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Minnesota vs Wyoming Geography
Land area
- Minnesota has a land area of 79,632 square miles (206,245 km²), while Wyoming has 97,089 square miles (251,458 km²).
- Wyoming's land area is 1.2 times (22%) larger than Minnesota's.
Total area
- Minnesota: 86,943 square miles (225,182 km²) vs Wyoming: 97,810 square miles (253,326 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Wyoming's total area is 1.1 times (12%) larger than Minnesota's.
Length
- Minnesota is 408 miles (657 km) long from north to south; Wyoming is 324 miles (522 km).
- Minnesota's north-south length is 1.3 times (26%) longer than Wyoming's.
Width
- Minnesota spans 360 miles (580 km) east to west; Wyoming spans 410 miles (659 km).
- Wyoming's east-west width is 1.1 times (14%) wider than Minnesota's.
Highest point
- Minnesota's highest point is Eagle Mountain at 2,292 feet (699 m); Wyoming's is Gannett Peak at 13,788 feet (4,203 m).
- Gannett Peak is 11,496 feet higher than Eagle Mountain.
Lowest point
- Minnesota's lowest point is Lake Superior at 601 feet; Wyoming's is Belle Fourche River at 3,108 feet.
- Minnesota's lowest point is 2,507 feet lower.
Minnesota vs Wyoming Population and History
Population
- Minnesota has a population of 5,793,151 (2024), while Wyoming has 587,618 (2024).
- Minnesota's population is 9.9 times (886%) larger than Wyoming's.
Population density
- Minnesota: 72.7 people per square mile vs Wyoming: 6.1.
- Minnesota's population density is 11.9 times higher than Wyoming's.
Biggest city
- Minnesota's biggest city is Minneapolis with 428,579 people; Wyoming's is Cheyenne with 65,704.
- Minneapolis' population is 6.5 times (552%) larger than Cheyenne's.
Largest metro area
- Minnesota's largest metropolitan area is Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area (3,757,952 people) vs Wyoming's Cheyenne, WY metro area (101,783).
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area's population is 36.9 times larger than Cheyenne, WY metro area's.
History
- Minnesota: Admitted to the Union on May 11, 1858, as the 32nd state.
- Wyoming: Admitted to the Union on July 10, 1890, as the 44th state.
- In its current form, Minnesota is the older of the two by 32 years.
Minnesota vs Wyoming Economy
GDP
- Minnesota's GDP is $507.7 billion (2024) vs Wyoming's $51.5 billion.
- Minnesota's economic output is 9.9 times (886%) larger than Wyoming's.
GDP per capita
- Minnesota: $87,636 per person vs Wyoming: $87,639.
- Minnesota and Wyoming have about the same GDP per capita.
Average income
- Minnesota: $75,603 vs Wyoming: $86,477 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Wyoming's average income is 1.1 times (14%) higher than Minnesota's.
Minnesota vs Wyoming Counties
Number of counties
- Minnesota has 87 counties, while Wyoming has 23.
- Minnesota's county count is 3.8 times (278%) higher than Wyoming's.
Biggest county by area
- Minnesota's largest county is St. Louis County at 6,248 square miles; Wyoming's is Sweetwater County at 10,427 square miles.
- Sweetwater County's land area is 1.7 times (67%) larger than St. Louis County's.
Smallest county by area
- Minnesota: Ramsey County (152 sq mi) vs Wyoming: Hot Springs County (2,004 sq mi).
- Hot Springs County's land area is 13.2 times larger than Ramsey County's.
Most populous county
- Minnesota: Hennepin County (1,273,334 people) vs Wyoming: Laramie County (101,783 people).
- Hennepin County's population is 12.5 times larger than Laramie County's.
Least populous county
- Minnesota: Traverse County (3,134 people) vs Wyoming: Niobrara County (2,301 people).
- Traverse County's population is 1.4 times (36%) larger than Niobrara County's.
Richest county
- Minnesota: Hennepin County ($100,352 per capita income) vs Wyoming: Teton County ($532,903).
- Teton County's income is 5.3 times (431%) richer than Hennepin County's.
Poorest county
- Minnesota: Pine County ($48,677 per capita income) vs Wyoming: Uinta County ($50,370).
- Pine County and Uinta County have about the same income.
Minnesota vs Wyoming Taxes
State income tax
- Minnesota has a top income tax rate of 9.85%, while Wyoming has no state income tax.
- Minnesota's top rate is 9.85 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Minnesota: 1.02% effective rate vs Wyoming: 0.57% of home value per year.
- Minnesota's rate is 0.45 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Minnesota: 8.14% combined state and average local rate vs Wyoming: 5.39%.
- Minnesota's combined rate is 2.75 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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