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Louisiana vs Minnesota Geography
Land area
- Louisiana has a land area of 43,213 square miles (111,921 km²), while Minnesota has 79,632 square miles (206,245 km²).
- Minnesota's land area is 1.8 times (84%) larger than Louisiana's.
Total area
- Louisiana: 52,375 square miles (135,652 km²) vs Minnesota: 86,943 square miles (225,182 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Minnesota's total area is 1.7 times (66%) larger than Louisiana's.
Length
- Louisiana is 301 miles (484 km) long from north to south; Minnesota is 408 miles (657 km).
- Minnesota's north-south length is 1.4 times (36%) longer than Louisiana's.
Width
- Louisiana spans 356 miles (574 km) east to west; Minnesota spans 360 miles (580 km).
- Louisiana and Minnesota have about the same east-west width.
Highest point
- Louisiana's highest point is Driskill Mountain at 533 feet (162 m); Minnesota's is Eagle Mountain at 2,292 feet (699 m).
- Eagle Mountain is 1,759 feet higher than Driskill Mountain.
Lowest point
- Louisiana's lowest point is New Orleans at -8 feet; Minnesota's is Lake Superior at 601 feet.
- Louisiana's lowest point is 609 feet lower.
Louisiana vs Minnesota Population and History
Population
- Louisiana has a population of 4,597,740 (2024), while Minnesota has 5,793,151 (2024).
- Minnesota's population is 1.3 times (26%) larger than Louisiana's.
Population density
- Louisiana: 106.4 people per square mile vs Minnesota: 72.7.
- Louisiana's population density is 1.5 times (46%) higher than Minnesota's.
Biggest city
- Louisiana's biggest city is New Orleans with 362,701 people; Minnesota's is Minneapolis with 428,579.
- Minneapolis' population is 1.2 times (18%) larger than New Orleans'.
Largest metro area
- Louisiana's largest metropolitan area is New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area (966,230 people) vs Minnesota's Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area (3,757,952).
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area's population is 3.9 times (289%) larger than New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area's.
History
- Louisiana: Admitted to the Union on April 30, 1812, as the 18th state.
- Minnesota: Admitted to the Union on May 11, 1858, as the 32nd state.
- In its current form, Louisiana is the older of the two by 46 years.
Louisiana vs Minnesota Economy
GDP
- Louisiana's GDP is $329.2 billion (2024) vs Minnesota's $507.7 billion.
- Minnesota's economic output is 1.5 times (54%) larger than Louisiana's.
GDP per capita
- Louisiana: $71,594 per person vs Minnesota: $87,636.
- Minnesota's GDP per capita is 1.2 times (22%) higher than Louisiana's.
Average income
- Louisiana: $61,897 vs Minnesota: $75,603 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Minnesota's average income is 1.2 times (22%) higher than Louisiana's.
Louisiana vs Minnesota Counties
Number of counties
- Louisiana has 64 counties, while Minnesota has 87.
- Minnesota's county count is 1.4 times (36%) higher than Louisiana's.
Biggest county by area
- Louisiana's largest county is Vernon Parish at 1,327 square miles; Minnesota's is St. Louis County at 6,248 square miles.
- St. Louis County's land area is 4.7 times (371%) larger than Vernon Parish's.
Smallest county by area
- Louisiana: Orleans Parish (170 sq mi) vs Minnesota: Ramsey County (152 sq mi).
- Orleans Parish's land area is 1.1 times (11%) larger than Ramsey County's.
Most populous county
- Louisiana: East Baton Rouge Parish (453,022 people) vs Minnesota: Hennepin County (1,273,334 people).
- Hennepin County's population is 2.8 times (181%) larger than East Baton Rouge Parish's.
Least populous county
- Louisiana: Tensas Parish (3,844 people) vs Minnesota: Traverse County (3,134 people).
- Tensas Parish's population is 1.2 times (23%) larger than Traverse County's.
Richest county
- Louisiana: St. Tammany Parish ($82,398 per capita income) vs Minnesota: Hennepin County ($100,352).
- Hennepin County's income is 1.2 times (22%) richer than St. Tammany Parish's.
Poorest county
- Louisiana: East Carroll Parish ($36,751 per capita income) vs Minnesota: Pine County ($48,677).
- Pine County's income is 1.3 times (32%) richer than East Carroll Parish's.
Louisiana vs Minnesota Taxes
State income tax
- Louisiana has a top income tax rate of 3%, while Minnesota has a top income tax rate of 9.85%.
- Minnesota's top rate is 6.85 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Louisiana: 0.53% effective rate vs Minnesota: 1.02% of home value per year.
- Minnesota's rate is 0.49 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Louisiana: 10.13% combined state and average local rate vs Minnesota: 8.14%.
- Louisiana's combined rate is 1.99 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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