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Missouri vs New York Geography
Land area
- Missouri has a land area of 68,746 square miles (178,052 km²), while New York has 47,123 square miles (122,049 km²).
- Missouri's land area is 1.5 times (46%) larger than New York's.
Total area
- Missouri: 69,707 square miles (180,540 km²) vs New York: 54,559 square miles (141,306 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Missouri's total area is 1.3 times (28%) larger than New York's.
Length
- Missouri is 328 miles (529 km) long from north to south; New York is 312 miles (503 km).
- Missouri's north-south length is 1.1 times (5%) longer than New York's.
Width
- Missouri spans 437 miles (703 km) east to west; New York spans 415 miles (668 km).
- Missouri's east-west width is 1.1 times (5%) wider than New York's.
Highest point
- Missouri's highest point is Taum Sauk Mountain at 1,771 feet (540 m); New York's is Mount Marcy at 5,335 feet (1,626 m).
- Mount Marcy is 3,564 feet higher than Taum Sauk Mountain.
Lowest point
- Missouri's lowest point is St. Francis River at 230 feet; New York's is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet.
- New York's lowest point is 230 feet lower.
Missouri vs New York Population and History
Population
- Missouri has a population of 6,245,466 (2024), while New York has 19,867,248 (2024).
- New York's population is 3.2 times (218%) larger than Missouri's.
Population density
- Missouri: 90.8 people per square mile vs New York: 421.6.
- New York's population density is 4.6 times (364%) higher than Missouri's.
Biggest city
- Missouri's biggest city is Kansas City with 516,032 people; New York's is New York with 8,478,072.
- New York's population is 16.4 times larger than Kansas City's.
Largest metro area
- Missouri's largest metropolitan area is St. Louis, MO-IL metro area (2,811,927 people) vs New York'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 7.1 times (609%) larger than St. Louis, MO-IL metro area's.
History
- Missouri: Admitted to the Union on August 10, 1821, as the 24th state.
- New York: Admitted to the Union on July 26, 1788, as the 11th state.
- In its current form, New York is the older of the two by 33 years.
Missouri vs New York Economy
GDP
- Missouri's GDP is $448.7 billion (2024) vs New York's $2,322.1 billion.
- New York's economic output is 5.2 times (418%) larger than Missouri's.
GDP per capita
- Missouri: $71,846 per person vs New York: $116,883.
- New York's GDP per capita is 1.6 times (63%) higher than Missouri's.
Average income
- Missouri: $64,920 vs New York: $85,552 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- New York's average income is 1.3 times (32%) higher than Missouri's.
Missouri vs New York Counties
Number of counties
- Missouri has 115 counties, while New York has 62.
- Missouri's county count is 1.9 times (85%) higher than New York's.
Biggest county by area
- Missouri's largest county is Texas County at 1,177 square miles; New York's is St. Lawrence County at 2,680 square miles.
- St. Lawrence County's land area is 2.3 times (128%) larger than Texas County's.
Smallest county by area
- Missouri: St. Louis city (62 sq mi) vs New York: New York County (23 sq mi).
- St. Louis city's land area is 2.7 times (172%) larger than New York County's.
Most populous county
- Missouri: St. Louis County (992,929 people) vs New York: Kings County (2,617,631 people).
- Kings County's population is 2.6 times (164%) larger than St. Louis County's.
Least populous county
- Missouri: Worth County (1,872 people) vs New York: Hamilton County (5,082 people).
- Hamilton County's population is 2.7 times (171%) larger than Worth County's.
Richest county
- Missouri: St. Louis County ($104,775 per capita income) vs New York: New York County ($217,075).
- New York County's income is 2.1 times (107%) richer than St. Louis County's.
Poorest county
- Missouri: Douglas County ($40,515 per capita income) vs New York: Allegany County ($44,689).
- Allegany County's income is 1.1 times (10%) richer than Douglas County's.
Missouri vs New York Taxes
State income tax
- Missouri has a top income tax rate of 4.7%, while New York has a top income tax rate of 10.9%.
- New York's top rate is 6.2 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Missouri: 0.79% effective rate vs New York: 1.45% of home value per year.
- New York's rate is 0.66 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Missouri: 8.44% combined state and average local rate vs New York: 8.54%.
- New York's combined rate is 0.1 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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