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New Jersey vs Rhode Island Geography
Land area
- New Jersey has a land area of 7,355 square miles (19,049 km²), while Rhode Island has 1,034 square miles (2,678 km²).
- New Jersey's land area is 7.1 times (611%) larger than Rhode Island's.
Total area
- New Jersey: 8,719 square miles (22,583 km²) vs Rhode Island: 1,545 square miles (4,002 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- New Jersey's total area is 5.6 times (464%) larger than Rhode Island's.
Length
- New Jersey is 169 miles (271 km) long from north to south; Rhode Island is 61 miles (98 km).
- New Jersey's north-south length is 2.8 times (177%) longer than Rhode Island's.
Width
- New Jersey spans 129 miles (207 km) east to west; Rhode Island spans 42 miles (67 km).
- New Jersey's east-west width is 3.1 times (207%) wider than Rhode Island's.
Highest point
- New Jersey's highest point is High Point at 1,798 feet (548 m); Rhode Island's is Jerimoth Hill at 811 feet (247 m).
- High Point is 987 feet higher than Jerimoth Hill.
Lowest point
- New Jersey's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Rhode Island's is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet.
- Both lowest points are at or near sea level.
New Jersey vs Rhode Island Population and History
Population
- New Jersey has a population of 9,500,851 (2024), while Rhode Island has 1,112,308 (2024).
- New Jersey's population is 8.5 times (754%) larger than Rhode Island's.
Population density
- New Jersey: 1,291.8 people per square mile vs Rhode Island: 1,075.8.
- New Jersey's population density is 1.2 times (20%) higher than Rhode Island's.
Biggest city
- New Jersey's biggest city is Newark with 317,303 people; Rhode Island's is Providence with 194,706.
- Newark's population is 1.6 times (63%) larger than Providence's.
Largest metro area
- New Jersey's largest metropolitan area is New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area (19,940,274 people) vs Rhode Island's Providence-Warwick, RI-MA metro area (1,700,901).
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area's population is 11.7 times larger than Providence-Warwick, RI-MA metro area's.
History
- New Jersey: Admitted to the Union on December 18, 1787, as the 3rd state.
- Rhode Island: Admitted to the Union on May 29, 1790, as the 13th state.
- In its current form, New Jersey is the older of the two by 3 years.
New Jersey vs Rhode Island Economy
GDP
- New Jersey's GDP is $846.0 billion (2024) vs Rhode Island's $80.4 billion.
- New Jersey's economic output is 10.5 times larger than Rhode Island's.
GDP per capita
- New Jersey: $89,045 per person vs Rhode Island: $72,265.
- New Jersey's GDP per capita is 1.2 times (23%) higher than Rhode Island's.
Average income
- New Jersey: $84,893 vs Rhode Island: $70,622 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- New Jersey's average income is 1.2 times (20%) higher than Rhode Island's.
New Jersey vs Rhode Island Counties
Number of counties
- New Jersey has 21 counties, while Rhode Island has 5.
- New Jersey's county count is 4.2 times (320%) higher than Rhode Island's.
Biggest county by area
- New Jersey's largest county is Burlington County at 799 square miles; Rhode Island's is Providence County at 410 square miles.
- Burlington County's land area is 2.0 times (95%) larger than Providence County's.
Smallest county by area
- New Jersey: Hudson County (46 sq mi) vs Rhode Island: Bristol County (24 sq mi).
- Hudson County's land area is 1.9 times (92%) larger than Bristol County's.
Most populous county
- New Jersey: Bergen County (978,641 people) vs Rhode Island: Providence County (675,912 people).
- Bergen County's population is 1.4 times (45%) larger than Providence County's.
Least populous county
- New Jersey: Salem County (65,874 people) vs Rhode Island: Bristol County (50,145 people).
- Salem County's population is 1.3 times (31%) larger than Bristol County's.
Richest county
- New Jersey: Somerset County ($121,042 per capita income) vs Rhode Island: Bristol County ($99,923).
- Somerset County's income is 1.2 times (21%) richer than Bristol County's.
Poorest county
- New Jersey: Cumberland County ($50,843 per capita income) vs Rhode Island: Providence County ($61,040).
- Providence County's income is 1.2 times (20%) richer than Cumberland County's.
New Jersey vs Rhode Island Taxes
State income tax
- New Jersey has a top income tax rate of 10.75%, while Rhode Island has a top income tax rate of 5.99%.
- New Jersey's top rate is 4.76 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- New Jersey: 1.89% effective rate vs Rhode Island: 1.07% of home value per year.
- New Jersey's rate is 0.82 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- New Jersey: 6.6% combined state and average local rate vs Rhode Island: 7%.
- Rhode Island's combined rate is 0.4 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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