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Ohio vs Utah Geography
Land area
- Ohio has a land area of 40,859 square miles (105,824 km²), while Utah has 82,596 square miles (213,922 km²).
- Utah's land area is 2.0 times (102%) larger than Ohio's.
Total area
- Ohio: 44,826 square miles (116,098 km²) vs Utah: 84,898 square miles (219,885 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Utah's total area is 1.9 times (89%) larger than Ohio's.
Length
- Ohio is 291 miles (468 km) long from north to south; Utah is 436 miles (702 km).
- Utah's north-south length is 1.5 times (50%) longer than Ohio's.
Width
- Ohio spans 317 miles (510 km) east to west; Utah spans 268 miles (431 km).
- Ohio's east-west width is 1.2 times (18%) wider than Utah's.
Highest point
- Ohio's highest point is Campbell Hill at 1,547 feet (472 m); Utah's is Kings Peak at 13,512 feet (4,118 m).
- Kings Peak is 11,965 feet higher than Campbell Hill.
Lowest point
- Ohio's lowest point is Ohio River at 455 feet; Utah's is Beaver Dam Wash at 2,180 feet.
- Ohio's lowest point is 1,725 feet lower.
Ohio vs Utah Population and History
Population
- Ohio has a population of 11,883,304 (2024), while Utah has 3,503,613 (2024).
- Ohio's population is 3.4 times (239%) larger than Utah's.
Population density
- Ohio: 290.8 people per square mile vs Utah: 42.4.
- Ohio's population density is 6.9 times (586%) higher than Utah's.
Biggest city
- Ohio's biggest city is Columbus with 933,263 people; Utah's is Salt Lake City with 217,783.
- Columbus' population is 4.3 times (329%) larger than Salt Lake City's.
Largest metro area
- Ohio's largest metropolitan area is Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN metro area (2,302,815 people) vs Utah's Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro area (1,300,762).
- Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN metro area's population is 1.8 times (77%) larger than Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro area's.
History
- Ohio: Admitted to the Union on March 1, 1803, as the 17th state.
- Utah: Admitted to the Union on January 4, 1896, as the 45th state.
- In its current form, Ohio is the older of the two by 93 years.
Ohio vs Utah Economy
GDP
- Ohio's GDP is $923.1 billion (2024) vs Utah's $299.5 billion.
- Ohio's economic output is 3.1 times (208%) larger than Utah's.
GDP per capita
- Ohio: $77,684 per person vs Utah: $85,475.
- Utah's GDP per capita is 1.1 times (10%) higher than Ohio's.
Average income
- Ohio: $64,464 vs Utah: $67,333 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Ohio and Utah have about the same average income.
Ohio vs Utah Counties
Number of counties
- Ohio has 88 counties, while Utah has 29.
- Ohio's county count is 3.0 times (203%) higher than Utah's.
Biggest county by area
- Ohio's largest county is Ashtabula County at 702 square miles; Utah's is San Juan County at 7,824 square miles.
- San Juan County's land area is 11.1 times larger than Ashtabula County's.
Smallest county by area
- Ohio: Lake County (229 sq mi) vs Utah: Davis County (325 sq mi).
- Davis County's land area is 1.4 times (42%) larger than Lake County's.
Most populous county
- Ohio: Franklin County (1,356,303 people) vs Utah: Salt Lake County (1,216,274 people).
- Franklin County's population is 1.1 times (12%) larger than Salt Lake County's.
Least populous county
- Ohio: Vinton County (12,545 people) vs Utah: Daggett County (956 people).
- Vinton County's population is 13.1 times larger than Daggett County's.
Richest county
- Ohio: Delaware County ($96,573 per capita income) vs Utah: Summit County ($280,510).
- Summit County's income is 2.9 times (190%) richer than Delaware County's.
Poorest county
- Ohio: Noble County ($34,940 per capita income) vs Utah: Beaver County ($39,179).
- Beaver County's income is 1.1 times (12%) richer than Noble County's.
Ohio vs Utah Taxes
State income tax
- Ohio has a top income tax rate of 2.75%, while Utah has a top income tax rate of 4.5%.
- Utah's top rate is 1.75 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Ohio: 1.22% effective rate vs Utah: 0.49% of home value per year.
- Ohio's rate is 0.73 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Ohio: 7.29% combined state and average local rate vs Utah: 7.42%.
- Utah's combined rate is 0.13 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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