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Louisiana vs Pennsylvania Geography
Land area
- Louisiana has a land area of 43,213 square miles (111,921 km²), while Pennsylvania has 44,742 square miles (115,882 km²).
- Louisiana and Pennsylvania have about the same land area.
Total area
- Louisiana: 52,375 square miles (135,652 km²) vs Pennsylvania: 46,054 square miles (119,279 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Louisiana's total area is 1.1 times (14%) larger than Pennsylvania's.
Length
- Louisiana is 301 miles (484 km) long from north to south; Pennsylvania is 284 miles (458 km).
- Louisiana's north-south length is 1.1 times (6%) longer than Pennsylvania's.
Width
- Louisiana spans 356 miles (574 km) east to west; Pennsylvania spans 307 miles (495 km).
- Louisiana's east-west width is 1.2 times (16%) wider than Pennsylvania's.
Highest point
- Louisiana's highest point is Driskill Mountain at 533 feet (162 m); Pennsylvania's is Mount Davis at 3,210 feet (978 m).
- Mount Davis is 2,677 feet higher than Driskill Mountain.
Lowest point
- Louisiana's lowest point is New Orleans at -8 feet; Pennsylvania's is Delaware River at 0 feet.
- Louisiana's lowest point is 8 feet lower.
Louisiana vs Pennsylvania Population and History
Population
- Louisiana has a population of 4,597,740 (2024), while Pennsylvania has 13,078,751 (2024).
- Pennsylvania's population is 2.8 times (184%) larger than Louisiana's.
Population density
- Louisiana: 106.4 people per square mile vs Pennsylvania: 292.3.
- Pennsylvania's population density is 2.7 times (175%) higher than Louisiana's.
Biggest city
- Louisiana's biggest city is New Orleans with 362,701 people; Pennsylvania's is Philadelphia with 1,573,916.
- Philadelphia's population is 4.3 times (334%) larger than New Orleans'.
Largest metro area
- Louisiana's largest metropolitan area is New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area (966,230 people) vs Pennsylvania's Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area (6,330,422).
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area's population is 6.6 times (555%) larger than New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area's.
History
- Louisiana: Admitted to the Union on April 30, 1812, as the 18th state.
- Pennsylvania: Admitted to the Union on December 12, 1787, as the 2nd state.
- In its current form, Pennsylvania is the older of the two by 25 years.
Louisiana vs Pennsylvania Economy
GDP
- Louisiana's GDP is $329.2 billion (2024) vs Pennsylvania's $1,007.9 billion.
- Pennsylvania's economic output is 3.1 times (206%) larger than Louisiana's.
GDP per capita
- Louisiana: $71,594 per person vs Pennsylvania: $77,062.
- Pennsylvania's GDP per capita is 1.1 times (8%) higher than Louisiana's.
Average income
- Louisiana: $61,897 vs Pennsylvania: $70,678 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Pennsylvania's average income is 1.1 times (14%) higher than Louisiana's.
Louisiana vs Pennsylvania Counties
Number of counties
- Louisiana has 64 counties, while Pennsylvania has 67.
- Louisiana and Pennsylvania have about the same county count.
Biggest county by area
- Louisiana's largest county is Vernon Parish at 1,327 square miles; Pennsylvania's is Lycoming County at 1,229 square miles.
- Vernon Parish's land area is 1.1 times (8%) larger than Lycoming County's.
Smallest county by area
- Louisiana: Orleans Parish (170 sq mi) vs Pennsylvania: Montour County (130 sq mi).
- Orleans Parish's land area is 1.3 times (30%) larger than Montour County's.
Most populous county
- Louisiana: East Baton Rouge Parish (453,022 people) vs Pennsylvania: Philadelphia County (1,573,916 people).
- Philadelphia County's population is 3.5 times (247%) larger than East Baton Rouge Parish's.
Least populous county
- Louisiana: Tensas Parish (3,844 people) vs Pennsylvania: Cameron County (4,348 people).
- Cameron County's population is 1.1 times (13%) larger than Tensas Parish's.
Richest county
- Louisiana: St. Tammany Parish ($82,398 per capita income) vs Pennsylvania: Chester County ($110,883).
- Chester County's income is 1.3 times (35%) richer than St. Tammany Parish's.
Poorest county
- Louisiana: East Carroll Parish ($36,751 per capita income) vs Pennsylvania: Forest County ($30,234).
- East Carroll Parish's income is 1.2 times (22%) richer than Forest County's.
Louisiana vs Pennsylvania Taxes
State income tax
- Louisiana has a top income tax rate of 3%, while Pennsylvania has a top income tax rate of 3.07%.
- Pennsylvania's top rate is 0.07 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Louisiana: 0.53% effective rate vs Pennsylvania: 1.16% of home value per year.
- Pennsylvania's rate is 0.63 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Louisiana: 10.13% combined state and average local rate vs Pennsylvania: 6.34%.
- Louisiana's combined rate is 3.79 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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