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Georgia vs Wyoming Geography
Land area
- Georgia has a land area of 57,717 square miles (149,486 km²), while Wyoming has 97,089 square miles (251,458 km²).
- Wyoming's land area is 1.7 times (68%) larger than Georgia's.
Total area
- Georgia: 59,423 square miles (153,905 km²) vs Wyoming: 97,810 square miles (253,326 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Wyoming's total area is 1.6 times (65%) larger than Georgia's.
Length
- Georgia is 326 miles (525 km) long from north to south; Wyoming is 324 miles (522 km).
- Georgia and Wyoming have about the same north-south length.
Width
- Georgia spans 343 miles (553 km) east to west; Wyoming spans 410 miles (659 km).
- Wyoming's east-west width is 1.2 times (20%) wider than Georgia's.
Highest point
- Georgia's highest point is Brasstown Bald at 4,778 feet (1,456 m); Wyoming's is Gannett Peak at 13,788 feet (4,203 m).
- Gannett Peak is 9,010 feet higher than Brasstown Bald.
Lowest point
- Georgia's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Wyoming's is Belle Fourche River at 3,108 feet.
- Georgia's lowest point is 3,108 feet lower.
Georgia vs Wyoming Population and History
Population
- Georgia has a population of 11,180,878 (2024), while Wyoming has 587,618 (2024).
- Georgia's population is 19.0 times larger than Wyoming's.
Population density
- Georgia: 193.7 people per square mile vs Wyoming: 6.1.
- Georgia's population density is 31.8 times higher than Wyoming's.
Biggest city
- Georgia's biggest city is Atlanta with 520,070 people; Wyoming's is Cheyenne with 65,704.
- Atlanta's population is 7.9 times (692%) larger than Cheyenne's.
Largest metro area
- Georgia's largest metropolitan area is Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area (6,411,149 people) vs Wyoming's Cheyenne, WY metro area (101,783).
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area's population is 63.0 times larger than Cheyenne, WY metro area's.
History
- Georgia: Admitted to the Union on January 2, 1788, as the 4th state.
- Wyoming: Admitted to the Union on July 10, 1890, as the 44th state.
- In its current form, Georgia is the older of the two by 102 years.
Georgia vs Wyoming Economy
GDP
- Georgia's GDP is $881.5 billion (2024) vs Wyoming's $51.5 billion.
- Georgia's economic output is 17.1 times larger than Wyoming's.
GDP per capita
- Georgia: $78,841 per person vs Wyoming: $87,639.
- Wyoming's GDP per capita is 1.1 times (11%) higher than Georgia's.
Average income
- Georgia: $63,006 vs Wyoming: $86,477 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Wyoming's average income is 1.4 times (37%) higher than Georgia's.
Georgia vs Wyoming Counties
Number of counties
- Georgia has 159 counties, while Wyoming has 23.
- Georgia's county count is 6.9 times (591%) higher than Wyoming's.
Biggest county by area
- Georgia's largest county is Ware County at 899 square miles; Wyoming's is Sweetwater County at 10,427 square miles.
- Sweetwater County's land area is 11.6 times larger than Ware County's.
Smallest county by area
- Georgia: Clarke County (119 sq mi) vs Wyoming: Hot Springs County (2,004 sq mi).
- Hot Springs County's land area is 16.8 times larger than Clarke County's.
Most populous county
- Georgia: Fulton County (1,090,354 people) vs Wyoming: Laramie County (101,783 people).
- Fulton County's population is 10.7 times larger than Laramie County's.
Least populous county
- Georgia: Taliaferro County (1,620 people) vs Wyoming: Niobrara County (2,301 people).
- Niobrara County's population is 1.4 times (42%) larger than Taliaferro County's.
Richest county
- Georgia: Fulton County ($111,238 per capita income) vs Wyoming: Teton County ($532,903).
- Teton County's income is 4.8 times (379%) richer than Fulton County's.
Poorest county
- Georgia: Wheeler County ($26,119 per capita income) vs Wyoming: Uinta County ($50,370).
- Uinta County's income is 1.9 times (93%) richer than Wheeler County's.
Georgia vs Wyoming Taxes
State income tax
- Georgia has a top income tax rate of 5.19%, while Wyoming has no state income tax.
- Georgia's top rate is 5.19 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Georgia: 0.74% effective rate vs Wyoming: 0.57% of home value per year.
- Georgia's rate is 0.17 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Georgia: 7.56% combined state and average local rate vs Wyoming: 5.39%.
- Georgia's combined rate is 2.17 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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