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Georgia vs Wisconsin Geography
Land area
- Georgia has a land area of 57,717 square miles (149,486 km²), while Wisconsin has 54,168 square miles (140,294 km²).
- Georgia's land area is 1.1 times (7%) larger than Wisconsin's.
Total area
- Georgia: 59,423 square miles (153,905 km²) vs Wisconsin: 65,497 square miles (169,636 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Wisconsin's total area is 1.1 times (10%) larger than Georgia's.
Length
- Georgia is 326 miles (525 km) long from north to south; Wisconsin is 368 miles (593 km).
- Wisconsin's north-south length is 1.1 times (13%) longer than Georgia's.
Width
- Georgia spans 343 miles (553 km) east to west; Wisconsin spans 323 miles (521 km).
- Georgia's east-west width is 1.1 times (6%) wider than Wisconsin's.
Highest point
- Georgia's highest point is Brasstown Bald at 4,778 feet (1,456 m); Wisconsin's is Timms Hill at 1,946 feet (593 m).
- Brasstown Bald is 2,832 feet higher than Timms Hill.
Lowest point
- Georgia's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Wisconsin's is Lake Michigan at 577 feet.
- Georgia's lowest point is 577 feet lower.
Georgia vs Wisconsin Population and History
Population
- Georgia has a population of 11,180,878 (2024), while Wisconsin has 5,960,975 (2024).
- Georgia's population is 1.9 times (88%) larger than Wisconsin's.
Population density
- Georgia: 193.7 people per square mile vs Wisconsin: 110.0.
- Georgia's population density is 1.8 times (76%) higher than Wisconsin's.
Biggest city
- Georgia's biggest city is Atlanta with 520,070 people; Wisconsin's is Milwaukee with 563,531.
- Milwaukee's population is 1.1 times (8%) 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 Wisconsin's Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area (3,757,952).
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area's population is 1.7 times (71%) larger than Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area's.
History
- Georgia: Admitted to the Union on January 2, 1788, as the 4th state.
- Wisconsin: Admitted to the Union on May 29, 1848, as the 30th state.
- In its current form, Georgia is the older of the two by 60 years.
Georgia vs Wisconsin Economy
GDP
- Georgia's GDP is $881.5 billion (2024) vs Wisconsin's $453.3 billion.
- Georgia's economic output is 1.9 times (94%) larger than Wisconsin's.
GDP per capita
- Georgia: $78,841 per person vs Wisconsin: $76,044.
- Georgia and Wisconsin have about the same GDP per capita.
Average income
- Georgia: $63,006 vs Wisconsin: $67,755 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Wisconsin's average income is 1.1 times (8%) higher than Georgia's.
Georgia vs Wisconsin Counties
Number of counties
- Georgia has 159 counties, while Wisconsin has 72.
- Georgia's county count is 2.2 times (121%) higher than Wisconsin's.
Biggest county by area
- Georgia's largest county is Ware County at 899 square miles; Wisconsin's is Marathon County at 1,545 square miles.
- Marathon County's land area is 1.7 times (72%) larger than Ware County's.
Smallest county by area
- Georgia: Clarke County (119 sq mi) vs Wisconsin: Pepin County (232 sq mi).
- Pepin County's land area is 1.9 times (94%) larger than Clarke County's.
Most populous county
- Georgia: Fulton County (1,090,354 people) vs Wisconsin: Milwaukee County (924,740 people).
- Fulton County's population is 1.2 times (18%) larger than Milwaukee County's.
Least populous county
- Georgia: Taliaferro County (1,620 people) vs Wisconsin: Menominee County (4,286 people).
- Menominee County's population is 2.6 times (165%) larger than Taliaferro County's.
Richest county
- Georgia: Fulton County ($111,238 per capita income) vs Wisconsin: Ozaukee County ($109,947).
- Fulton County and Ozaukee County have about the same income.
Poorest county
- Georgia: Wheeler County ($26,119 per capita income) vs Wisconsin: Menominee County ($43,696).
- Menominee County's income is 1.7 times (67%) richer than Wheeler County's.
Georgia vs Wisconsin Taxes
State income tax
- Georgia has a top income tax rate of 5.19%, while Wisconsin has a top income tax rate of 7.65%.
- Wisconsin's top rate is 2.46 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Georgia: 0.74% effective rate vs Wisconsin: 1.25% of home value per year.
- Wisconsin's rate is 0.51 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Georgia: 7.56% combined state and average local rate vs Wisconsin: 5.72%.
- Georgia's combined rate is 1.84 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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