Population
- Georgia has a population of 11,180,878 (2024), while North Dakota has 796,568 (2024).
- Georgia's population is 14.0 times larger than North Dakota's.
Population density
- Georgia: 193.7 people per square mile vs North Dakota: 11.5.
- Georgia's population density is 16.8 times higher than North Dakota's.
Biggest city
- Georgia's biggest city is Atlanta with 520,070 people; North Dakota's is Fargo with 136,285.
- Atlanta's population is 3.8 times (282%) larger than Fargo's.
Largest metro area
- Georgia's largest metropolitan area is Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area (6,411,149 people) vs North Dakota's Fargo, ND-MN metro area (267,793).
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area's population is 23.9 times larger than Fargo, ND-MN metro area's.
History
- Georgia: Admitted to the Union on January 2, 1788, as the 4th state.
- North Dakota: Admitted to the Union on November 2, 1889, as the 39th state.
- In its current form, Georgia is the older of the two by 101 years.
Georgia vs North Dakota Economy
GDP
- Georgia's GDP is $881.5 billion (2024) vs North Dakota's $80.1 billion.
- Georgia's economic output is 11.0 times larger than North Dakota's.
GDP per capita
- Georgia: $78,841 per person vs North Dakota: $100,504.
- North Dakota's GDP per capita is 1.3 times (27%) higher than Georgia's.
Average income
- Georgia: $63,006 vs North Dakota: $71,749 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- North Dakota's average income is 1.1 times (14%) higher than Georgia's.
Georgia vs North Dakota Counties
Number of counties
- Georgia has 159 counties, while North Dakota has 53.
- Georgia's county count is 3.0 times (200%) higher than North Dakota's.
Biggest county by area
- Georgia's largest county is Ware County at 899 square miles; North Dakota's is McKenzie County at 2,760 square miles.
- McKenzie County's land area is 3.1 times (207%) larger than Ware County's.
Smallest county by area
- Georgia: Clarke County (119 sq mi) vs North Dakota: Eddy County (630 sq mi).
- Eddy County's land area is 5.3 times (428%) larger than Clarke County's.
Most populous county
- Georgia: Fulton County (1,090,354 people) vs North Dakota: Cass County (200,945 people).
- Fulton County's population is 5.4 times (443%) larger than Cass County's.
Least populous county
- Georgia: Taliaferro County (1,620 people) vs North Dakota: Slope County (660 people).
- Taliaferro County's population is 2.5 times (145%) larger than Slope County's.
Richest county
- Georgia: Fulton County ($111,238 per capita income) vs North Dakota: Dunn County ($99,793).
- Fulton County's income is 1.1 times (11%) richer than Dunn County's.
Poorest county
- Georgia: Wheeler County ($26,119 per capita income) vs North Dakota: Sioux County ($33,782).
- Sioux County's income is 1.3 times (29%) richer than Wheeler County's.
Georgia vs North Dakota Taxes
State income tax
- Georgia has a top income tax rate of 5.19%, while North Dakota has a top income tax rate of 2.5%.
- Georgia's top rate is 2.69 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Georgia: 0.74% effective rate vs North Dakota: 0.96% of home value per year.
- North Dakota's rate is 0.22 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Georgia: 7.56% combined state and average local rate vs North Dakota: 7.09%.
- Georgia's combined rate is 0.47 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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