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North Carolina vs Oregon Geography
Land area
- North Carolina has a land area of 48,624 square miles (125,936 km²), while Oregon has 95,997 square miles (248,630 km²).
- Oregon's land area is 2.0 times (97%) larger than North Carolina's.
Total area
- North Carolina: 53,819 square miles (139,390 km²) vs Oregon: 98,379 square miles (254,799 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Oregon's total area is 1.8 times (83%) larger than North Carolina's.
Length
- North Carolina is 258 miles (415 km) long from north to south; Oregon is 453 miles (730 km).
- Oregon's north-south length is 1.8 times (76%) longer than North Carolina's.
Width
- North Carolina spans 487 miles (784 km) east to west; Oregon spans 445 miles (715 km).
- North Carolina's east-west width is 1.1 times (9%) wider than Oregon's.
Highest point
- North Carolina's highest point is Mount Mitchell at 6,674 feet (2,034 m); Oregon's is Mount Hood at 11,232 feet (3,424 m).
- Mount Hood is 4,558 feet higher than Mount Mitchell.
Lowest point
- North Carolina's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Oregon's is Pacific Ocean at 0 feet.
- Both lowest points are at or near sea level.
North Carolina vs Oregon Population and History
Population
- North Carolina has a population of 11,046,024 (2024), while Oregon has 4,272,371 (2024).
- North Carolina's population is 2.6 times (159%) larger than Oregon's.
Population density
- North Carolina: 227.2 people per square mile vs Oregon: 44.5.
- North Carolina's population density is 5.1 times (411%) higher than Oregon's.
Biggest city
- North Carolina's biggest city is Charlotte with 943,476 people; Oregon's is Portland with 635,749.
- Charlotte's population is 1.5 times (48%) larger than Portland's.
Largest metro area
- North Carolina's largest metropolitan area is Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area (2,883,370 people) vs Oregon's Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metro area (2,537,904).
- Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area's population is 1.1 times (14%) larger than Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metro area's.
History
- North Carolina: Admitted to the Union on November 21, 1789, as the 12th state.
- Oregon: Admitted to the Union on February 14, 1859, as the 33rd state.
- In its current form, North Carolina is the older of the two by 70 years.
North Carolina vs Oregon Economy
GDP
- North Carolina's GDP is $844.2 billion (2024) vs Oregon's $330.2 billion.
- North Carolina's economic output is 2.6 times (156%) larger than Oregon's.
GDP per capita
- North Carolina: $76,427 per person vs Oregon: $77,299.
- North Carolina and Oregon have about the same GDP per capita.
Average income
- North Carolina: $65,634 vs Oregon: $70,823 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Oregon's average income is 1.1 times (8%) higher than North Carolina's.
North Carolina vs Oregon Counties
Number of counties
- North Carolina has 100 counties, while Oregon has 36.
- North Carolina's county count is 2.8 times (178%) higher than Oregon's.
Biggest county by area
- North Carolina's largest county is Robeson County at 947 square miles; Oregon's is Harney County at 10,134 square miles.
- Harney County's land area is 10.7 times larger than Robeson County's.
Smallest county by area
- North Carolina: Chowan County (173 sq mi) vs Oregon: Multnomah County (431 sq mi).
- Multnomah County's land area is 2.5 times (150%) larger than Chowan County's.
Most populous county
- North Carolina: Wake County (1,232,444 people) vs Oregon: Multnomah County (795,897 people).
- Wake County's population is 1.5 times (55%) larger than Multnomah County's.
Least populous county
- North Carolina: Tyrrell County (3,517 people) vs Oregon: Wheeler County (1,456 people).
- Tyrrell County's population is 2.4 times (142%) larger than Wheeler County's.
Richest county
- North Carolina: Chatham County ($91,638 per capita income) vs Oregon: Deschutes County ($86,176).
- Chatham County's income is 1.1 times (6%) richer than Deschutes County's.
Poorest county
- North Carolina: Warren County ($40,932 per capita income) vs Oregon: Malheur County ($42,974).
- Malheur County's income is 1.0 times (5%) richer than Warren County's.
North Carolina vs Oregon Taxes
State income tax
- North Carolina has a top income tax rate of 3.99%, while Oregon has a top income tax rate of 9.9%.
- Oregon's top rate is 5.91 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- North Carolina: 0.61% effective rate vs Oregon: 0.78% of home value per year.
- Oregon's rate is 0.17 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- North Carolina: 7.1% combined state and average local rate vs Oregon: 0%.
- North Carolina's combined rate is 7.1 percentage points higher.
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