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North Carolina vs Wyoming Geography
Land area
- North Carolina has a land area of 48,624 square miles (125,936 km²), while Wyoming has 97,089 square miles (251,458 km²).
- Wyoming's land area is 2.0 times (100%) larger than North Carolina's.
Total area
- North Carolina: 53,819 square miles (139,390 km²) vs Wyoming: 97,810 square miles (253,326 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Wyoming's total area is 1.8 times (82%) larger than North Carolina's.
Length
- North Carolina is 258 miles (415 km) long from north to south; Wyoming is 324 miles (522 km).
- Wyoming's north-south length is 1.3 times (26%) longer than North Carolina's.
Width
- North Carolina spans 487 miles (784 km) east to west; Wyoming spans 410 miles (659 km).
- North Carolina's east-west width is 1.2 times (19%) wider than Wyoming's.
Highest point
- North Carolina's highest point is Mount Mitchell at 6,674 feet (2,034 m); Wyoming's is Gannett Peak at 13,788 feet (4,203 m).
- Gannett Peak is 7,114 feet higher than Mount Mitchell.
Lowest point
- North Carolina's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Wyoming's is Belle Fourche River at 3,108 feet.
- North Carolina's lowest point is 3,108 feet lower.
North Carolina vs Wyoming Population and History
Population
- North Carolina has a population of 11,046,024 (2024), while Wyoming has 587,618 (2024).
- North Carolina's population is 18.8 times larger than Wyoming's.
Population density
- North Carolina: 227.2 people per square mile vs Wyoming: 6.1.
- North Carolina's population density is 37.2 times higher than Wyoming's.
Biggest city
- North Carolina's biggest city is Charlotte with 943,476 people; Wyoming's is Cheyenne with 65,704.
- Charlotte's population is 14.4 times larger than Cheyenne's.
Largest metro area
- North Carolina's largest metropolitan area is Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area (2,883,370 people) vs Wyoming's Cheyenne, WY metro area (101,783).
- Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area's population is 28.3 times larger than Cheyenne, WY metro area's.
History
- North Carolina: Admitted to the Union on November 21, 1789, as the 12th state.
- Wyoming: Admitted to the Union on July 10, 1890, as the 44th state.
- In its current form, North Carolina is the older of the two by 101 years.
North Carolina vs Wyoming Economy
GDP
- North Carolina's GDP is $844.2 billion (2024) vs Wyoming's $51.5 billion.
- North Carolina's economic output is 16.4 times larger than Wyoming's.
GDP per capita
- North Carolina: $76,427 per person vs Wyoming: $87,639.
- Wyoming's GDP per capita is 1.1 times (15%) higher than North Carolina's.
Average income
- North Carolina: $65,634 vs Wyoming: $86,477 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Wyoming's average income is 1.3 times (32%) higher than North Carolina's.
North Carolina vs Wyoming Counties
Number of counties
- North Carolina has 100 counties, while Wyoming has 23.
- North Carolina's county count is 4.3 times (335%) higher than Wyoming's.
Biggest county by area
- North Carolina's largest county is Robeson County at 947 square miles; Wyoming's is Sweetwater County at 10,427 square miles.
- Sweetwater County's land area is 11.0 times larger than Robeson County's.
Smallest county by area
- North Carolina: Chowan County (173 sq mi) vs Wyoming: Hot Springs County (2,004 sq mi).
- Hot Springs County's land area is 11.6 times larger than Chowan County's.
Most populous county
- North Carolina: Wake County (1,232,444 people) vs Wyoming: Laramie County (101,783 people).
- Wake County's population is 12.1 times larger than Laramie County's.
Least populous county
- North Carolina: Tyrrell County (3,517 people) vs Wyoming: Niobrara County (2,301 people).
- Tyrrell County's population is 1.5 times (53%) larger than Niobrara County's.
Richest county
- North Carolina: Chatham County ($91,638 per capita income) vs Wyoming: Teton County ($532,903).
- Teton County's income is 5.8 times (482%) richer than Chatham County's.
Poorest county
- North Carolina: Warren County ($40,932 per capita income) vs Wyoming: Uinta County ($50,370).
- Uinta County's income is 1.2 times (23%) richer than Warren County's.
North Carolina vs Wyoming Taxes
State income tax
- North Carolina has a top income tax rate of 3.99%, while Wyoming has no state income tax.
- North Carolina's top rate is 3.99 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- North Carolina: 0.61% effective rate vs Wyoming: 0.57% of home value per year.
- North Carolina's rate is 0.04 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- North Carolina: 7.1% combined state and average local rate vs Wyoming: 5.39%.
- North Carolina's combined rate is 1.71 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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