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Arkansas vs New York Geography
Land area
- Arkansas has a land area of 51,992 square miles (134,658 km²), while New York has 47,123 square miles (122,049 km²).
- Arkansas' land area is 1.1 times (10%) larger than New York's.
Total area
- Arkansas: 53,198 square miles (137,781 km²) vs New York: 54,559 square miles (141,306 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Arkansas and New York have about the same total area.
Length
- Arkansas is 243 miles (392 km) long from north to south; New York is 312 miles (503 km).
- New York's north-south length is 1.3 times (28%) longer than Arkansas'.
Width
- Arkansas spans 279 miles (449 km) east to west; New York spans 415 miles (668 km).
- New York's east-west width is 1.5 times (49%) wider than Arkansas'.
Highest point
- Arkansas's highest point is Mount Magazine at 2,752 feet (839 m); New York's is Mount Marcy at 5,335 feet (1,626 m).
- Mount Marcy is 2,583 feet higher than Mount Magazine.
Lowest point
- Arkansas's lowest point is Ouachita River at 55 feet; New York's is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet.
- New York's lowest point is 55 feet lower.
Arkansas vs New York Population and History
Population
- Arkansas has a population of 3,088,354 (2024), while New York has 19,867,248 (2024).
- New York's population is 6.4 times (543%) larger than Arkansas'.
Population density
- Arkansas: 59.4 people per square mile vs New York: 421.6.
- New York's population density is 7.1 times (610%) higher than Arkansas'.
Biggest city
- Arkansas's biggest city is Little Rock with 204,774 people; New York's is New York with 8,478,072.
- New York's population is 41.4 times 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 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 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 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 48 years.
Arkansas vs New York Economy
GDP
- Arkansas's GDP is $188.3 billion (2024) vs New York's $2,322.1 billion.
- New York's economic output is 12.3 times larger than Arkansas'.
GDP per capita
- Arkansas: $60,984 per person vs New York: $116,883.
- New York's GDP per capita is 1.9 times (92%) higher than Arkansas'.
Average income
- Arkansas: $59,320 vs New York: $85,552 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- New York's average income is 1.4 times (44%) higher than Arkansas'.
Arkansas vs New York Counties
Number of counties
- Arkansas has 75 counties, while New York has 62.
- Arkansas' county count is 1.2 times (21%) higher than New York's.
Biggest county by area
- Arkansas's largest county is Union County at 1,039 square miles; New York's is St. Lawrence County at 2,680 square miles.
- St. Lawrence County's land area is 2.6 times (158%) larger than Union County's.
Smallest county by area
- Arkansas: Lafayette County (530 sq mi) vs New York: New York County (23 sq mi).
- Lafayette County's land area is 23.3 times larger than New York County's.
Most populous county
- Arkansas: Pulaski County (401,209 people) vs New York: Kings County (2,617,631 people).
- Kings County's population is 6.5 times (552%) larger than Pulaski County's.
Least populous county
- Arkansas: Calhoun County (4,690 people) vs New York: Hamilton County (5,082 people).
- Hamilton County's population is 1.1 times (8%) larger than Calhoun County's.
Richest county
- Arkansas: Benton County ($120,594 per capita income) vs New York: New York County ($217,075).
- New York County's income is 1.8 times (80%) richer than Benton County's.
Poorest county
- Arkansas: Lincoln County ($36,032 per capita income) vs New York: Allegany County ($44,689).
- Allegany County's income is 1.2 times (24%) richer than Lincoln County's.
Arkansas vs New York Taxes
State income tax
- Arkansas has a top income tax rate of 3.9%, while New York has a top income tax rate of 10.9%.
- New York's top rate is 7 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Arkansas: 0.52% effective rate vs New York: 1.45% of home value per year.
- New York's rate is 0.93 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Arkansas: 9.48% combined state and average local rate vs New York: 8.54%.
- Arkansas's combined rate is 0.94 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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