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Louisiana vs Tennessee Geography
Land area
- Louisiana has a land area of 43,213 square miles (111,921 km²), while Tennessee has 41,224 square miles (106,770 km²).
- Louisiana's land area is 1.0 times (5%) larger than Tennessee's.
Total area
- Louisiana: 52,375 square miles (135,652 km²) vs Tennessee: 42,130 square miles (109,116 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Louisiana's total area is 1.2 times (24%) larger than Tennessee's.
Length
- Louisiana is 301 miles (484 km) long from north to south; Tennessee is 191 miles (308 km).
- Louisiana's north-south length is 1.6 times (58%) longer than Tennessee's.
Width
- Louisiana spans 356 miles (574 km) east to west; Tennessee spans 497 miles (800 km).
- Tennessee's east-west width is 1.4 times (40%) wider than Louisiana's.
Highest point
- Louisiana's highest point is Driskill Mountain at 533 feet (162 m); Tennessee's is Clingmans Dome at 6,624 feet (2,019 m).
- Clingmans Dome is 6,091 feet higher than Driskill Mountain.
Lowest point
- Louisiana's lowest point is New Orleans at -8 feet; Tennessee's is Mississippi River at 178 feet.
- Louisiana's lowest point is 186 feet lower.
Louisiana vs Tennessee Population and History
Population
- Louisiana has a population of 4,597,740 (2024), while Tennessee has 7,227,750 (2024).
- Tennessee's population is 1.6 times (57%) larger than Louisiana's.
Population density
- Louisiana: 106.4 people per square mile vs Tennessee: 175.3.
- Tennessee's population density is 1.6 times (65%) higher than Louisiana's.
Biggest city
- Louisiana's biggest city is New Orleans with 362,701 people; Tennessee's is Nashville with 704,963.
- Nashville's population is 1.9 times (94%) larger than New Orleans'.
Largest metro area
- Louisiana's largest metropolitan area is New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area (966,230 people) vs Tennessee's Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN metro area (2,150,553).
- Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN metro area's population is 2.2 times (123%) larger than New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area's.
History
- Louisiana: Admitted to the Union on April 30, 1812, as the 18th state.
- Tennessee: Admitted to the Union on June 1, 1796, as the 16th state.
- In its current form, Tennessee is the older of the two by 16 years.
Louisiana vs Tennessee Economy
GDP
- Louisiana's GDP is $329.2 billion (2024) vs Tennessee's $561.2 billion.
- Tennessee's economic output is 1.7 times (70%) larger than Louisiana's.
GDP per capita
- Louisiana: $71,594 per person vs Tennessee: $77,645.
- Tennessee's GDP per capita is 1.1 times (8%) higher than Louisiana's.
Average income
- Louisiana: $61,897 vs Tennessee: $66,504 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Tennessee's average income is 1.1 times (7%) higher than Louisiana's.
Louisiana vs Tennessee Counties
Number of counties
- Louisiana has 64 counties, while Tennessee has 95.
- Tennessee's county count is 1.5 times (48%) higher than Louisiana's.
Biggest county by area
- Louisiana's largest county is Vernon Parish at 1,327 square miles; Tennessee's is Shelby County at 753 square miles.
- Vernon Parish's land area is 1.8 times (76%) larger than Shelby County's.
Smallest county by area
- Louisiana: Orleans Parish (170 sq mi) vs Tennessee: Trousdale County (114 sq mi).
- Orleans Parish's land area is 1.5 times (48%) larger than Trousdale County's.
Most populous county
- Louisiana: East Baton Rouge Parish (453,022 people) vs Tennessee: Shelby County (910,530 people).
- Shelby County's population is 2.0 times (101%) larger than East Baton Rouge Parish's.
Least populous county
- Louisiana: Tensas Parish (3,844 people) vs Tennessee: Pickett County (5,108 people).
- Pickett County's population is 1.3 times (33%) larger than Tensas Parish's.
Richest county
- Louisiana: St. Tammany Parish ($82,398 per capita income) vs Tennessee: Williamson County ($139,704).
- Williamson County's income is 1.7 times (70%) richer than St. Tammany Parish's.
Poorest county
- Louisiana: East Carroll Parish ($36,751 per capita income) vs Tennessee: Lake County ($31,572).
- East Carroll Parish's income is 1.2 times (16%) richer than Lake County's.
Louisiana vs Tennessee Taxes
State income tax
- Louisiana has a top income tax rate of 3%, while Tennessee has no state income tax.
- Louisiana's top rate is 3 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Louisiana: 0.53% effective rate vs Tennessee: 0.45% of home value per year.
- Louisiana's rate is 0.08 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Louisiana: 10.13% combined state and average local rate vs Tennessee: 9.61%.
- Louisiana's combined rate is 0.52 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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