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Tennessee vs Wisconsin Geography
Land area
- Tennessee has a land area of 41,224 square miles (106,770 km²), while Wisconsin has 54,168 square miles (140,294 km²).
- Wisconsin's land area is 1.3 times (31%) larger than Tennessee's.
Total area
- Tennessee: 42,130 square miles (109,116 km²) vs Wisconsin: 65,497 square miles (169,636 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Wisconsin's total area is 1.6 times (55%) larger than Tennessee's.
Length
- Tennessee is 191 miles (308 km) long from north to south; Wisconsin is 368 miles (593 km).
- Wisconsin's north-south length is 1.9 times (93%) longer than Tennessee's.
Width
- Tennessee spans 497 miles (800 km) east to west; Wisconsin spans 323 miles (521 km).
- Tennessee's east-west width is 1.5 times (54%) wider than Wisconsin's.
Highest point
- Tennessee's highest point is Clingmans Dome at 6,624 feet (2,019 m); Wisconsin's is Timms Hill at 1,946 feet (593 m).
- Clingmans Dome is 4,678 feet higher than Timms Hill.
Lowest point
- Tennessee's lowest point is Mississippi River at 178 feet; Wisconsin's is Lake Michigan at 577 feet.
- Tennessee's lowest point is 399 feet lower.
Tennessee vs Wisconsin Population and History
Population
- Tennessee has a population of 7,227,750 (2024), while Wisconsin has 5,960,975 (2024).
- Tennessee's population is 1.2 times (21%) larger than Wisconsin's.
Population density
- Tennessee: 175.3 people per square mile vs Wisconsin: 110.0.
- Tennessee's population density is 1.6 times (59%) higher than Wisconsin's.
Biggest city
- Tennessee's biggest city is Nashville with 704,963 people; Wisconsin's is Milwaukee with 563,531.
- Nashville's population is 1.3 times (25%) larger than Milwaukee's.
Largest metro area
- Tennessee's largest metropolitan area is Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN metro area (2,150,553 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 1.7 times (75%) larger than Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN metro area's.
History
- Tennessee: Admitted to the Union on June 1, 1796, as the 16th state.
- Wisconsin: Admitted to the Union on May 29, 1848, as the 30th state.
- In its current form, Tennessee is the older of the two by 52 years.
Tennessee vs Wisconsin Economy
GDP
- Tennessee's GDP is $561.2 billion (2024) vs Wisconsin's $453.3 billion.
- Tennessee's economic output is 1.2 times (24%) larger than Wisconsin's.
GDP per capita
- Tennessee: $77,645 per person vs Wisconsin: $76,044.
- Tennessee and Wisconsin have about the same GDP per capita.
Average income
- Tennessee: $66,504 vs Wisconsin: $67,755 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Tennessee and Wisconsin have about the same average income.
Tennessee vs Wisconsin Counties
Number of counties
- Tennessee has 95 counties, while Wisconsin has 72.
- Tennessee's county count is 1.3 times (32%) higher than Wisconsin's.
Biggest county by area
- Tennessee's largest county is Shelby County at 753 square miles; Wisconsin's is Marathon County at 1,545 square miles.
- Marathon County's land area is 2.1 times (105%) larger than Shelby County's.
Smallest county by area
- Tennessee: Trousdale County (114 sq mi) vs Wisconsin: Pepin County (232 sq mi).
- Pepin County's land area is 2.0 times (103%) larger than Trousdale County's.
Most populous county
- Tennessee: Shelby County (910,530 people) vs Wisconsin: Milwaukee County (924,740 people).
- Shelby County and Milwaukee County have about the same population.
Least populous county
- Tennessee: Pickett County (5,108 people) vs Wisconsin: Menominee County (4,286 people).
- Pickett County's population is 1.2 times (19%) larger than Menominee County's.
Richest county
- Tennessee: Williamson County ($139,704 per capita income) vs Wisconsin: Ozaukee County ($109,947).
- Williamson County's income is 1.3 times (27%) richer than Ozaukee County's.
Poorest county
- Tennessee: Lake County ($31,572 per capita income) vs Wisconsin: Menominee County ($43,696).
- Menominee County's income is 1.4 times (38%) richer than Lake County's.
Tennessee vs Wisconsin Taxes
State income tax
- Tennessee has no state income tax, while Wisconsin has a top income tax rate of 7.65%.
- Wisconsin's top rate is 7.65 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Tennessee: 0.45% effective rate vs Wisconsin: 1.25% of home value per year.
- Wisconsin's rate is 0.8 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Tennessee: 9.61% combined state and average local rate vs Wisconsin: 5.72%.
- Tennessee's combined rate is 3.89 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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