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Delaware vs Maine Geography
Land area
- Delaware has a land area of 1,949 square miles (5,047 km²), while Maine has 30,845 square miles (79,888 km²).
- Maine's land area is 15.8 times larger than Delaware's.
Total area
- Delaware: 2,489 square miles (6,446 km²) vs Maine: 35,380 square miles (91,634 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Maine's total area is 14.2 times larger than Delaware's.
Length
- Delaware is 98 miles (158 km) long from north to south; Maine is 311 miles (501 km).
- Maine's north-south length is 3.2 times (217%) longer than Delaware's.
Width
- Delaware spans 96 miles (155 km) east to west; Maine spans 203 miles (327 km).
- Maine's east-west width is 2.1 times (111%) wider than Delaware's.
Highest point
- Delaware's highest point is Ebright Azimuth at 450 feet (137 m); Maine's is Mount Katahdin at 5,253 feet (1,601 m).
- Mount Katahdin is 4,803 feet higher than Ebright Azimuth.
Lowest point
- Delaware's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Maine's is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet.
- Both lowest points are at or near sea level.
Delaware vs Maine Population and History
Population
- Delaware has a population of 1,051,917 (2024), while Maine has 1,405,012 (2024).
- Maine's population is 1.3 times (34%) larger than Delaware's.
Population density
- Delaware: 539.9 people per square mile vs Maine: 45.6.
- Delaware's population density is 11.8 times higher than Maine's.
Biggest city
- Delaware's biggest city is Wilmington with 73,176 people; Maine's is Portland with 69,568.
- Wilmington's population is 1.1 times (5%) larger than Portland's.
Largest metro area
- Delaware's largest metropolitan area is Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area (6,330,422 people) vs Maine's Portland-South Portland, ME metro area (571,534).
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area's population is 11.1 times larger than Portland-South Portland, ME metro area's.
History
- Delaware: Admitted to the Union on December 7, 1787, as the 1st state.
- Maine: Admitted to the Union on March 15, 1820, as the 23rd state.
- In its current form, Delaware is the older of the two by 33 years.
Delaware vs Maine Economy
GDP
- Delaware's GDP is $111.0 billion (2024) vs Maine's $99.2 billion.
- Delaware's economic output is 1.1 times (12%) larger than Maine's.
GDP per capita
- Delaware: $105,495 per person vs Maine: $70,586.
- Delaware's GDP per capita is 1.5 times (49%) higher than Maine's.
Average income
- Delaware: $68,061 vs Maine: $68,932 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Delaware and Maine have about the same average income.
Delaware vs Maine Counties
Number of counties
- Delaware has 3 counties, while Maine has 16.
- Maine's county count is 5.3 times (433%) higher than Delaware's.
Biggest county by area
- Delaware's largest county is Sussex County at 936 square miles; Maine's is Aroostook County at 6,671 square miles.
- Aroostook County's land area is 7.1 times (613%) larger than Sussex County's.
Smallest county by area
- Delaware: New Castle County (426 sq mi) vs Maine: Sagadahoc County (254 sq mi).
- New Castle County's land area is 1.7 times (68%) larger than Sagadahoc County's.
Most populous county
- Delaware: New Castle County (588,093 people) vs Maine: Cumberland County (313,809 people).
- New Castle County's population is 1.9 times (87%) larger than Cumberland County's.
Least populous county
- Delaware: Kent County (192,690 people) vs Maine: Piscataquis County (17,432 people).
- Kent County's population is 11.1 times larger than Piscataquis County's.
Richest county
- Delaware: Sussex County ($73,647 per capita income) vs Maine: Cumberland County ($90,142).
- Cumberland County's income is 1.2 times (22%) richer than Sussex County's.
Poorest county
- Delaware: Kent County ($55,474 per capita income) vs Maine: Franklin County ($52,725).
- Kent County's income is 1.1 times (5%) richer than Franklin County's.
Delaware vs Maine Taxes
State income tax
- Delaware has a top income tax rate of 6.6%, while Maine has a top income tax rate of 7.15%.
- Maine's top rate is 0.55 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Delaware: 0.47% effective rate vs Maine: 0.91% of home value per year.
- Maine's rate is 0.44 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Delaware: 0% combined state and average local rate vs Maine: 5.5%.
- Maine's combined rate is 5.5 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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