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Delaware vs Hawaii Geography
Land area
- Delaware has a land area of 1,949 square miles (5,047 km²), while Hawaii has 6,423 square miles (16,634 km²).
- Hawaii's land area is 3.3 times (230%) larger than Delaware's.
Total area
- Delaware: 2,489 square miles (6,446 km²) vs Hawaii: 10,970 square miles (28,412 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Hawaii's total area is 4.4 times (341%) larger than Delaware's.
Length
- Delaware is 98 miles (158 km) long from north to south; Hawaii is 333 miles (536 km).
- Hawaii's north-south length is 3.4 times (240%) longer than Delaware's.
Width
- Delaware spans 96 miles (155 km) east to west; Hawaii spans 386 miles (621 km).
- Hawaii's east-west width is 4.0 times (302%) wider than Delaware's.
Highest point
- Delaware's highest point is Ebright Azimuth at 450 feet (137 m); Hawaii's is Mauna Kea at 13,795 feet (4,205 m).
- Mauna Kea is 13,345 feet higher than Ebright Azimuth.
Lowest point
- Delaware's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Hawaii's is Pacific Ocean at 0 feet.
- Both lowest points are at or near sea level.
Delaware vs Hawaii Population and History
Population
- Delaware has a population of 1,051,917 (2024), while Hawaii has 1,446,146 (2024).
- Hawaii's population is 1.4 times (37%) larger than Delaware's.
Population density
- Delaware: 539.9 people per square mile vs Hawaii: 225.2.
- Delaware's population density is 2.4 times (140%) higher than Hawaii's.
Biggest city
- Delaware's biggest city is Wilmington with 73,176 people; Hawaii's is Honolulu with 344,967.
- Honolulu's population is 4.7 times (371%) larger than Wilmington's.
Largest metro area
- Delaware's largest metropolitan area is Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area (6,330,422 people) vs Hawaii's Urban Honolulu, HI metro area (998,747).
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area's population is 6.3 times (534%) larger than Urban Honolulu, HI metro area's.
History
- Delaware: Admitted to the Union on December 7, 1787, as the 1st state.
- Hawaii: Admitted to the Union on August 21, 1959, as the 50th state.
- In its current form, Delaware is the older of the two by 172 years.
Delaware vs Hawaii Economy
GDP
- Delaware's GDP is $111.0 billion (2024) vs Hawaii's $117.6 billion.
- Hawaii's economic output is 1.1 times (6%) larger than Delaware's.
GDP per capita
- Delaware: $105,495 per person vs Hawaii: $81,339.
- Delaware's GDP per capita is 1.3 times (30%) higher than Hawaii's.
Average income
- Delaware: $68,061 vs Hawaii: $71,019 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Delaware and Hawaii have about the same average income.
Delaware vs Hawaii Counties
Number of counties
- Delaware has 3 counties, while Hawaii has 5.
- Hawaii's county count is 1.7 times (67%) higher than Delaware's.
Biggest county by area
- Delaware's largest county is Sussex County at 936 square miles; Hawaii's is Hawaii County at 4,028 square miles.
- Hawaii County's land area is 4.3 times (330%) larger than Sussex County's.
Smallest county by area
- Delaware: New Castle County (426 sq mi) vs Hawaii: Kalawao County (12 sq mi).
- New Castle County's land area is 35.5 times larger than Kalawao County's.
Most populous county
- Delaware: New Castle County (588,093 people) vs Hawaii: Honolulu County (998,747 people).
- Honolulu County's population is 1.7 times (70%) larger than New Castle County's.
Least populous county
- Delaware: Kent County (192,690 people) vs Hawaii: Kalawao County (81 people).
- Kent County's population is 2,378.9 times larger than Kalawao County's.
Richest county
- Delaware: Sussex County ($73,647 per capita income) vs Hawaii: Honolulu County ($74,681).
- Sussex County and Honolulu County have about the same income.
Poorest county
- Delaware: Kent County ($55,474 per capita income) vs Hawaii: Hawaii County ($57,694).
- Kent County and Hawaii County have about the same income.
Delaware vs Hawaii Taxes
State income tax
- Delaware has a top income tax rate of 6.6%, while Hawaii has a top income tax rate of 11%.
- Hawaii's top rate is 4.4 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Delaware: 0.47% effective rate vs Hawaii: 0.27% of home value per year.
- Delaware's rate is 0.2 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Delaware: 0% combined state and average local rate vs Hawaii: 4.5%.
- Hawaii's combined rate is 4.5 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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