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Louisiana vs Rhode Island Geography
Land area
- Louisiana has a land area of 43,213 square miles (111,921 km²), while Rhode Island has 1,034 square miles (2,678 km²).
- Louisiana's land area is 41.8 times larger than Rhode Island's.
Total area
- Louisiana: 52,375 square miles (135,652 km²) vs Rhode Island: 1,545 square miles (4,002 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Louisiana's total area is 33.9 times larger than Rhode Island's.
Length
- Louisiana is 301 miles (484 km) long from north to south; Rhode Island is 61 miles (98 km).
- Louisiana's north-south length is 4.9 times (393%) longer than Rhode Island's.
Width
- Louisiana spans 356 miles (574 km) east to west; Rhode Island spans 42 miles (67 km).
- Louisiana's east-west width is 8.5 times (748%) wider than Rhode Island's.
Highest point
- Louisiana's highest point is Driskill Mountain at 533 feet (162 m); Rhode Island's is Jerimoth Hill at 811 feet (247 m).
- Jerimoth Hill is 278 feet higher than Driskill Mountain.
Lowest point
- Louisiana's lowest point is New Orleans at -8 feet; Rhode Island's is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet.
- Louisiana's lowest point is 8 feet lower.
Louisiana vs Rhode Island Population and History
Population
- Louisiana has a population of 4,597,740 (2024), while Rhode Island has 1,112,308 (2024).
- Louisiana's population is 4.1 times (313%) larger than Rhode Island's.
Population density
- Louisiana: 106.4 people per square mile vs Rhode Island: 1,075.8.
- Rhode Island's population density is 10.1 times higher than Louisiana's.
Biggest city
- Louisiana's biggest city is New Orleans with 362,701 people; Rhode Island's is Providence with 194,706.
- New Orleans' population is 1.9 times (86%) larger than Providence's.
Largest metro area
- Louisiana's largest metropolitan area is New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area (966,230 people) vs Rhode Island's Providence-Warwick, RI-MA metro area (1,700,901).
- Providence-Warwick, RI-MA metro area's population is 1.8 times (76%) larger than New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area's.
History
- Louisiana: Admitted to the Union on April 30, 1812, as the 18th state.
- Rhode Island: Admitted to the Union on May 29, 1790, as the 13th state.
- In its current form, Rhode Island is the older of the two by 22 years.
Louisiana vs Rhode Island Economy
GDP
- Louisiana's GDP is $329.2 billion (2024) vs Rhode Island's $80.4 billion.
- Louisiana's economic output is 4.1 times (309%) larger than Rhode Island's.
GDP per capita
- Louisiana: $71,594 per person vs Rhode Island: $72,265.
- Louisiana and Rhode Island have about the same GDP per capita.
Average income
- Louisiana: $61,897 vs Rhode Island: $70,622 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Rhode Island's average income is 1.1 times (14%) higher than Louisiana's.
Louisiana vs Rhode Island Counties
Number of counties
- Louisiana has 64 counties, while Rhode Island has 5.
- Louisiana's county count is 12.8 times higher than Rhode Island's.
Biggest county by area
- Louisiana's largest county is Vernon Parish at 1,327 square miles; Rhode Island's is Providence County at 410 square miles.
- Vernon Parish's land area is 3.2 times (224%) larger than Providence County's.
Smallest county by area
- Louisiana: Orleans Parish (170 sq mi) vs Rhode Island: Bristol County (24 sq mi).
- Orleans Parish's land area is 7.0 times (603%) larger than Bristol County's.
Most populous county
- Louisiana: East Baton Rouge Parish (453,022 people) vs Rhode Island: Providence County (675,912 people).
- Providence County's population is 1.5 times (49%) larger than East Baton Rouge Parish's.
Least populous county
- Louisiana: Tensas Parish (3,844 people) vs Rhode Island: Bristol County (50,145 people).
- Bristol County's population is 13.0 times larger than Tensas Parish's.
Richest county
- Louisiana: St. Tammany Parish ($82,398 per capita income) vs Rhode Island: Bristol County ($99,923).
- Bristol County's income is 1.2 times (21%) richer than St. Tammany Parish's.
Poorest county
- Louisiana: East Carroll Parish ($36,751 per capita income) vs Rhode Island: Providence County ($61,040).
- Providence County's income is 1.7 times (66%) richer than East Carroll Parish's.
Louisiana vs Rhode Island Taxes
State income tax
- Louisiana has a top income tax rate of 3%, while Rhode Island has a top income tax rate of 5.99%.
- Rhode Island's top rate is 2.99 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Louisiana: 0.53% effective rate vs Rhode Island: 1.07% of home value per year.
- Rhode Island's rate is 0.54 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Louisiana: 10.13% combined state and average local rate vs Rhode Island: 7%.
- Louisiana's combined rate is 3.13 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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