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Georgia vs Ohio Geography
Land area
- Georgia has a land area of 57,717 square miles (149,486 km²), while Ohio has 40,859 square miles (105,824 km²).
- Georgia's land area is 1.4 times (41%) larger than Ohio's.
Total area
- Georgia: 59,423 square miles (153,905 km²) vs Ohio: 44,826 square miles (116,098 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Georgia's total area is 1.3 times (33%) larger than Ohio's.
Length
- Georgia is 326 miles (525 km) long from north to south; Ohio is 291 miles (468 km).
- Georgia's north-south length is 1.1 times (12%) longer than Ohio's.
Width
- Georgia spans 343 miles (553 km) east to west; Ohio spans 317 miles (510 km).
- Georgia's east-west width is 1.1 times (8%) wider than Ohio's.
Highest point
- Georgia's highest point is Brasstown Bald at 4,778 feet (1,456 m); Ohio's is Campbell Hill at 1,547 feet (472 m).
- Brasstown Bald is 3,231 feet higher than Campbell Hill.
Lowest point
- Georgia's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Ohio's is Ohio River at 455 feet.
- Georgia's lowest point is 455 feet lower.
Georgia vs Ohio Population and History
Population
- Georgia has a population of 11,180,878 (2024), while Ohio has 11,883,304 (2024).
- Ohio's population is 1.1 times (6%) larger than Georgia's.
Population density
- Georgia: 193.7 people per square mile vs Ohio: 290.8.
- Ohio's population density is 1.5 times (50%) higher than Georgia's.
Biggest city
- Georgia's biggest city is Atlanta with 520,070 people; Ohio's is Columbus with 933,263.
- Columbus' population is 1.8 times (79%) 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 Ohio's Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN metro area (2,302,815).
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area's population is 2.8 times (178%) larger than Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN metro area's.
History
- Georgia: Admitted to the Union on January 2, 1788, as the 4th state.
- Ohio: Admitted to the Union on March 1, 1803, as the 17th state.
- In its current form, Georgia is the older of the two by 15 years.
Georgia vs Ohio Economy
GDP
- Georgia's GDP is $881.5 billion (2024) vs Ohio's $923.1 billion.
- Ohio's economic output is 1.0 times (5%) larger than Georgia's.
GDP per capita
- Georgia: $78,841 per person vs Ohio: $77,684.
- Georgia and Ohio have about the same GDP per capita.
Average income
- Georgia: $63,006 vs Ohio: $64,464 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Georgia and Ohio have about the same average income.
Georgia vs Ohio Counties
Number of counties
- Georgia has 159 counties, while Ohio has 88.
- Georgia's county count is 1.8 times (81%) higher than Ohio's.
Biggest county by area
- Georgia's largest county is Ware County at 899 square miles; Ohio's is Ashtabula County at 702 square miles.
- Ware County's land area is 1.3 times (28%) larger than Ashtabula County's.
Smallest county by area
- Georgia: Clarke County (119 sq mi) vs Ohio: Lake County (229 sq mi).
- Lake County's land area is 1.9 times (92%) larger than Clarke County's.
Most populous county
- Georgia: Fulton County (1,090,354 people) vs Ohio: Franklin County (1,356,303 people).
- Franklin County's population is 1.2 times (24%) larger than Fulton County's.
Least populous county
- Georgia: Taliaferro County (1,620 people) vs Ohio: Vinton County (12,545 people).
- Vinton County's population is 7.7 times (674%) larger than Taliaferro County's.
Richest county
- Georgia: Fulton County ($111,238 per capita income) vs Ohio: Delaware County ($96,573).
- Fulton County's income is 1.2 times (15%) richer than Delaware County's.
Poorest county
- Georgia: Wheeler County ($26,119 per capita income) vs Ohio: Noble County ($34,940).
- Noble County's income is 1.3 times (34%) richer than Wheeler County's.
Georgia vs Ohio Taxes
State income tax
- Georgia has a top income tax rate of 5.19%, while Ohio has a top income tax rate of 2.75%.
- Georgia's top rate is 2.44 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Georgia: 0.74% effective rate vs Ohio: 1.22% of home value per year.
- Ohio's rate is 0.48 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Georgia: 7.56% combined state and average local rate vs Ohio: 7.29%.
- Georgia's combined rate is 0.27 percentage points higher.
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