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Louisiana vs Nebraska Geography
Land area
- Louisiana has a land area of 43,213 square miles (111,921 km²), while Nebraska has 76,815 square miles (198,950 km²).
- Nebraska's land area is 1.8 times (78%) larger than Louisiana's.
Total area
- Louisiana: 52,375 square miles (135,652 km²) vs Nebraska: 77,347 square miles (200,329 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Nebraska's total area is 1.5 times (48%) larger than Louisiana's.
Length
- Louisiana is 301 miles (484 km) long from north to south; Nebraska is 497 miles (800 km).
- Nebraska's north-south length is 1.7 times (65%) longer than Louisiana's.
Width
- Louisiana spans 356 miles (574 km) east to west; Nebraska spans 464 miles (747 km).
- Nebraska's east-west width is 1.3 times (30%) wider than Louisiana's.
Highest point
- Louisiana's highest point is Driskill Mountain at 533 feet (162 m); Nebraska's is Panorama Point at 5,428 feet (1,654 m).
- Panorama Point is 4,895 feet higher than Driskill Mountain.
Lowest point
- Louisiana's lowest point is New Orleans at -8 feet; Nebraska's is Missouri River at 840 feet.
- Louisiana's lowest point is 848 feet lower.
Louisiana vs Nebraska Population and History
Population
- Louisiana has a population of 4,597,740 (2024), while Nebraska has 2,005,465 (2024).
- Louisiana's population is 2.3 times (129%) larger than Nebraska's.
Population density
- Louisiana: 106.4 people per square mile vs Nebraska: 26.1.
- Louisiana's population density is 4.1 times (308%) higher than Nebraska's.
Biggest city
- Louisiana's biggest city is New Orleans with 362,701 people; Nebraska's is Omaha with 489,265.
- Omaha's population is 1.3 times (35%) larger than New Orleans'.
Largest metro area
- Louisiana's largest metropolitan area is New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area (966,230 people) vs Nebraska's Omaha, NE-IA metro area (1,001,010).
- New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area and Omaha, NE-IA metro area have about the same population.
History
- Louisiana: Admitted to the Union on April 30, 1812, as the 18th state.
- Nebraska: Admitted to the Union on March 1, 1867, as the 37th state.
- In its current form, Louisiana is the older of the two by 55 years.
Louisiana vs Nebraska Economy
GDP
- Louisiana's GDP is $329.2 billion (2024) vs Nebraska's $189.2 billion.
- Louisiana's economic output is 1.7 times (74%) larger than Nebraska's.
GDP per capita
- Louisiana: $71,594 per person vs Nebraska: $94,363.
- Nebraska's GDP per capita is 1.3 times (32%) higher than Louisiana's.
Average income
- Louisiana: $61,897 vs Nebraska: $72,701 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Nebraska's average income is 1.2 times (17%) higher than Louisiana's.
Louisiana vs Nebraska Counties
Number of counties
- Louisiana has 64 counties, while Nebraska has 93.
- Nebraska's county count is 1.5 times (45%) higher than Louisiana's.
Biggest county by area
- Louisiana's largest county is Vernon Parish at 1,327 square miles; Nebraska's is Cherry County at 5,960 square miles.
- Cherry County's land area is 4.5 times (349%) larger than Vernon Parish's.
Smallest county by area
- Louisiana: Orleans Parish (170 sq mi) vs Nebraska: Sarpy County (238 sq mi).
- Sarpy County's land area is 1.4 times (40%) larger than Orleans Parish's.
Most populous county
- Louisiana: East Baton Rouge Parish (453,022 people) vs Nebraska: Douglas County (601,158 people).
- Douglas County's population is 1.3 times (33%) larger than East Baton Rouge Parish's.
Least populous county
- Louisiana: Tensas Parish (3,844 people) vs Nebraska: McPherson County (376 people).
- Tensas Parish's population is 10.2 times larger than McPherson County's.
Richest county
- Louisiana: St. Tammany Parish ($82,398 per capita income) vs Nebraska: Pierce County ($112,729).
- Pierce County's income is 1.4 times (37%) richer than St. Tammany Parish's.
Poorest county
- Louisiana: East Carroll Parish ($36,751 per capita income) vs Nebraska: Johnson County ($45,756).
- Johnson County's income is 1.2 times (25%) richer than East Carroll Parish's.
Louisiana vs Nebraska Taxes
State income tax
- Louisiana has a top income tax rate of 3%, while Nebraska has a top income tax rate of 4.55%.
- Nebraska's top rate is 1.55 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Louisiana: 0.53% effective rate vs Nebraska: 1.42% of home value per year.
- Nebraska's rate is 0.89 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Louisiana: 10.13% combined state and average local rate vs Nebraska: 6.98%.
- Louisiana's combined rate is 3.15 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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