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California vs Maine Geography
Land area
- California has a land area of 155,859 square miles (403,673 km²), while Maine has 30,845 square miles (79,888 km²).
- California's land area is 5.1 times (405%) larger than Maine's.
Total area
- California: 163,694 square miles (423,965 km²) vs Maine: 35,380 square miles (91,634 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- California's total area is 4.6 times (363%) larger than Maine's.
Length
- California is 761 miles (1,224 km) long from north to south; Maine is 311 miles (501 km).
- California's north-south length is 2.4 times (145%) longer than Maine's.
Width
- California spans 706 miles (1,137 km) east to west; Maine spans 203 miles (327 km).
- California's east-west width is 3.5 times (248%) wider than Maine's.
Highest point
- California's highest point is Mount Whitney at 14,484 feet (4,415 m); Maine's is Mount Katahdin at 5,253 feet (1,601 m).
- Mount Whitney is 9,231 feet higher than Mount Katahdin.
Lowest point
- California's lowest point is Death Valley at -279 feet; Maine's is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet.
- California's lowest point is 279 feet lower.
California vs Maine Population and History
Population
- California has a population of 39,431,263 (2024), while Maine has 1,405,012 (2024).
- California's population is 28.1 times larger than Maine's.
Population density
- California: 253.0 people per square mile vs Maine: 45.6.
- California's population density is 5.5 times (455%) higher than Maine's.
Biggest city
- California's biggest city is Los Angeles with 3,878,704 people; Maine's is Portland with 69,568.
- Los Angeles' population is 55.8 times larger than Portland's.
Largest metro area
- California's largest metropolitan area is Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area (12,927,614 people) vs Maine's Portland-South Portland, ME metro area (571,534).
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area's population is 22.6 times larger than Portland-South Portland, ME metro area's.
History
- California: Admitted to the Union on September 9, 1850, as the 31st state.
- Maine: Admitted to the Union on March 15, 1820, as the 23rd state.
- In its current form, Maine is the older of the two by 30 years.
California vs Maine Economy
GDP
- California's GDP is $4,048.1 billion (2024) vs Maine's $99.2 billion.
- California's economic output is 40.8 times larger than Maine's.
GDP per capita
- California: $102,662 per person vs Maine: $70,586.
- California's GDP per capita is 1.5 times (45%) higher than Maine's.
Average income
- California: $86,232 vs Maine: $68,932 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- California's average income is 1.3 times (25%) higher than Maine's.
California vs Maine Counties
Number of counties
- California has 58 counties, while Maine has 16.
- California's county count is 3.6 times (263%) higher than Maine's.
Biggest county by area
- California's largest county is San Bernardino County at 20,068 square miles; Maine's is Aroostook County at 6,671 square miles.
- San Bernardino County's land area is 3.0 times (201%) larger than Aroostook County's.
Smallest county by area
- California: San Francisco County (47 sq mi) vs Maine: Sagadahoc County (254 sq mi).
- Sagadahoc County's land area is 5.4 times (444%) larger than San Francisco County's.
Most populous county
- California: Los Angeles County (9,757,179 people) vs Maine: Cumberland County (313,809 people).
- Los Angeles County's population is 31.1 times larger than Cumberland County's.
Least populous county
- California: Alpine County (1,099 people) vs Maine: Piscataquis County (17,432 people).
- Piscataquis County's population is 15.9 times larger than Alpine County's.
Richest county
- California: Marin County ($190,891 per capita income) vs Maine: Cumberland County ($90,142).
- Marin County's income is 2.1 times (112%) richer than Cumberland County's.
Poorest county
- California: Trinity County ($42,191 per capita income) vs Maine: Franklin County ($52,725).
- Franklin County's income is 1.2 times (25%) richer than Trinity County's.
California vs Maine Taxes
State income tax
- California has a top income tax rate of 13.3%, while Maine has a top income tax rate of 7.15%.
- California's top rate is 6.15 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- California: 0.71% effective rate vs Maine: 0.91% of home value per year.
- Maine's rate is 0.2 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- California: 9.03% combined state and average local rate vs Maine: 5.5%.
- California's combined rate is 3.53 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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