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Arkansas vs Delaware Geography
Land area
- Arkansas has a land area of 51,992 square miles (134,658 km²), while Delaware has 1,949 square miles (5,047 km²).
- Arkansas' land area is 26.7 times larger than Delaware's.
Total area
- Arkansas: 53,198 square miles (137,781 km²) vs Delaware: 2,489 square miles (6,446 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Arkansas' total area is 21.4 times larger than Delaware's.
Length
- Arkansas is 243 miles (392 km) long from north to south; Delaware is 98 miles (158 km).
- Arkansas' north-south length is 2.5 times (148%) longer than Delaware's.
Width
- Arkansas spans 279 miles (449 km) east to west; Delaware spans 96 miles (155 km).
- Arkansas' east-west width is 2.9 times (191%) wider than Delaware's.
Highest point
- Arkansas's highest point is Mount Magazine at 2,752 feet (839 m); Delaware's is Ebright Azimuth at 450 feet (137 m).
- Mount Magazine is 2,302 feet higher than Ebright Azimuth.
Lowest point
- Arkansas's lowest point is Ouachita River at 55 feet; Delaware's is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet.
- Delaware's lowest point is 55 feet lower.
Arkansas vs Delaware Population and History
Population
- Arkansas has a population of 3,088,354 (2024), while Delaware has 1,051,917 (2024).
- Arkansas' population is 2.9 times (194%) larger than Delaware's.
Population density
- Arkansas: 59.4 people per square mile vs Delaware: 539.9.
- Delaware's population density is 9.1 times (809%) higher than Arkansas'.
Biggest city
- Arkansas's biggest city is Little Rock with 204,774 people; Delaware's is Wilmington with 73,176.
- Little Rock's population is 2.8 times (180%) larger than Wilmington's.
Largest metro area
- Arkansas's largest metropolitan area is Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area (1,339,345 people) vs Delaware's Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area (6,330,422).
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area's population is 4.7 times (373%) larger than Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area's.
History
- Arkansas: Admitted to the Union on June 15, 1836, as the 25th state.
- Delaware: Admitted to the Union on December 7, 1787, as the 1st state.
- In its current form, Delaware is the older of the two by 49 years.
Arkansas vs Delaware Economy
GDP
- Arkansas's GDP is $188.3 billion (2024) vs Delaware's $111.0 billion.
- Arkansas' economic output is 1.7 times (70%) larger than Delaware's.
GDP per capita
- Arkansas: $60,984 per person vs Delaware: $105,495.
- Delaware's GDP per capita is 1.7 times (73%) higher than Arkansas'.
Average income
- Arkansas: $59,320 vs Delaware: $68,061 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Delaware's average income is 1.1 times (15%) higher than Arkansas'.
Arkansas vs Delaware Counties
Number of counties
- Arkansas has 75 counties, while Delaware has 3.
- Arkansas' county count is 25.0 times higher than Delaware's.
Biggest county by area
- Arkansas's largest county is Union County at 1,039 square miles; Delaware's is Sussex County at 936 square miles.
- Union County's land area is 1.1 times (11%) larger than Sussex County's.
Smallest county by area
- Arkansas: Lafayette County (530 sq mi) vs Delaware: New Castle County (426 sq mi).
- Lafayette County's land area is 1.2 times (24%) larger than New Castle County's.
Most populous county
- Arkansas: Pulaski County (401,209 people) vs Delaware: New Castle County (588,093 people).
- New Castle County's population is 1.5 times (47%) larger than Pulaski County's.
Least populous county
- Arkansas: Calhoun County (4,690 people) vs Delaware: Kent County (192,690 people).
- Kent County's population is 41.1 times larger than Calhoun County's.
Richest county
- Arkansas: Benton County ($120,594 per capita income) vs Delaware: Sussex County ($73,647).
- Benton County's income is 1.6 times (64%) richer than Sussex County's.
Poorest county
- Arkansas: Lincoln County ($36,032 per capita income) vs Delaware: Kent County ($55,474).
- Kent County's income is 1.5 times (54%) richer than Lincoln County's.
Arkansas vs Delaware Taxes
State income tax
- Arkansas has a top income tax rate of 3.9%, while Delaware has a top income tax rate of 6.6%.
- Delaware's top rate is 2.7 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Arkansas: 0.52% effective rate vs Delaware: 0.47% of home value per year.
- Arkansas's rate is 0.05 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Arkansas: 9.48% combined state and average local rate vs Delaware: 0%.
- Arkansas's combined rate is 9.48 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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