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Delaware vs Nebraska Geography
Land area
- Delaware has a land area of 1,949 square miles (5,047 km²), while Nebraska has 76,815 square miles (198,950 km²).
- Nebraska's land area is 39.4 times larger than Delaware's.
Total area
- Delaware: 2,489 square miles (6,446 km²) vs Nebraska: 77,347 square miles (200,329 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Nebraska's total area is 31.1 times larger than Delaware's.
Length
- Delaware is 98 miles (158 km) long from north to south; Nebraska is 497 miles (800 km).
- Nebraska's north-south length is 5.1 times (407%) longer than Delaware's.
Width
- Delaware spans 96 miles (155 km) east to west; Nebraska spans 464 miles (747 km).
- Nebraska's east-west width is 4.8 times (383%) wider than Delaware's.
Highest point
- Delaware's highest point is Ebright Azimuth at 450 feet (137 m); Nebraska's is Panorama Point at 5,428 feet (1,654 m).
- Panorama Point is 4,978 feet higher than Ebright Azimuth.
Lowest point
- Delaware's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Nebraska's is Missouri River at 840 feet.
- Delaware's lowest point is 840 feet lower.
Delaware vs Nebraska Population and History
Population
- Delaware has a population of 1,051,917 (2024), while Nebraska has 2,005,465 (2024).
- Nebraska's population is 1.9 times (91%) larger than Delaware's.
Population density
- Delaware: 539.9 people per square mile vs Nebraska: 26.1.
- Delaware's population density is 20.7 times higher than Nebraska's.
Biggest city
- Delaware's biggest city is Wilmington with 73,176 people; Nebraska's is Omaha with 489,265.
- Omaha's population is 6.7 times (569%) 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 Nebraska's Omaha, NE-IA metro area (1,001,010).
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area's population is 6.3 times (532%) larger than Omaha, NE-IA metro area's.
History
- Delaware: Admitted to the Union on December 7, 1787, as the 1st state.
- Nebraska: Admitted to the Union on March 1, 1867, as the 37th state.
- In its current form, Delaware is the older of the two by 80 years.
Delaware vs Nebraska Economy
GDP
- Delaware's GDP is $111.0 billion (2024) vs Nebraska's $189.2 billion.
- Nebraska's economic output is 1.7 times (70%) larger than Delaware's.
GDP per capita
- Delaware: $105,495 per person vs Nebraska: $94,363.
- Delaware's GDP per capita is 1.1 times (12%) higher than Nebraska's.
Average income
- Delaware: $68,061 vs Nebraska: $72,701 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Nebraska's average income is 1.1 times (7%) higher than Delaware's.
Delaware vs Nebraska Counties
Number of counties
- Delaware has 3 counties, while Nebraska has 93.
- Nebraska's county count is 31.0 times higher than Delaware's.
Biggest county by area
- Delaware's largest county is Sussex County at 936 square miles; Nebraska's is Cherry County at 5,960 square miles.
- Cherry County's land area is 6.4 times (537%) larger than Sussex County's.
Smallest county by area
- Delaware: New Castle County (426 sq mi) vs Nebraska: Sarpy County (238 sq mi).
- New Castle County's land area is 1.8 times (79%) larger than Sarpy County's.
Most populous county
- Delaware: New Castle County (588,093 people) vs Nebraska: Douglas County (601,158 people).
- New Castle County and Douglas County have about the same population.
Least populous county
- Delaware: Kent County (192,690 people) vs Nebraska: McPherson County (376 people).
- Kent County's population is 512.5 times larger than McPherson County's.
Richest county
- Delaware: Sussex County ($73,647 per capita income) vs Nebraska: Pierce County ($112,729).
- Pierce County's income is 1.5 times (53%) richer than Sussex County's.
Poorest county
- Delaware: Kent County ($55,474 per capita income) vs Nebraska: Johnson County ($45,756).
- Kent County's income is 1.2 times (21%) richer than Johnson County's.
Delaware vs Nebraska Taxes
State income tax
- Delaware has a top income tax rate of 6.6%, while Nebraska has a top income tax rate of 4.55%.
- Delaware's top rate is 2.05 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Delaware: 0.47% effective rate vs Nebraska: 1.42% of home value per year.
- Nebraska's rate is 0.95 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Delaware: 0% combined state and average local rate vs Nebraska: 6.98%.
- Nebraska's combined rate is 6.98 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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