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Arkansas vs New Jersey Geography
Land area
- Arkansas has a land area of 51,992 square miles (134,658 km²), while New Jersey has 7,355 square miles (19,049 km²).
- Arkansas' land area is 7.1 times (607%) larger than New Jersey's.
Total area
- Arkansas: 53,198 square miles (137,781 km²) vs New Jersey: 8,719 square miles (22,583 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Arkansas' total area is 6.1 times (510%) larger than New Jersey's.
Length
- Arkansas is 243 miles (392 km) long from north to south; New Jersey is 169 miles (271 km).
- Arkansas' north-south length is 1.4 times (44%) longer than New Jersey's.
Width
- Arkansas spans 279 miles (449 km) east to west; New Jersey spans 129 miles (207 km).
- Arkansas' east-west width is 2.2 times (116%) wider than New Jersey's.
Highest point
- Arkansas's highest point is Mount Magazine at 2,752 feet (839 m); New Jersey's is High Point at 1,798 feet (548 m).
- Mount Magazine is 954 feet higher than High Point.
Lowest point
- Arkansas's lowest point is Ouachita River at 55 feet; New Jersey's is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet.
- New Jersey's lowest point is 55 feet lower.
Arkansas vs New Jersey Population and History
Population
- Arkansas has a population of 3,088,354 (2024), while New Jersey has 9,500,851 (2024).
- New Jersey's population is 3.1 times (208%) larger than Arkansas'.
Population density
- Arkansas: 59.4 people per square mile vs New Jersey: 1,291.8.
- New Jersey's population density is 21.7 times higher than Arkansas'.
Biggest city
- Arkansas's biggest city is Little Rock with 204,774 people; New Jersey's is Newark with 317,303.
- Newark's population is 1.5 times (55%) larger than Little Rock's.
Largest metro area
- Arkansas's largest metropolitan area is Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area (1,339,345 people) vs New Jersey'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 14.9 times larger than Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area's.
History
- Arkansas: Admitted to the Union on June 15, 1836, as the 25th state.
- New Jersey: Admitted to the Union on December 18, 1787, as the 3rd state.
- In its current form, New Jersey is the older of the two by 49 years.
Arkansas vs New Jersey Economy
GDP
- Arkansas's GDP is $188.3 billion (2024) vs New Jersey's $846.0 billion.
- New Jersey's economic output is 4.5 times (349%) larger than Arkansas'.
GDP per capita
- Arkansas: $60,984 per person vs New Jersey: $89,045.
- New Jersey's GDP per capita is 1.5 times (46%) higher than Arkansas'.
Average income
- Arkansas: $59,320 vs New Jersey: $84,893 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- New Jersey's average income is 1.4 times (43%) higher than Arkansas'.
Arkansas vs New Jersey Counties
Number of counties
- Arkansas has 75 counties, while New Jersey has 21.
- Arkansas' county count is 3.6 times (257%) higher than New Jersey's.
Biggest county by area
- Arkansas's largest county is Union County at 1,039 square miles; New Jersey's is Burlington County at 799 square miles.
- Union County's land area is 1.3 times (30%) larger than Burlington County's.
Smallest county by area
- Arkansas: Lafayette County (530 sq mi) vs New Jersey: Hudson County (46 sq mi).
- Lafayette County's land area is 11.5 times larger than Hudson County's.
Most populous county
- Arkansas: Pulaski County (401,209 people) vs New Jersey: Bergen County (978,641 people).
- Bergen County's population is 2.4 times (144%) larger than Pulaski County's.
Least populous county
- Arkansas: Calhoun County (4,690 people) vs New Jersey: Salem County (65,874 people).
- Salem County's population is 14.0 times larger than Calhoun County's.
Richest county
- Arkansas: Benton County ($120,594 per capita income) vs New Jersey: Somerset County ($121,042).
- Benton County and Somerset County have about the same income.
Poorest county
- Arkansas: Lincoln County ($36,032 per capita income) vs New Jersey: Cumberland County ($50,843).
- Cumberland County's income is 1.4 times (41%) richer than Lincoln County's.
Arkansas vs New Jersey Taxes
State income tax
- Arkansas has a top income tax rate of 3.9%, while New Jersey has a top income tax rate of 10.75%.
- New Jersey's top rate is 6.85 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Arkansas: 0.52% effective rate vs New Jersey: 1.89% of home value per year.
- New Jersey's rate is 1.37 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Arkansas: 9.48% combined state and average local rate vs New Jersey: 6.6%.
- Arkansas's combined rate is 2.88 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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