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California vs Nebraska Geography
Land area
- California has a land area of 155,859 square miles (403,673 km²), while Nebraska has 76,815 square miles (198,950 km²).
- California's land area is 2.0 times (103%) larger than Nebraska's.
Total area
- California: 163,694 square miles (423,965 km²) vs Nebraska: 77,347 square miles (200,329 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- California's total area is 2.1 times (112%) larger than Nebraska's.
Length
- California is 761 miles (1,224 km) long from north to south; Nebraska is 497 miles (800 km).
- California's north-south length is 1.5 times (53%) longer than Nebraska's.
Width
- California spans 706 miles (1,137 km) east to west; Nebraska spans 464 miles (747 km).
- California's east-west width is 1.5 times (52%) wider than Nebraska's.
Highest point
- California's highest point is Mount Whitney at 14,484 feet (4,415 m); Nebraska's is Panorama Point at 5,428 feet (1,654 m).
- Mount Whitney is 9,056 feet higher than Panorama Point.
Lowest point
- California's lowest point is Death Valley at -279 feet; Nebraska's is Missouri River at 840 feet.
- California's lowest point is 1,119 feet lower.
California vs Nebraska Population and History
Population
- California has a population of 39,431,263 (2024), while Nebraska has 2,005,465 (2024).
- California's population is 19.7 times larger than Nebraska's.
Population density
- California: 253.0 people per square mile vs Nebraska: 26.1.
- California's population density is 9.7 times (869%) higher than Nebraska's.
Biggest city
- California's biggest city is Los Angeles with 3,878,704 people; Nebraska's is Omaha with 489,265.
- Los Angeles' population is 7.9 times (693%) larger than Omaha's.
Largest metro area
- California's largest metropolitan area is Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area (12,927,614 people) vs Nebraska's Omaha, NE-IA metro area (1,001,010).
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area's population is 12.9 times larger than Omaha, NE-IA metro area's.
History
- California: Admitted to the Union on September 9, 1850, as the 31st state.
- Nebraska: Admitted to the Union on March 1, 1867, as the 37th state.
- In its current form, California is the older of the two by 17 years.
California vs Nebraska Economy
GDP
- California's GDP is $4,048.1 billion (2024) vs Nebraska's $189.2 billion.
- California's economic output is 21.4 times larger than Nebraska's.
GDP per capita
- California: $102,662 per person vs Nebraska: $94,363.
- California's GDP per capita is 1.1 times (9%) higher than Nebraska's.
Average income
- California: $86,232 vs Nebraska: $72,701 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- California's average income is 1.2 times (19%) higher than Nebraska's.
California vs Nebraska Counties
Number of counties
- California has 58 counties, while Nebraska has 93.
- Nebraska's county count is 1.6 times (60%) higher than California's.
Biggest county by area
- California's largest county is San Bernardino County at 20,068 square miles; Nebraska's is Cherry County at 5,960 square miles.
- San Bernardino County's land area is 3.4 times (237%) larger than Cherry County's.
Smallest county by area
- California: San Francisco County (47 sq mi) vs Nebraska: Sarpy County (238 sq mi).
- Sarpy County's land area is 5.1 times (410%) larger than San Francisco County's.
Most populous county
- California: Los Angeles County (9,757,179 people) vs Nebraska: Douglas County (601,158 people).
- Los Angeles County's population is 16.2 times larger than Douglas County's.
Least populous county
- California: Alpine County (1,099 people) vs Nebraska: McPherson County (376 people).
- Alpine County's population is 2.9 times (192%) larger than McPherson County's.
Richest county
- California: Marin County ($190,891 per capita income) vs Nebraska: Pierce County ($112,729).
- Marin County's income is 1.7 times (69%) richer than Pierce County's.
Poorest county
- California: Trinity County ($42,191 per capita income) vs Nebraska: Johnson County ($45,756).
- Johnson County's income is 1.1 times (8%) richer than Trinity County's.
California vs Nebraska Taxes
State income tax
- California has a top income tax rate of 13.3%, while Nebraska has a top income tax rate of 4.55%.
- California's top rate is 8.75 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- California: 0.71% effective rate vs Nebraska: 1.42% of home value per year.
- Nebraska's rate is 0.71 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- California: 9.03% combined state and average local rate vs Nebraska: 6.98%.
- California's combined rate is 2.05 percentage points higher.
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