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Indiana vs New Jersey Geography
Land area
- Indiana has a land area of 35,825 square miles (92,787 km²), while New Jersey has 7,355 square miles (19,049 km²).
- Indiana's land area is 4.9 times (387%) larger than New Jersey's.
Total area
- Indiana: 36,421 square miles (94,331 km²) vs New Jersey: 8,719 square miles (22,583 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Indiana's total area is 4.2 times (318%) larger than New Jersey's.
Length
- Indiana is 276 miles (444 km) long from north to south; New Jersey is 169 miles (271 km).
- Indiana's north-south length is 1.6 times (63%) longer than New Jersey's.
Width
- Indiana spans 193 miles (310 km) east to west; New Jersey spans 129 miles (207 km).
- Indiana's east-west width is 1.5 times (50%) wider than New Jersey's.
Highest point
- Indiana's highest point is Hoosier Hill at 1,255 feet (383 m); New Jersey's is High Point at 1,798 feet (548 m).
- High Point is 543 feet higher than Hoosier Hill.
Lowest point
- Indiana's lowest point is Ohio River at 330 feet; New Jersey's is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet.
- New Jersey's lowest point is 330 feet lower.
Indiana vs New Jersey Population and History
Population
- Indiana has a population of 6,924,275 (2024), while New Jersey has 9,500,851 (2024).
- New Jersey's population is 1.4 times (37%) larger than Indiana's.
Population density
- Indiana: 193.3 people per square mile vs New Jersey: 1,291.8.
- New Jersey's population density is 6.7 times (568%) higher than Indiana's.
Biggest city
- Indiana's biggest city is Indianapolis with 891,484 people; New Jersey's is Newark with 317,303.
- Indianapolis' population is 2.8 times (181%) larger than Newark's.
Largest metro area
- Indiana's largest metropolitan area is Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area (9,408,576 people) vs New Jersey's New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area (19,940,274).
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area's population is 2.1 times (112%) larger than Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area's.
History
- Indiana: Admitted to the Union on December 11, 1816, as the 19th state.
- New Jersey: Admitted to the Union on December 18, 1787, as the 3rd state.
- In its current form, New Jersey is the older of the two by 29 years.
Indiana vs New Jersey Economy
GDP
- Indiana's GDP is $519.5 billion (2024) vs New Jersey's $846.0 billion.
- New Jersey's economic output is 1.6 times (63%) larger than Indiana's.
GDP per capita
- Indiana: $75,028 per person vs New Jersey: $89,045.
- New Jersey's GDP per capita is 1.2 times (19%) higher than Indiana's.
Average income
- Indiana: $64,077 vs New Jersey: $84,893 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- New Jersey's average income is 1.3 times (32%) higher than Indiana's.
Indiana vs New Jersey Counties
Number of counties
- Indiana has 92 counties, while New Jersey has 21.
- Indiana's county count is 4.4 times (338%) higher than New Jersey's.
Biggest county by area
- Indiana's largest county is Allen County at 657 square miles; New Jersey's is Burlington County at 799 square miles.
- Burlington County's land area is 1.2 times (22%) larger than Allen County's.
Smallest county by area
- Indiana: Ohio County (86 sq mi) vs New Jersey: Hudson County (46 sq mi).
- Ohio County's land area is 1.9 times (87%) larger than Hudson County's.
Most populous county
- Indiana: Marion County (981,628 people) vs New Jersey: Bergen County (978,641 people).
- Marion County and Bergen County have about the same population.
Least populous county
- Indiana: Ohio County (5,996 people) vs New Jersey: Salem County (65,874 people).
- Salem County's population is 11.0 times larger than Ohio County's.
Richest county
- Indiana: Hamilton County ($104,283 per capita income) vs New Jersey: Somerset County ($121,042).
- Somerset County's income is 1.2 times (16%) richer than Hamilton County's.
Poorest county
- Indiana: Miami County ($44,940 per capita income) vs New Jersey: Cumberland County ($50,843).
- Cumberland County's income is 1.1 times (13%) richer than Miami County's.
Indiana vs New Jersey Taxes
State income tax
- Indiana has a top income tax rate of 2.95%, while New Jersey has a top income tax rate of 10.75%.
- New Jersey's top rate is 7.8 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Indiana: 0.74% effective rate vs New Jersey: 1.89% of home value per year.
- New Jersey's rate is 1.15 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Indiana: 7% combined state and average local rate vs New Jersey: 6.6%.
- Indiana's combined rate is 0.4 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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