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Tennessee vs Utah Geography
Land area
- Tennessee has a land area of 41,224 square miles (106,770 km²), while Utah has 82,596 square miles (213,922 km²).
- Utah's land area is 2.0 times (100%) larger than Tennessee's.
Total area
- Tennessee: 42,130 square miles (109,116 km²) vs Utah: 84,898 square miles (219,885 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Utah's total area is 2.0 times (102%) larger than Tennessee's.
Length
- Tennessee is 191 miles (308 km) long from north to south; Utah is 436 miles (702 km).
- Utah's north-south length is 2.3 times (128%) longer than Tennessee's.
Width
- Tennessee spans 497 miles (800 km) east to west; Utah spans 268 miles (431 km).
- Tennessee's east-west width is 1.9 times (85%) wider than Utah's.
Highest point
- Tennessee's highest point is Clingmans Dome at 6,624 feet (2,019 m); Utah's is Kings Peak at 13,512 feet (4,118 m).
- Kings Peak is 6,888 feet higher than Clingmans Dome.
Lowest point
- Tennessee's lowest point is Mississippi River at 178 feet; Utah's is Beaver Dam Wash at 2,180 feet.
- Tennessee's lowest point is 2,002 feet lower.
Tennessee vs Utah Population and History
Population
- Tennessee has a population of 7,227,750 (2024), while Utah has 3,503,613 (2024).
- Tennessee's population is 2.1 times (106%) larger than Utah's.
Population density
- Tennessee: 175.3 people per square mile vs Utah: 42.4.
- Tennessee's population density is 4.1 times (313%) higher than Utah's.
Biggest city
- Tennessee's biggest city is Nashville with 704,963 people; Utah's is Salt Lake City with 217,783.
- Nashville's population is 3.2 times (224%) larger than Salt Lake City's.
Largest metro area
- Tennessee's largest metropolitan area is Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN metro area (2,150,553 people) vs Utah's Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro area (1,300,762).
- Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN metro area's population is 1.7 times (65%) larger than Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro area's.
History
- Tennessee: Admitted to the Union on June 1, 1796, as the 16th state.
- Utah: Admitted to the Union on January 4, 1896, as the 45th state.
- In its current form, Tennessee is the older of the two by 100 years.
Tennessee vs Utah Economy
GDP
- Tennessee's GDP is $561.2 billion (2024) vs Utah's $299.5 billion.
- Tennessee's economic output is 1.9 times (87%) larger than Utah's.
GDP per capita
- Tennessee: $77,645 per person vs Utah: $85,475.
- Utah's GDP per capita is 1.1 times (10%) higher than Tennessee's.
Average income
- Tennessee: $66,504 vs Utah: $67,333 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Tennessee and Utah have about the same average income.
Tennessee vs Utah Counties
Number of counties
- Tennessee has 95 counties, while Utah has 29.
- Tennessee's county count is 3.3 times (228%) higher than Utah's.
Biggest county by area
- Tennessee's largest county is Shelby County at 753 square miles; Utah's is San Juan County at 7,824 square miles.
- San Juan County's land area is 10.4 times larger than Shelby County's.
Smallest county by area
- Tennessee: Trousdale County (114 sq mi) vs Utah: Davis County (325 sq mi).
- Davis County's land area is 2.8 times (184%) larger than Trousdale County's.
Most populous county
- Tennessee: Shelby County (910,530 people) vs Utah: Salt Lake County (1,216,274 people).
- Salt Lake County's population is 1.3 times (34%) larger than Shelby County's.
Least populous county
- Tennessee: Pickett County (5,108 people) vs Utah: Daggett County (956 people).
- Pickett County's population is 5.3 times (434%) larger than Daggett County's.
Richest county
- Tennessee: Williamson County ($139,704 per capita income) vs Utah: Summit County ($280,510).
- Summit County's income is 2.0 times (101%) richer than Williamson County's.
Poorest county
- Tennessee: Lake County ($31,572 per capita income) vs Utah: Beaver County ($39,179).
- Beaver County's income is 1.2 times (24%) richer than Lake County's.
Tennessee vs Utah Taxes
State income tax
- Tennessee has no state income tax, while Utah has a top income tax rate of 4.5%.
- Utah's top rate is 4.5 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Tennessee: 0.45% effective rate vs Utah: 0.49% of home value per year.
- Utah's rate is 0.04 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Tennessee: 9.61% combined state and average local rate vs Utah: 7.42%.
- Tennessee's combined rate is 2.19 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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