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North Carolina vs Wisconsin Geography
Land area
- North Carolina has a land area of 48,624 square miles (125,936 km²), while Wisconsin has 54,168 square miles (140,294 km²).
- Wisconsin's land area is 1.1 times (11%) larger than North Carolina's.
Total area
- North Carolina: 53,819 square miles (139,390 km²) vs Wisconsin: 65,497 square miles (169,636 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Wisconsin's total area is 1.2 times (22%) larger than North Carolina's.
Length
- North Carolina is 258 miles (415 km) long from north to south; Wisconsin is 368 miles (593 km).
- Wisconsin's north-south length is 1.4 times (43%) longer than North Carolina's.
Width
- North Carolina spans 487 miles (784 km) east to west; Wisconsin spans 323 miles (521 km).
- North Carolina's east-west width is 1.5 times (51%) wider than Wisconsin's.
Highest point
- North Carolina's highest point is Mount Mitchell at 6,674 feet (2,034 m); Wisconsin's is Timms Hill at 1,946 feet (593 m).
- Mount Mitchell is 4,728 feet higher than Timms Hill.
Lowest point
- North Carolina's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Wisconsin's is Lake Michigan at 577 feet.
- North Carolina's lowest point is 577 feet lower.
North Carolina vs Wisconsin Population and History
Population
- North Carolina has a population of 11,046,024 (2024), while Wisconsin has 5,960,975 (2024).
- North Carolina's population is 1.9 times (85%) larger than Wisconsin's.
Population density
- North Carolina: 227.2 people per square mile vs Wisconsin: 110.0.
- North Carolina's population density is 2.1 times (107%) higher than Wisconsin's.
Biggest city
- North Carolina's biggest city is Charlotte with 943,476 people; Wisconsin's is Milwaukee with 563,531.
- Charlotte's population is 1.7 times (67%) larger than Milwaukee's.
Largest metro area
- North Carolina's largest metropolitan area is Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area (2,883,370 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 1.3 times (30%) larger than Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area's.
History
- North Carolina: Admitted to the Union on November 21, 1789, as the 12th state.
- Wisconsin: Admitted to the Union on May 29, 1848, as the 30th state.
- In its current form, North Carolina is the older of the two by 59 years.
North Carolina vs Wisconsin Economy
GDP
- North Carolina's GDP is $844.2 billion (2024) vs Wisconsin's $453.3 billion.
- North Carolina's economic output is 1.9 times (86%) larger than Wisconsin's.
GDP per capita
- North Carolina: $76,427 per person vs Wisconsin: $76,044.
- North Carolina and Wisconsin have about the same GDP per capita.
Average income
- North Carolina: $65,634 vs Wisconsin: $67,755 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- North Carolina and Wisconsin have about the same average income.
North Carolina vs Wisconsin Counties
Number of counties
- North Carolina has 100 counties, while Wisconsin has 72.
- North Carolina's county count is 1.4 times (39%) higher than Wisconsin's.
Biggest county by area
- North Carolina's largest county is Robeson County at 947 square miles; Wisconsin's is Marathon County at 1,545 square miles.
- Marathon County's land area is 1.6 times (63%) larger than Robeson County's.
Smallest county by area
- North Carolina: Chowan County (173 sq mi) vs Wisconsin: Pepin County (232 sq mi).
- Pepin County's land area is 1.3 times (34%) larger than Chowan County's.
Most populous county
- North Carolina: Wake County (1,232,444 people) vs Wisconsin: Milwaukee County (924,740 people).
- Wake County's population is 1.3 times (33%) larger than Milwaukee County's.
Least populous county
- North Carolina: Tyrrell County (3,517 people) vs Wisconsin: Menominee County (4,286 people).
- Menominee County's population is 1.2 times (22%) larger than Tyrrell County's.
Richest county
- North Carolina: Chatham County ($91,638 per capita income) vs Wisconsin: Ozaukee County ($109,947).
- Ozaukee County's income is 1.2 times (20%) richer than Chatham County's.
Poorest county
- North Carolina: Warren County ($40,932 per capita income) vs Wisconsin: Menominee County ($43,696).
- Menominee County's income is 1.1 times (7%) richer than Warren County's.
North Carolina vs Wisconsin Taxes
State income tax
- North Carolina has a top income tax rate of 3.99%, while Wisconsin has a top income tax rate of 7.65%.
- Wisconsin's top rate is 3.66 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- North Carolina: 0.61% effective rate vs Wisconsin: 1.25% of home value per year.
- Wisconsin's rate is 0.64 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- North Carolina: 7.1% combined state and average local rate vs Wisconsin: 5.72%.
- North Carolina's combined rate is 1.38 percentage points higher.
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