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Delaware vs Nevada Geography
Land area
- Delaware has a land area of 1,949 square miles (5,047 km²), while Nevada has 109,860 square miles (284,537 km²).
- Nevada's land area is 56.4 times larger than Delaware's.
Total area
- Delaware: 2,489 square miles (6,446 km²) vs Nevada: 110,571 square miles (286,377 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Nevada's total area is 44.4 times larger than Delaware's.
Length
- Delaware is 98 miles (158 km) long from north to south; Nevada is 484 miles (780 km).
- Nevada's north-south length is 4.9 times (394%) longer than Delaware's.
Width
- Delaware spans 96 miles (155 km) east to west; Nevada spans 469 miles (755 km).
- Nevada's east-west width is 4.9 times (389%) wider than Delaware's.
Highest point
- Delaware's highest point is Ebright Azimuth at 450 feet (137 m); Nevada's is Boundary Peak at 13,115 feet (3,997 m).
- Boundary Peak is 12,665 feet higher than Ebright Azimuth.
Lowest point
- Delaware's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Nevada's is Colorado River at 481 feet.
- Delaware's lowest point is 481 feet lower.
Delaware vs Nevada Population and History
Population
- Delaware has a population of 1,051,917 (2024), while Nevada has 3,267,467 (2024).
- Nevada's population is 3.1 times (211%) larger than Delaware's.
Population density
- Delaware: 539.9 people per square mile vs Nevada: 29.7.
- Delaware's population density is 18.2 times higher than Nevada's.
Biggest city
- Delaware's biggest city is Wilmington with 73,176 people; Nevada's is Las Vegas with 678,922.
- Las Vegas' population is 9.3 times (828%) 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 Nevada's Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area (2,398,871).
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area's population is 2.6 times (164%) larger than Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area's.
History
- Delaware: Admitted to the Union on December 7, 1787, as the 1st state.
- Nevada: Admitted to the Union on October 31, 1864, as the 36th state.
- In its current form, Delaware is the older of the two by 77 years.
Delaware vs Nevada Economy
GDP
- Delaware's GDP is $111.0 billion (2024) vs Nevada's $269.0 billion.
- Nevada's economic output is 2.4 times (142%) larger than Delaware's.
GDP per capita
- Delaware: $105,495 per person vs Nevada: $82,330.
- Delaware's GDP per capita is 1.3 times (28%) higher than Nevada's.
Average income
- Delaware: $68,061 vs Nevada: $69,805 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Delaware and Nevada have about the same average income.
Delaware vs Nevada Counties
Number of counties
- Delaware has 3 counties, while Nevada has 17.
- Nevada's county count is 5.7 times (467%) higher than Delaware's.
Biggest county by area
- Delaware's largest county is Sussex County at 936 square miles; Nevada's is Nye County at 18,182 square miles.
- Nye County's land area is 19.4 times larger than Sussex County's.
Smallest county by area
- Delaware: New Castle County (426 sq mi) vs Nevada: Carson City (145 sq mi).
- New Castle County's land area is 3.0 times (195%) larger than Carson City's.
Most populous county
- Delaware: New Castle County (588,093 people) vs Nevada: Clark County (2,398,871 people).
- Clark County's population is 4.1 times (308%) larger than New Castle County's.
Least populous county
- Delaware: Kent County (192,690 people) vs Nevada: Esmeralda County (720 people).
- Kent County's population is 267.6 times larger than Esmeralda County's.
Richest county
- Delaware: Sussex County ($73,647 per capita income) vs Nevada: Douglas County ($109,486).
- Douglas County's income is 1.5 times (49%) richer than Sussex County's.
Poorest county
- Delaware: Kent County ($55,474 per capita income) vs Nevada: Pershing County ($45,906).
- Kent County's income is 1.2 times (21%) richer than Pershing County's.
Delaware vs Nevada Taxes
State income tax
- Delaware has a top income tax rate of 6.6%, while Nevada has no state income tax.
- Delaware's top rate is 6.6 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Delaware: 0.47% effective rate vs Nevada: 0.47% of home value per year.
- The two are essentially equal.
Sales tax
- Delaware: 0% combined state and average local rate vs Nevada: 8.24%.
- Nevada's combined rate is 8.24 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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