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Delaware vs Indiana Geography
Land area
- Delaware has a land area of 1,949 square miles (5,047 km²), while Indiana has 35,825 square miles (92,787 km²).
- Indiana's land area is 18.4 times larger than Delaware's.
Total area
- Delaware: 2,489 square miles (6,446 km²) vs Indiana: 36,421 square miles (94,331 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Indiana's total area is 14.6 times larger than Delaware's.
Length
- Delaware is 98 miles (158 km) long from north to south; Indiana is 276 miles (444 km).
- Indiana's north-south length is 2.8 times (182%) longer than Delaware's.
Width
- Delaware spans 96 miles (155 km) east to west; Indiana spans 193 miles (310 km).
- Indiana's east-west width is 2.0 times (101%) wider than Delaware's.
Highest point
- Delaware's highest point is Ebright Azimuth at 450 feet (137 m); Indiana's is Hoosier Hill at 1,255 feet (383 m).
- Hoosier Hill is 805 feet higher than Ebright Azimuth.
Lowest point
- Delaware's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Indiana's is Ohio River at 330 feet.
- Delaware's lowest point is 330 feet lower.
Delaware vs Indiana Population and History
Population
- Delaware has a population of 1,051,917 (2024), while Indiana has 6,924,275 (2024).
- Indiana's population is 6.6 times (558%) larger than Delaware's.
Population density
- Delaware: 539.9 people per square mile vs Indiana: 193.3.
- Delaware's population density is 2.8 times (179%) higher than Indiana's.
Biggest city
- Delaware's biggest city is Wilmington with 73,176 people; Indiana's is Indianapolis with 891,484.
- Indianapolis' population is 12.2 times larger than Wilmington's.
Largest metro area
- Delaware's largest metropolitan area is Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area (6,330,422 people) vs Indiana's Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area (9,408,576).
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area's population is 1.5 times (49%) larger than Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area's.
History
- Delaware: Admitted to the Union on December 7, 1787, as the 1st state.
- Indiana: Admitted to the Union on December 11, 1816, as the 19th state.
- In its current form, Delaware is the older of the two by 29 years.
Delaware vs Indiana Economy
GDP
- Delaware's GDP is $111.0 billion (2024) vs Indiana's $519.5 billion.
- Indiana's economic output is 4.7 times (368%) larger than Delaware's.
GDP per capita
- Delaware: $105,495 per person vs Indiana: $75,028.
- Delaware's GDP per capita is 1.4 times (41%) higher than Indiana's.
Average income
- Delaware: $68,061 vs Indiana: $64,077 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Delaware's average income is 1.1 times (6%) higher than Indiana's.
Delaware vs Indiana Counties
Number of counties
- Delaware has 3 counties, while Indiana has 92.
- Indiana's county count is 30.7 times higher than Delaware's.
Biggest county by area
- Delaware's largest county is Sussex County at 936 square miles; Indiana's is Allen County at 657 square miles.
- Sussex County's land area is 1.4 times (42%) larger than Allen County's.
Smallest county by area
- Delaware: New Castle County (426 sq mi) vs Indiana: Ohio County (86 sq mi).
- New Castle County's land area is 4.9 times (395%) larger than Ohio County's.
Most populous county
- Delaware: New Castle County (588,093 people) vs Indiana: Marion County (981,628 people).
- Marion County's population is 1.7 times (67%) larger than New Castle County's.
Least populous county
- Delaware: Kent County (192,690 people) vs Indiana: Ohio County (5,996 people).
- Kent County's population is 32.1 times larger than Ohio County's.
Richest county
- Delaware: Sussex County ($73,647 per capita income) vs Indiana: Hamilton County ($104,283).
- Hamilton County's income is 1.4 times (42%) richer than Sussex County's.
Poorest county
- Delaware: Kent County ($55,474 per capita income) vs Indiana: Miami County ($44,940).
- Kent County's income is 1.2 times (23%) richer than Miami County's.
Delaware vs Indiana Taxes
State income tax
- Delaware has a top income tax rate of 6.6%, while Indiana has a top income tax rate of 2.95%.
- Delaware's top rate is 3.65 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Delaware: 0.47% effective rate vs Indiana: 0.74% of home value per year.
- Indiana's rate is 0.27 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Delaware: 0% combined state and average local rate vs Indiana: 7%.
- Indiana's combined rate is 7 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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