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New York vs Wisconsin Geography
Land area
- New York has a land area of 47,123 square miles (122,049 km²), while Wisconsin has 54,168 square miles (140,294 km²).
- Wisconsin's land area is 1.1 times (15%) larger than New York's.
Total area
- New York: 54,559 square miles (141,306 km²) vs Wisconsin: 65,497 square miles (169,636 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Wisconsin's total area is 1.2 times (20%) larger than New York's.
Length
- New York is 312 miles (503 km) long from north to south; Wisconsin is 368 miles (593 km).
- Wisconsin's north-south length is 1.2 times (18%) longer than New York's.
Width
- New York spans 415 miles (668 km) east to west; Wisconsin spans 323 miles (521 km).
- New York's east-west width is 1.3 times (28%) wider than Wisconsin's.
Highest point
- New York's highest point is Mount Marcy at 5,335 feet (1,626 m); Wisconsin's is Timms Hill at 1,946 feet (593 m).
- Mount Marcy is 3,389 feet higher than Timms Hill.
Lowest point
- New York's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Wisconsin's is Lake Michigan at 577 feet.
- New York's lowest point is 577 feet lower.
New York vs Wisconsin Population and History
Population
- New York has a population of 19,867,248 (2024), while Wisconsin has 5,960,975 (2024).
- New York's population is 3.3 times (233%) larger than Wisconsin's.
Population density
- New York: 421.6 people per square mile vs Wisconsin: 110.0.
- New York's population density is 3.8 times (283%) higher than Wisconsin's.
Biggest city
- New York's biggest city is New York with 8,478,072 people; Wisconsin's is Milwaukee with 563,531.
- New York's population is 15.0 times larger than Milwaukee's.
Largest metro area
- New York's largest metropolitan area is New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area (19,940,274 people) vs Wisconsin's Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area (3,757,952).
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area's population is 5.3 times (431%) larger than Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area's.
History
- New York: Admitted to the Union on July 26, 1788, as the 11th state.
- Wisconsin: Admitted to the Union on May 29, 1848, as the 30th state.
- In its current form, New York is the older of the two by 60 years.
New York vs Wisconsin Economy
GDP
- New York's GDP is $2,322.1 billion (2024) vs Wisconsin's $453.3 billion.
- New York's economic output is 5.1 times (412%) larger than Wisconsin's.
GDP per capita
- New York: $116,883 per person vs Wisconsin: $76,044.
- New York's GDP per capita is 1.5 times (54%) higher than Wisconsin's.
Average income
- New York: $85,552 vs Wisconsin: $67,755 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- New York's average income is 1.3 times (26%) higher than Wisconsin's.
New York vs Wisconsin Counties
Number of counties
- New York has 62 counties, while Wisconsin has 72.
- Wisconsin's county count is 1.2 times (16%) higher than New York's.
Biggest county by area
- New York's largest county is St. Lawrence County at 2,680 square miles; Wisconsin's is Marathon County at 1,545 square miles.
- St. Lawrence County's land area is 1.7 times (73%) larger than Marathon County's.
Smallest county by area
- New York: New York County (23 sq mi) vs Wisconsin: Pepin County (232 sq mi).
- Pepin County's land area is 10.2 times larger than New York County's.
Most populous county
- New York: Kings County (2,617,631 people) vs Wisconsin: Milwaukee County (924,740 people).
- Kings County's population is 2.8 times (183%) larger than Milwaukee County's.
Least populous county
- New York: Hamilton County (5,082 people) vs Wisconsin: Menominee County (4,286 people).
- Hamilton County's population is 1.2 times (19%) larger than Menominee County's.
Richest county
- New York: New York County ($217,075 per capita income) vs Wisconsin: Ozaukee County ($109,947).
- New York County's income is 2.0 times (97%) richer than Ozaukee County's.
Poorest county
- New York: Allegany County ($44,689 per capita income) vs Wisconsin: Menominee County ($43,696).
- Allegany County and Menominee County have about the same income.
New York vs Wisconsin Taxes
State income tax
- New York has a top income tax rate of 10.9%, while Wisconsin has a top income tax rate of 7.65%.
- New York's top rate is 3.25 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- New York: 1.45% effective rate vs Wisconsin: 1.25% of home value per year.
- New York's rate is 0.2 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- New York: 8.54% combined state and average local rate vs Wisconsin: 5.72%.
- New York's combined rate is 2.82 percentage points higher.
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