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Utah vs Wisconsin Geography
Land area
- Utah has a land area of 82,596 square miles (213,922 km²), while Wisconsin has 54,168 square miles (140,294 km²).
- Utah's land area is 1.5 times (52%) larger than Wisconsin's.
Total area
- Utah: 84,898 square miles (219,885 km²) vs Wisconsin: 65,497 square miles (169,636 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Utah's total area is 1.3 times (30%) larger than Wisconsin's.
Length
- Utah is 436 miles (702 km) long from north to south; Wisconsin is 368 miles (593 km).
- Utah's north-south length is 1.2 times (18%) longer than Wisconsin's.
Width
- Utah spans 268 miles (431 km) east to west; Wisconsin spans 323 miles (521 km).
- Wisconsin's east-west width is 1.2 times (21%) wider than Utah's.
Highest point
- Utah's highest point is Kings Peak at 13,512 feet (4,118 m); Wisconsin's is Timms Hill at 1,946 feet (593 m).
- Kings Peak is 11,566 feet higher than Timms Hill.
Lowest point
- Utah's lowest point is Beaver Dam Wash at 2,180 feet; Wisconsin's is Lake Michigan at 577 feet.
- Wisconsin's lowest point is 1,603 feet lower.
Utah vs Wisconsin Population and History
Population
- Utah has a population of 3,503,613 (2024), while Wisconsin has 5,960,975 (2024).
- Wisconsin's population is 1.7 times (70%) larger than Utah's.
Population density
- Utah: 42.4 people per square mile vs Wisconsin: 110.0.
- Wisconsin's population density is 2.6 times (159%) higher than Utah's.
Biggest city
- Utah's biggest city is Salt Lake City with 217,783 people; Wisconsin's is Milwaukee with 563,531.
- Milwaukee's population is 2.6 times (159%) larger than Salt Lake City's.
Largest metro area
- Utah's largest metropolitan area is Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro area (1,300,762 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 2.9 times (189%) larger than Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro area's.
History
- Utah: Admitted to the Union on January 4, 1896, as the 45th state.
- Wisconsin: Admitted to the Union on May 29, 1848, as the 30th state.
- In its current form, Wisconsin is the older of the two by 48 years.
Utah vs Wisconsin Economy
GDP
- Utah's GDP is $299.5 billion (2024) vs Wisconsin's $453.3 billion.
- Wisconsin's economic output is 1.5 times (51%) larger than Utah's.
GDP per capita
- Utah: $85,475 per person vs Wisconsin: $76,044.
- Utah's GDP per capita is 1.1 times (12%) higher than Wisconsin's.
Average income
- Utah: $67,333 vs Wisconsin: $67,755 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Utah and Wisconsin have about the same average income.
Utah vs Wisconsin Counties
Number of counties
- Utah has 29 counties, while Wisconsin has 72.
- Wisconsin's county count is 2.5 times (148%) higher than Utah's.
Biggest county by area
- Utah's largest county is San Juan County at 7,824 square miles; Wisconsin's is Marathon County at 1,545 square miles.
- San Juan County's land area is 5.1 times (406%) larger than Marathon County's.
Smallest county by area
- Utah: Davis County (325 sq mi) vs Wisconsin: Pepin County (232 sq mi).
- Davis County's land area is 1.4 times (40%) larger than Pepin County's.
Most populous county
- Utah: Salt Lake County (1,216,274 people) vs Wisconsin: Milwaukee County (924,740 people).
- Salt Lake County's population is 1.3 times (32%) larger than Milwaukee County's.
Least populous county
- Utah: Daggett County (956 people) vs Wisconsin: Menominee County (4,286 people).
- Menominee County's population is 4.5 times (348%) larger than Daggett County's.
Richest county
- Utah: Summit County ($280,510 per capita income) vs Wisconsin: Ozaukee County ($109,947).
- Summit County's income is 2.6 times (155%) richer than Ozaukee County's.
Poorest county
- Utah: Beaver County ($39,179 per capita income) vs Wisconsin: Menominee County ($43,696).
- Menominee County's income is 1.1 times (12%) richer than Beaver County's.
Utah vs Wisconsin Taxes
State income tax
- Utah has a top income tax rate of 4.5%, while Wisconsin has a top income tax rate of 7.65%.
- Wisconsin's top rate is 3.15 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Utah: 0.49% effective rate vs Wisconsin: 1.25% of home value per year.
- Wisconsin's rate is 0.76 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Utah: 7.42% combined state and average local rate vs Wisconsin: 5.72%.
- Utah's combined rate is 1.7 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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