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Delaware vs Mississippi Geography
Land area
- Delaware has a land area of 1,949 square miles (5,047 km²), while Mississippi has 46,925 square miles (121,534 km²).
- Mississippi's land area is 24.1 times larger than Delaware's.
Total area
- Delaware: 2,489 square miles (6,446 km²) vs Mississippi: 48,436 square miles (125,448 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Mississippi's total area is 19.5 times larger than Delaware's.
Length
- Delaware is 98 miles (158 km) long from north to south; Mississippi is 337 miles (542 km).
- Mississippi's north-south length is 3.4 times (244%) longer than Delaware's.
Width
- Delaware spans 96 miles (155 km) east to west; Mississippi spans 340 miles (547 km).
- Mississippi's east-west width is 3.5 times (254%) wider than Delaware's.
Highest point
- Delaware's highest point is Ebright Azimuth at 450 feet (137 m); Mississippi's is Woodall Mountain at 805 feet (245 m).
- Woodall Mountain is 355 feet higher than Ebright Azimuth.
Lowest point
- Delaware's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Mississippi's is Gulf of Mexico at 0 feet.
- Both lowest points are at or near sea level.
Delaware vs Mississippi Population and History
Population
- Delaware has a population of 1,051,917 (2024), while Mississippi has 2,943,045 (2024).
- Mississippi's population is 2.8 times (180%) larger than Delaware's.
Population density
- Delaware: 539.9 people per square mile vs Mississippi: 62.7.
- Delaware's population density is 8.6 times (761%) higher than Mississippi's.
Biggest city
- Delaware's biggest city is Wilmington with 73,176 people; Mississippi's is Jackson with 141,449.
- Jackson's population is 1.9 times (93%) 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 Mississippi's Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area (1,339,345).
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area's population is 4.7 times (373%) larger than Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area's.
History
- Delaware: Admitted to the Union on December 7, 1787, as the 1st state.
- Mississippi: Admitted to the Union on December 10, 1817, as the 20th state.
- In its current form, Delaware is the older of the two by 30 years.
Delaware vs Mississippi Economy
GDP
- Delaware's GDP is $111.0 billion (2024) vs Mississippi's $158.2 billion.
- Mississippi's economic output is 1.4 times (43%) larger than Delaware's.
GDP per capita
- Delaware: $105,495 per person vs Mississippi: $53,751.
- Delaware's GDP per capita is 2.0 times (96%) higher than Mississippi's.
Average income
- Delaware: $68,061 vs Mississippi: $52,074 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Delaware's average income is 1.3 times (31%) higher than Mississippi's.
Delaware vs Mississippi Counties
Number of counties
- Delaware has 3 counties, while Mississippi has 82.
- Mississippi's county count is 27.3 times higher than Delaware's.
Biggest county by area
- Delaware's largest county is Sussex County at 936 square miles; Mississippi's is Yazoo County at 922 square miles.
- Sussex County and Yazoo County have about the same land area.
Smallest county by area
- Delaware: New Castle County (426 sq mi) vs Mississippi: Alcorn County (400 sq mi).
- New Castle County's land area is 1.1 times (7%) larger than Alcorn County's.
Most populous county
- Delaware: New Castle County (588,093 people) vs Mississippi: Harrison County (213,730 people).
- New Castle County's population is 2.8 times (175%) larger than Harrison County's.
Least populous county
- Delaware: Kent County (192,690 people) vs Mississippi: Issaquena County (1,295 people).
- Kent County's population is 148.8 times larger than Issaquena County's.
Richest county
- Delaware: Sussex County ($73,647 per capita income) vs Mississippi: Madison County ($90,668).
- Madison County's income is 1.2 times (23%) richer than Sussex County's.
Poorest county
- Delaware: Kent County ($55,474 per capita income) vs Mississippi: Issaquena County ($27,264).
- Kent County's income is 2.0 times (103%) richer than Issaquena County's.
Delaware vs Mississippi Taxes
State income tax
- Delaware has a top income tax rate of 6.6%, while Mississippi has a top income tax rate of 4%.
- Delaware's top rate is 2.6 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Delaware: 0.47% effective rate vs Mississippi: 0.65% of home value per year.
- Mississippi's rate is 0.18 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Delaware: 0% combined state and average local rate vs Mississippi: 7.06%.
- Mississippi's combined rate is 7.06 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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