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Virginia vs Wyoming Geography
Land area
- Virginia has a land area of 39,481 square miles (102,256 km²), while Wyoming has 97,089 square miles (251,458 km²).
- Wyoming's land area is 2.5 times (146%) larger than Virginia's.
Total area
- Virginia: 42,775 square miles (110,786 km²) vs Wyoming: 97,810 square miles (253,326 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Wyoming's total area is 2.3 times (129%) larger than Virginia's.
Length
- Virginia is 223 miles (359 km) long from north to south; Wyoming is 324 miles (522 km).
- Wyoming's north-south length is 1.5 times (45%) longer than Virginia's.
Width
- Virginia spans 466 miles (750 km) east to west; Wyoming spans 410 miles (659 km).
- Virginia's east-west width is 1.1 times (14%) wider than Wyoming's.
Highest point
- Virginia's highest point is Mount Rogers at 5,729 feet (1,746 m); Wyoming's is Gannett Peak at 13,788 feet (4,203 m).
- Gannett Peak is 8,059 feet higher than Mount Rogers.
Lowest point
- Virginia's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Wyoming's is Belle Fourche River at 3,108 feet.
- Virginia's lowest point is 3,108 feet lower.
Virginia vs Wyoming Population and History
Population
- Virginia has a population of 8,811,195 (2024), while Wyoming has 587,618 (2024).
- Virginia's population is 15.0 times larger than Wyoming's.
Population density
- Virginia: 223.2 people per square mile vs Wyoming: 6.1.
- Virginia's population density is 36.6 times higher than Wyoming's.
Biggest city
- Virginia's biggest city is Virginia Beach with 454,808 people; Wyoming's is Cheyenne with 65,704.
- Virginia Beach's population is 6.9 times (592%) larger than Cheyenne's.
Largest metro area
- Virginia's largest metropolitan area is Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area (6,436,489 people) vs Wyoming's Cheyenne, WY metro area (101,783).
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area's population is 63.2 times larger than Cheyenne, WY metro area's.
History
- Virginia: Admitted to the Union on June 25, 1788, as the 10th state.
- Wyoming: Admitted to the Union on July 10, 1890, as the 44th state.
- In its current form, Virginia is the older of the two by 102 years.
Virginia vs Wyoming Economy
GDP
- Virginia's GDP is $761.7 billion (2024) vs Wyoming's $51.5 billion.
- Virginia's economic output is 14.8 times larger than Wyoming's.
GDP per capita
- Virginia: $86,451 per person vs Wyoming: $87,639.
- Virginia and Wyoming have about the same GDP per capita.
Average income
- Virginia: $77,351 vs Wyoming: $86,477 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Wyoming's average income is 1.1 times (12%) higher than Virginia's.
Virginia vs Wyoming Counties
Number of counties
- Virginia has 133 counties, while Wyoming has 23.
- Virginia's county count is 5.8 times (478%) higher than Wyoming's.
Biggest county by area
- Virginia's largest county is Pittsylvania County at 969 square miles; Wyoming's is Sweetwater County at 10,427 square miles.
- Sweetwater County's land area is 10.8 times larger than Pittsylvania County's.
Smallest county by area
- Virginia: Falls Church city (2 sq mi) vs Wyoming: Hot Springs County (2,004 sq mi).
- Hot Springs County's land area is 1,002.2 times larger than Falls Church city's.
Most populous county
- Virginia: Fairfax County (1,160,925 people) vs Wyoming: Laramie County (101,783 people).
- Fairfax County's population is 11.4 times larger than Laramie County's.
Least populous county
- Virginia: Highland County (2,348 people) vs Wyoming: Niobrara County (2,301 people).
- Highland County and Niobrara County have about the same population.
Richest county
- Virginia: Arlington County ($131,624 per capita income) vs Wyoming: Teton County ($532,903).
- Teton County's income is 4.0 times (305%) richer than Arlington County's.
Poorest county
- Virginia: Sussex County ($41,032 per capita income) vs Wyoming: Uinta County ($50,370).
- Uinta County's income is 1.2 times (23%) richer than Sussex County's.
Virginia vs Wyoming Taxes
State income tax
- Virginia has a top income tax rate of 5.75%, while Wyoming has no state income tax.
- Virginia's top rate is 5.75 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Virginia: 0.71% effective rate vs Wyoming: 0.57% of home value per year.
- Virginia's rate is 0.14 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Virginia: 5.77% combined state and average local rate vs Wyoming: 5.39%.
- Virginia's combined rate is 0.38 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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