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Nebraska vs New York Geography
Land area
- Nebraska has a land area of 76,815 square miles (198,950 km²), while New York has 47,123 square miles (122,049 km²).
- Nebraska's land area is 1.6 times (63%) larger than New York's.
Total area
- Nebraska: 77,347 square miles (200,329 km²) vs New York: 54,559 square miles (141,306 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Nebraska's total area is 1.4 times (42%) larger than New York's.
Length
- Nebraska is 497 miles (800 km) long from north to south; New York is 312 miles (503 km).
- Nebraska's north-south length is 1.6 times (59%) longer than New York's.
Width
- Nebraska spans 464 miles (747 km) east to west; New York spans 415 miles (668 km).
- Nebraska's east-west width is 1.1 times (12%) wider than New York's.
Highest point
- Nebraska's highest point is Panorama Point at 5,428 feet (1,654 m); New York's is Mount Marcy at 5,335 feet (1,626 m).
- Panorama Point is 93 feet higher than Mount Marcy.
Lowest point
- Nebraska's lowest point is Missouri River at 840 feet; New York's is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet.
- New York's lowest point is 840 feet lower.
Nebraska vs New York Population and History
Population
- Nebraska has a population of 2,005,465 (2024), while New York has 19,867,248 (2024).
- New York's population is 9.9 times (891%) larger than Nebraska's.
Population density
- Nebraska: 26.1 people per square mile vs New York: 421.6.
- New York's population density is 16.2 times higher than Nebraska's.
Biggest city
- Nebraska's biggest city is Omaha with 489,265 people; New York's is New York with 8,478,072.
- New York's population is 17.3 times larger than Omaha's.
Largest metro area
- Nebraska's largest metropolitan area is Omaha, NE-IA metro area (1,001,010 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 19.9 times larger than Omaha, NE-IA metro area's.
History
- Nebraska: Admitted to the Union on March 1, 1867, as the 37th 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 79 years.
Nebraska vs New York Economy
GDP
- Nebraska's GDP is $189.2 billion (2024) vs New York's $2,322.1 billion.
- New York's economic output is 12.3 times larger than Nebraska's.
GDP per capita
- Nebraska: $94,363 per person vs New York: $116,883.
- New York's GDP per capita is 1.2 times (24%) higher than Nebraska's.
Average income
- Nebraska: $72,701 vs New York: $85,552 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- New York's average income is 1.2 times (18%) higher than Nebraska's.
Nebraska vs New York Counties
Number of counties
- Nebraska has 93 counties, while New York has 62.
- Nebraska's county count is 1.5 times (50%) higher than New York's.
Biggest county by area
- Nebraska's largest county is Cherry County at 5,960 square miles; New York's is St. Lawrence County at 2,680 square miles.
- Cherry County's land area is 2.2 times (122%) larger than St. Lawrence County's.
Smallest county by area
- Nebraska: Sarpy County (238 sq mi) vs New York: New York County (23 sq mi).
- Sarpy County's land area is 10.5 times larger than New York County's.
Most populous county
- Nebraska: Douglas County (601,158 people) vs New York: Kings County (2,617,631 people).
- Kings County's population is 4.4 times (335%) larger than Douglas County's.
Least populous county
- Nebraska: McPherson County (376 people) vs New York: Hamilton County (5,082 people).
- Hamilton County's population is 13.5 times larger than McPherson County's.
Richest county
- Nebraska: Pierce County ($112,729 per capita income) vs New York: New York County ($217,075).
- New York County's income is 1.9 times (93%) richer than Pierce County's.
Poorest county
- Nebraska: Johnson County ($45,756 per capita income) vs New York: Allegany County ($44,689).
- Johnson County and Allegany County have about the same income.
Nebraska vs New York Taxes
State income tax
- Nebraska has a top income tax rate of 4.55%, while New York has a top income tax rate of 10.9%.
- New York's top rate is 6.35 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Nebraska: 1.42% effective rate vs New York: 1.45% of home value per year.
- New York's rate is 0.03 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Nebraska: 6.98% combined state and average local rate vs New York: 8.54%.
- New York's combined rate is 1.56 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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