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Maryland vs Utah Geography
Land area
- Maryland has a land area of 9,711 square miles (25,151 km²), while Utah has 82,596 square miles (213,922 km²).
- Utah's land area is 8.5 times (751%) larger than Maryland's.
Total area
- Maryland: 12,406 square miles (32,131 km²) vs Utah: 84,898 square miles (219,885 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Utah's total area is 6.8 times (584%) larger than Maryland's.
Length
- Maryland is 231 miles (371 km) long from north to south; Utah is 436 miles (702 km).
- Utah's north-south length is 1.9 times (89%) longer than Maryland's.
Width
- Maryland spans 243 miles (391 km) east to west; Utah spans 268 miles (431 km).
- Utah's east-west width is 1.1 times (10%) wider than Maryland's.
Highest point
- Maryland's highest point is Hoye-Crest at 3,362 feet (1,025 m); Utah's is Kings Peak at 13,512 feet (4,118 m).
- Kings Peak is 10,150 feet higher than Hoye-Crest.
Lowest point
- Maryland's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Utah's is Beaver Dam Wash at 2,180 feet.
- Maryland's lowest point is 2,180 feet lower.
Maryland vs Utah Population and History
Population
- Maryland has a population of 6,263,220 (2024), while Utah has 3,503,613 (2024).
- Maryland's population is 1.8 times (79%) larger than Utah's.
Population density
- Maryland: 645.0 people per square mile vs Utah: 42.4.
- Maryland's population density is 15.2 times higher than Utah's.
Biggest city
- Maryland's biggest city is Baltimore with 568,271 people; Utah's is Salt Lake City with 217,783.
- Baltimore's population is 2.6 times (161%) larger than Salt Lake City's.
Largest metro area
- Maryland's largest metropolitan area is Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area (6,436,489 people) vs Utah's Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro area (1,300,762).
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area's population is 4.9 times (395%) larger than Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro area's.
History
- Maryland: Admitted to the Union on April 28, 1788, as the 7th state.
- Utah: Admitted to the Union on January 4, 1896, as the 45th state.
- In its current form, Maryland is the older of the two by 108 years.
Maryland vs Utah Economy
GDP
- Maryland's GDP is $546.0 billion (2024) vs Utah's $299.5 billion.
- Maryland's economic output is 1.8 times (82%) larger than Utah's.
GDP per capita
- Maryland: $87,180 per person vs Utah: $85,475.
- Maryland and Utah have about the same GDP per capita.
Average income
- Maryland: $79,259 vs Utah: $67,333 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Maryland's average income is 1.2 times (18%) higher than Utah's.
Maryland vs Utah Counties
Number of counties
- Maryland has 24 counties, while Utah has 29.
- Utah's county count is 1.2 times (21%) higher than Maryland's.
Biggest county by area
- Maryland's largest county is Frederick County at 661 square miles; Utah's is San Juan County at 7,824 square miles.
- San Juan County's land area is 11.8 times larger than Frederick County's.
Smallest county by area
- Maryland: Baltimore city (81 sq mi) vs Utah: Davis County (325 sq mi).
- Davis County's land area is 4.0 times (301%) larger than Baltimore city's.
Most populous county
- Maryland: Montgomery County (1,082,273 people) vs Utah: Salt Lake County (1,216,274 people).
- Salt Lake County's population is 1.1 times (12%) larger than Montgomery County's.
Least populous county
- Maryland: Kent County (19,557 people) vs Utah: Daggett County (956 people).
- Kent County's population is 20.5 times larger than Daggett County's.
Richest county
- Maryland: Montgomery County ($104,882 per capita income) vs Utah: Summit County ($280,510).
- Summit County's income is 2.7 times (167%) richer than Montgomery County's.
Poorest county
- Maryland: Somerset County ($41,421 per capita income) vs Utah: Beaver County ($39,179).
- Somerset County's income is 1.1 times (6%) richer than Beaver County's.
Maryland vs Utah Taxes
State income tax
- Maryland has a top income tax rate of 6.5%, while Utah has a top income tax rate of 4.5%.
- Maryland's top rate is 2 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Maryland: 0.95% effective rate vs Utah: 0.49% of home value per year.
- Maryland's rate is 0.46 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Maryland: 6% combined state and average local rate vs Utah: 7.42%.
- Utah's combined rate is 1.42 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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