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Louisiana vs Nevada Geography
Land area
- Louisiana has a land area of 43,213 square miles (111,921 km²), while Nevada has 109,860 square miles (284,537 km²).
- Nevada's land area is 2.5 times (154%) larger than Louisiana's.
Total area
- Louisiana: 52,375 square miles (135,652 km²) vs Nevada: 110,571 square miles (286,377 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Nevada's total area is 2.1 times (111%) larger than Louisiana's.
Length
- Louisiana is 301 miles (484 km) long from north to south; Nevada is 484 miles (780 km).
- Nevada's north-south length is 1.6 times (61%) longer than Louisiana's.
Width
- Louisiana spans 356 miles (574 km) east to west; Nevada spans 469 miles (755 km).
- Nevada's east-west width is 1.3 times (32%) wider than Louisiana's.
Highest point
- Louisiana's highest point is Driskill Mountain at 533 feet (162 m); Nevada's is Boundary Peak at 13,115 feet (3,997 m).
- Boundary Peak is 12,582 feet higher than Driskill Mountain.
Lowest point
- Louisiana's lowest point is New Orleans at -8 feet; Nevada's is Colorado River at 481 feet.
- Louisiana's lowest point is 489 feet lower.
Louisiana vs Nevada Population and History
Population
- Louisiana has a population of 4,597,740 (2024), while Nevada has 3,267,467 (2024).
- Louisiana's population is 1.4 times (41%) larger than Nevada's.
Population density
- Louisiana: 106.4 people per square mile vs Nevada: 29.7.
- Louisiana's population density is 3.6 times (258%) higher than Nevada's.
Biggest city
- Louisiana's biggest city is New Orleans with 362,701 people; Nevada's is Las Vegas with 678,922.
- Las Vegas' population is 1.9 times (87%) larger than New Orleans'.
Largest metro area
- Louisiana's largest metropolitan area is New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area (966,230 people) vs Nevada's Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area (2,398,871).
- Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area's population is 2.5 times (148%) larger than New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area's.
History
- Louisiana: Admitted to the Union on April 30, 1812, as the 18th state.
- Nevada: Admitted to the Union on October 31, 1864, as the 36th state.
- In its current form, Louisiana is the older of the two by 52 years.
Louisiana vs Nevada Economy
GDP
- Louisiana's GDP is $329.2 billion (2024) vs Nevada's $269.0 billion.
- Louisiana's economic output is 1.2 times (22%) larger than Nevada's.
GDP per capita
- Louisiana: $71,594 per person vs Nevada: $82,330.
- Nevada's GDP per capita is 1.1 times (15%) higher than Louisiana's.
Average income
- Louisiana: $61,897 vs Nevada: $69,805 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Nevada's average income is 1.1 times (13%) higher than Louisiana's.
Louisiana vs Nevada Counties
Number of counties
- Louisiana has 64 counties, while Nevada has 17.
- Louisiana's county count is 3.8 times (276%) higher than Nevada's.
Biggest county by area
- Louisiana's largest county is Vernon Parish at 1,327 square miles; Nevada's is Nye County at 18,182 square miles.
- Nye County's land area is 13.7 times larger than Vernon Parish's.
Smallest county by area
- Louisiana: Orleans Parish (170 sq mi) vs Nevada: Carson City (145 sq mi).
- Orleans Parish's land area is 1.2 times (17%) larger than Carson City's.
Most populous county
- Louisiana: East Baton Rouge Parish (453,022 people) vs Nevada: Clark County (2,398,871 people).
- Clark County's population is 5.3 times (430%) larger than East Baton Rouge Parish's.
Least populous county
- Louisiana: Tensas Parish (3,844 people) vs Nevada: Esmeralda County (720 people).
- Tensas Parish's population is 5.3 times (434%) larger than Esmeralda County's.
Richest county
- Louisiana: St. Tammany Parish ($82,398 per capita income) vs Nevada: Douglas County ($109,486).
- Douglas County's income is 1.3 times (33%) richer than St. Tammany Parish's.
Poorest county
- Louisiana: East Carroll Parish ($36,751 per capita income) vs Nevada: Pershing County ($45,906).
- Pershing County's income is 1.2 times (25%) richer than East Carroll Parish's.
Louisiana vs Nevada Taxes
State income tax
- Louisiana has a top income tax rate of 3%, while Nevada has no state income tax.
- Louisiana's top rate is 3 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Louisiana: 0.53% effective rate vs Nevada: 0.47% of home value per year.
- Louisiana's rate is 0.06 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Louisiana: 10.13% combined state and average local rate vs Nevada: 8.24%.
- Louisiana's combined rate is 1.89 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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