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Nevada vs Wisconsin Geography
Land area
- Nevada has a land area of 109,860 square miles (284,537 km²), while Wisconsin has 54,168 square miles (140,294 km²).
- Nevada's land area is 2.0 times (103%) larger than Wisconsin's.
Total area
- Nevada: 110,571 square miles (286,377 km²) vs Wisconsin: 65,497 square miles (169,636 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Nevada's total area is 1.7 times (69%) larger than Wisconsin's.
Length
- Nevada is 484 miles (780 km) long from north to south; Wisconsin is 368 miles (593 km).
- Nevada's north-south length is 1.3 times (32%) longer than Wisconsin's.
Width
- Nevada spans 469 miles (755 km) east to west; Wisconsin spans 323 miles (521 km).
- Nevada's east-west width is 1.5 times (45%) wider than Wisconsin's.
Highest point
- Nevada's highest point is Boundary Peak at 13,115 feet (3,997 m); Wisconsin's is Timms Hill at 1,946 feet (593 m).
- Boundary Peak is 11,169 feet higher than Timms Hill.
Lowest point
- Nevada's lowest point is Colorado River at 481 feet; Wisconsin's is Lake Michigan at 577 feet.
- Nevada's lowest point is 96 feet lower.
Nevada vs Wisconsin Population and History
Population
- Nevada has a population of 3,267,467 (2024), while Wisconsin has 5,960,975 (2024).
- Wisconsin's population is 1.8 times (82%) larger than Nevada's.
Population density
- Nevada: 29.7 people per square mile vs Wisconsin: 110.0.
- Wisconsin's population density is 3.7 times (270%) higher than Nevada's.
Biggest city
- Nevada's biggest city is Las Vegas with 678,922 people; Wisconsin's is Milwaukee with 563,531.
- Las Vegas' population is 1.2 times (20%) larger than Milwaukee's.
Largest metro area
- Nevada's largest metropolitan area is Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area (2,398,871 people) vs Wisconsin's Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area (3,757,952).
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area's population is 1.6 times (57%) larger than Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area's.
History
- Nevada: Admitted to the Union on October 31, 1864, as the 36th state.
- Wisconsin: Admitted to the Union on May 29, 1848, as the 30th state.
- In its current form, Wisconsin is the older of the two by 16 years.
Nevada vs Wisconsin Economy
GDP
- Nevada's GDP is $269.0 billion (2024) vs Wisconsin's $453.3 billion.
- Wisconsin's economic output is 1.7 times (69%) larger than Nevada's.
GDP per capita
- Nevada: $82,330 per person vs Wisconsin: $76,044.
- Nevada's GDP per capita is 1.1 times (8%) higher than Wisconsin's.
Average income
- Nevada: $69,805 vs Wisconsin: $67,755 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Nevada and Wisconsin have about the same average income.
Nevada vs Wisconsin Counties
Number of counties
- Nevada has 17 counties, while Wisconsin has 72.
- Wisconsin's county count is 4.2 times (324%) higher than Nevada's.
Biggest county by area
- Nevada's largest county is Nye County at 18,182 square miles; Wisconsin's is Marathon County at 1,545 square miles.
- Nye County's land area is 11.8 times larger than Marathon County's.
Smallest county by area
- Nevada: Carson City (145 sq mi) vs Wisconsin: Pepin County (232 sq mi).
- Pepin County's land area is 1.6 times (61%) larger than Carson City's.
Most populous county
- Nevada: Clark County (2,398,871 people) vs Wisconsin: Milwaukee County (924,740 people).
- Clark County's population is 2.6 times (159%) larger than Milwaukee County's.
Least populous county
- Nevada: Esmeralda County (720 people) vs Wisconsin: Menominee County (4,286 people).
- Menominee County's population is 6.0 times (495%) larger than Esmeralda County's.
Richest county
- Nevada: Douglas County ($109,486 per capita income) vs Wisconsin: Ozaukee County ($109,947).
- Douglas County and Ozaukee County have about the same income.
Poorest county
- Nevada: Pershing County ($45,906 per capita income) vs Wisconsin: Menominee County ($43,696).
- Pershing County's income is 1.1 times (5%) richer than Menominee County's.
Nevada vs Wisconsin Taxes
State income tax
- Nevada has no state income tax, while Wisconsin has a top income tax rate of 7.65%.
- Wisconsin's top rate is 7.65 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Nevada: 0.47% effective rate vs Wisconsin: 1.25% of home value per year.
- Wisconsin's rate is 0.78 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Nevada: 8.24% combined state and average local rate vs Wisconsin: 5.72%.
- Nevada's combined rate is 2.52 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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