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Georgia vs South Dakota Geography
Land area
- Georgia has a land area of 57,717 square miles (149,486 km²), while South Dakota has 75,808 square miles (196,342 km²).
- South Dakota's land area is 1.3 times (31%) larger than Georgia's.
Total area
- Georgia: 59,423 square miles (153,905 km²) vs South Dakota: 77,116 square miles (199,729 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- South Dakota's total area is 1.3 times (30%) larger than Georgia's.
Length
- Georgia is 326 miles (525 km) long from north to south; South Dakota is 443 miles (712 km).
- South Dakota's north-south length is 1.4 times (36%) longer than Georgia's.
Width
- Georgia spans 343 miles (553 km) east to west; South Dakota spans 371 miles (597 km).
- South Dakota's east-west width is 1.1 times (8%) wider than Georgia's.
Highest point
- Georgia's highest point is Brasstown Bald at 4,778 feet (1,456 m); South Dakota's is Black Elk Peak at 7,198 feet (2,194 m).
- Black Elk Peak is 2,420 feet higher than Brasstown Bald.
Lowest point
- Georgia's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; South Dakota's is Big Stone Lake at 966 feet.
- Georgia's lowest point is 966 feet lower.
Georgia vs South Dakota Population and History
Population
- Georgia has a population of 11,180,878 (2024), while South Dakota has 924,669 (2024).
- Georgia's population is 12.1 times larger than South Dakota's.
Population density
- Georgia: 193.7 people per square mile vs South Dakota: 12.2.
- Georgia's population density is 15.9 times higher than South Dakota's.
Biggest city
- Georgia's biggest city is Atlanta with 520,070 people; South Dakota's is Sioux Falls with 209,289.
- Atlanta's population is 2.5 times (148%) larger than Sioux Falls'.
Largest metro area
- Georgia's largest metropolitan area is Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area (6,411,149 people) vs South Dakota's Sioux Falls, SD-MN metro area (308,266).
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area's population is 20.8 times larger than Sioux Falls, SD-MN metro area's.
History
- Georgia: Admitted to the Union on January 2, 1788, as the 4th state.
- South Dakota: Admitted to the Union on November 2, 1889, as the 40th state.
- In its current form, Georgia is the older of the two by 101 years.
Georgia vs South Dakota Economy
GDP
- Georgia's GDP is $881.5 billion (2024) vs South Dakota's $76.8 billion.
- Georgia's economic output is 11.5 times larger than South Dakota's.
GDP per capita
- Georgia: $78,841 per person vs South Dakota: $83,052.
- South Dakota's GDP per capita is 1.1 times (5%) higher than Georgia's.
Average income
- Georgia: $63,006 vs South Dakota: $75,699 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- South Dakota's average income is 1.2 times (20%) higher than Georgia's.
Georgia vs South Dakota Counties
Number of counties
- Georgia has 159 counties, while South Dakota has 66.
- Georgia's county count is 2.4 times (141%) higher than South Dakota's.
Biggest county by area
- Georgia's largest county is Ware County at 899 square miles; South Dakota's is Meade County at 3,471 square miles.
- Meade County's land area is 3.9 times (286%) larger than Ware County's.
Smallest county by area
- Georgia: Clarke County (119 sq mi) vs South Dakota: Clay County (412 sq mi).
- Clay County's land area is 3.5 times (245%) larger than Clarke County's.
Most populous county
- Georgia: Fulton County (1,090,354 people) vs South Dakota: Minnehaha County (208,639 people).
- Fulton County's population is 5.2 times (423%) larger than Minnehaha County's.
Least populous county
- Georgia: Taliaferro County (1,620 people) vs South Dakota: Jones County (874 people).
- Taliaferro County's population is 1.9 times (85%) larger than Jones County's.
Richest county
- Georgia: Fulton County ($111,238 per capita income) vs South Dakota: Union County ($146,712).
- Union County's income is 1.3 times (32%) richer than Fulton County's.
Poorest county
- Georgia: Wheeler County ($26,119 per capita income) vs South Dakota: Ziebach County ($32,778).
- Ziebach County's income is 1.3 times (25%) richer than Wheeler County's.
Georgia vs South Dakota Taxes
State income tax
- Georgia has a top income tax rate of 5.19%, while South Dakota has no state income tax.
- Georgia's top rate is 5.19 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Georgia: 0.74% effective rate vs South Dakota: 1.02% of home value per year.
- South Dakota's rate is 0.28 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Georgia: 7.56% combined state and average local rate vs South Dakota: 6.11%.
- Georgia's combined rate is 1.45 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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