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Delaware vs Missouri Geography
Land area
- Delaware has a land area of 1,949 square miles (5,047 km²), while Missouri has 68,746 square miles (178,052 km²).
- Missouri's land area is 35.3 times larger than Delaware's.
Total area
- Delaware: 2,489 square miles (6,446 km²) vs Missouri: 69,707 square miles (180,540 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Missouri's total area is 28.0 times larger than Delaware's.
Length
- Delaware is 98 miles (158 km) long from north to south; Missouri is 328 miles (529 km).
- Missouri's north-south length is 3.3 times (235%) longer than Delaware's.
Width
- Delaware spans 96 miles (155 km) east to west; Missouri spans 437 miles (703 km).
- Missouri's east-west width is 4.6 times (355%) wider than Delaware's.
Highest point
- Delaware's highest point is Ebright Azimuth at 450 feet (137 m); Missouri's is Taum Sauk Mountain at 1,771 feet (540 m).
- Taum Sauk Mountain is 1,321 feet higher than Ebright Azimuth.
Lowest point
- Delaware's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Missouri's is St. Francis River at 230 feet.
- Delaware's lowest point is 230 feet lower.
Delaware vs Missouri Population and History
Population
- Delaware has a population of 1,051,917 (2024), while Missouri has 6,245,466 (2024).
- Missouri's population is 5.9 times (494%) larger than Delaware's.
Population density
- Delaware: 539.9 people per square mile vs Missouri: 90.8.
- Delaware's population density is 5.9 times (495%) higher than Missouri's.
Biggest city
- Delaware's biggest city is Wilmington with 73,176 people; Missouri's is Kansas City with 516,032.
- Kansas City's population is 7.1 times (605%) 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 Missouri's St. Louis, MO-IL metro area (2,811,927).
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area's population is 2.3 times (125%) larger than St. Louis, MO-IL metro area's.
History
- Delaware: Admitted to the Union on December 7, 1787, as the 1st state.
- Missouri: Admitted to the Union on August 10, 1821, as the 24th state.
- In its current form, Delaware is the older of the two by 34 years.
Delaware vs Missouri Economy
GDP
- Delaware's GDP is $111.0 billion (2024) vs Missouri's $448.7 billion.
- Missouri's economic output is 4.0 times (304%) larger than Delaware's.
GDP per capita
- Delaware: $105,495 per person vs Missouri: $71,846.
- Delaware's GDP per capita is 1.5 times (47%) higher than Missouri's.
Average income
- Delaware: $68,061 vs Missouri: $64,920 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Delaware's average income is 1.0 times (5%) higher than Missouri's.
Delaware vs Missouri Counties
Number of counties
- Delaware has 3 counties, while Missouri has 115.
- Missouri's county count is 38.3 times higher than Delaware's.
Biggest county by area
- Delaware's largest county is Sussex County at 936 square miles; Missouri's is Texas County at 1,177 square miles.
- Texas County's land area is 1.3 times (26%) larger than Sussex County's.
Smallest county by area
- Delaware: New Castle County (426 sq mi) vs Missouri: St. Louis city (62 sq mi).
- New Castle County's land area is 6.9 times (591%) larger than St. Louis city's.
Most populous county
- Delaware: New Castle County (588,093 people) vs Missouri: St. Louis County (992,929 people).
- St. Louis County's population is 1.7 times (69%) larger than New Castle County's.
Least populous county
- Delaware: Kent County (192,690 people) vs Missouri: Worth County (1,872 people).
- Kent County's population is 102.9 times larger than Worth County's.
Richest county
- Delaware: Sussex County ($73,647 per capita income) vs Missouri: St. Louis County ($104,775).
- St. Louis County's income is 1.4 times (42%) richer than Sussex County's.
Poorest county
- Delaware: Kent County ($55,474 per capita income) vs Missouri: Douglas County ($40,515).
- Kent County's income is 1.4 times (37%) richer than Douglas County's.
Delaware vs Missouri Taxes
State income tax
- Delaware has a top income tax rate of 6.6%, while Missouri has a top income tax rate of 4.7%.
- Delaware's top rate is 1.9 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Delaware: 0.47% effective rate vs Missouri: 0.79% of home value per year.
- Missouri's rate is 0.32 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Delaware: 0% combined state and average local rate vs Missouri: 8.44%.
- Missouri's combined rate is 8.44 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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