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Maine vs Massachusetts Geography
Land area
- Maine has a land area of 30,845 square miles (79,888 km²), while Massachusetts has 7,801 square miles (20,204 km²).
- Maine's land area is 4.0 times (295%) larger than Massachusetts'.
Total area
- Maine: 35,380 square miles (91,634 km²) vs Massachusetts: 10,554 square miles (27,335 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Maine's total area is 3.4 times (235%) larger than Massachusetts'.
Length
- Maine is 311 miles (501 km) long from north to south; Massachusetts is 123 miles (198 km).
- Maine's north-south length is 2.5 times (153%) longer than Massachusetts'.
Width
- Maine spans 203 miles (327 km) east to west; Massachusetts spans 185 miles (297 km).
- Maine's east-west width is 1.1 times (10%) wider than Massachusetts'.
Highest point
- Maine's highest point is Mount Katahdin at 5,253 feet (1,601 m); Massachusetts's is Mount Greylock at 3,489 feet (1,063 m).
- Mount Katahdin is 1,764 feet higher than Mount Greylock.
Lowest point
- Maine's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Massachusetts's is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet.
- Both lowest points are at or near sea level.
Maine vs Massachusetts Population and History
Population
- Maine has a population of 1,405,012 (2024), while Massachusetts has 7,136,171 (2024).
- Massachusetts' population is 5.1 times (408%) larger than Maine's.
Population density
- Maine: 45.6 people per square mile vs Massachusetts: 914.8.
- Massachusetts' population density is 20.1 times higher than Maine's.
Biggest city
- Maine's biggest city is Portland with 69,568 people; Massachusetts's is Boston with 673,458.
- Boston's population is 9.7 times (868%) larger than Portland's.
Largest metro area
- Maine's largest metropolitan area is Portland-South Portland, ME metro area (571,534 people) vs Massachusetts's Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area (5,025,517).
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area's population is 8.8 times (779%) larger than Portland-South Portland, ME metro area's.
History
- Maine: Admitted to the Union on March 15, 1820, as the 23rd state.
- Massachusetts: Admitted to the Union on February 6, 1788, as the 6th state.
- In its current form, Massachusetts is the older of the two by 32 years.
Maine vs Massachusetts Economy
GDP
- Maine's GDP is $99.2 billion (2024) vs Massachusetts's $778.5 billion.
- Massachusetts' economic output is 7.8 times (685%) larger than Maine's.
GDP per capita
- Maine: $70,586 per person vs Massachusetts: $109,095.
- Massachusetts' GDP per capita is 1.5 times (55%) higher than Maine's.
Average income
- Maine: $68,932 vs Massachusetts: $93,607 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Massachusetts' average income is 1.4 times (36%) higher than Maine's.
Maine vs Massachusetts Counties
Number of counties
- Maine has 16 counties, while Massachusetts has 14.
- Maine's county count is 1.1 times (14%) higher than Massachusetts'.
Biggest county by area
- Maine's largest county is Aroostook County at 6,671 square miles; Massachusetts's is Worcester County at 1,511 square miles.
- Aroostook County's land area is 4.4 times (342%) larger than Worcester County's.
Smallest county by area
- Maine: Sagadahoc County (254 sq mi) vs Massachusetts: Nantucket County (46 sq mi).
- Sagadahoc County's land area is 5.5 times (450%) larger than Nantucket County's.
Most populous county
- Maine: Cumberland County (313,809 people) vs Massachusetts: Middlesex County (1,668,956 people).
- Middlesex County's population is 5.3 times (432%) larger than Cumberland County's.
Least populous county
- Maine: Piscataquis County (17,432 people) vs Massachusetts: Nantucket County (14,670 people).
- Piscataquis County's population is 1.2 times (19%) larger than Nantucket County's.
Richest county
- Maine: Cumberland County ($90,142 per capita income) vs Massachusetts: Nantucket County ($129,250).
- Nantucket County's income is 1.4 times (43%) richer than Cumberland County's.
Poorest county
- Maine: Franklin County ($52,725 per capita income) vs Massachusetts: Hampshire County ($65,432).
- Hampshire County's income is 1.2 times (24%) richer than Franklin County's.
Maine vs Massachusetts Taxes
State income tax
- Maine has a top income tax rate of 7.15%, while Massachusetts has a top income tax rate of 9%.
- Massachusetts's top rate is 1.85 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Maine: 0.91% effective rate vs Massachusetts: 1% of home value per year.
- Massachusetts's rate is 0.09 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Maine: 5.5% combined state and average local rate vs Massachusetts: 6.25%.
- Massachusetts's combined rate is 0.75 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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