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Delaware vs New Mexico Geography
Land area
- Delaware has a land area of 1,949 square miles (5,047 km²), while New Mexico has 121,313 square miles (314,198 km²).
- New Mexico's land area is 62.3 times larger than Delaware's.
Total area
- Delaware: 2,489 square miles (6,446 km²) vs New Mexico: 121,593 square miles (314,925 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- New Mexico's total area is 48.9 times larger than Delaware's.
Length
- Delaware is 98 miles (158 km) long from north to south; New Mexico is 395 miles (635 km).
- New Mexico's north-south length is 4.0 times (303%) longer than Delaware's.
Width
- Delaware spans 96 miles (155 km) east to west; New Mexico spans 498 miles (801 km).
- New Mexico's east-west width is 5.2 times (419%) wider than Delaware's.
Highest point
- Delaware's highest point is Ebright Azimuth at 450 feet (137 m); New Mexico's is Wheeler Peak at 13,150 feet (4,008 m).
- Wheeler Peak is 12,700 feet higher than Ebright Azimuth.
Lowest point
- Delaware's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; New Mexico's is Red Bluff Reservoir at 2,842 feet.
- Delaware's lowest point is 2,842 feet lower.
Delaware vs New Mexico Population and History
Population
- Delaware has a population of 1,051,917 (2024), while New Mexico has 2,130,256 (2024).
- New Mexico's population is 2.0 times (103%) larger than Delaware's.
Population density
- Delaware: 539.9 people per square mile vs New Mexico: 17.6.
- Delaware's population density is 30.7 times higher than New Mexico's.
Biggest city
- Delaware's biggest city is Wilmington with 73,176 people; New Mexico's is Albuquerque with 560,326.
- Albuquerque's population is 7.7 times (666%) 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 New Mexico's Albuquerque, NM metro area (926,303).
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area's population is 6.8 times (583%) larger than Albuquerque, NM metro area's.
History
- Delaware: Admitted to the Union on December 7, 1787, as the 1st state.
- New Mexico: Admitted to the Union on January 6, 1912, as the 47th state.
- In its current form, Delaware is the older of the two by 125 years.
Delaware vs New Mexico Economy
GDP
- Delaware's GDP is $111.0 billion (2024) vs New Mexico's $147.1 billion.
- New Mexico's economic output is 1.3 times (33%) larger than Delaware's.
GDP per capita
- Delaware: $105,495 per person vs New Mexico: $69,046.
- Delaware's GDP per capita is 1.5 times (53%) higher than New Mexico's.
Average income
- Delaware: $68,061 vs New Mexico: $58,249 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Delaware's average income is 1.2 times (17%) higher than New Mexico's.
Delaware vs New Mexico Counties
Number of counties
- Delaware has 3 counties, while New Mexico has 33.
- New Mexico's county count is 11.0 times higher than Delaware's.
Biggest county by area
- Delaware's largest county is Sussex County at 936 square miles; New Mexico's is Catron County at 6,924 square miles.
- Catron County's land area is 7.4 times (640%) larger than Sussex County's.
Smallest county by area
- Delaware: New Castle County (426 sq mi) vs New Mexico: Los Alamos County (109 sq mi).
- New Castle County's land area is 3.9 times (291%) larger than Los Alamos County's.
Most populous county
- Delaware: New Castle County (588,093 people) vs New Mexico: Bernalillo County (671,747 people).
- Bernalillo County's population is 1.1 times (14%) larger than New Castle County's.
Least populous county
- Delaware: Kent County (192,690 people) vs New Mexico: Harding County (635 people).
- Kent County's population is 303.4 times larger than Harding County's.
Richest county
- Delaware: Sussex County ($73,647 per capita income) vs New Mexico: Los Alamos County ($98,378).
- Los Alamos County's income is 1.3 times (34%) richer than Sussex County's.
Poorest county
- Delaware: Kent County ($55,474 per capita income) vs New Mexico: Cibola County ($36,397).
- Kent County's income is 1.5 times (52%) richer than Cibola County's.
Delaware vs New Mexico Taxes
State income tax
- Delaware has a top income tax rate of 6.6%, while New Mexico has a top income tax rate of 5.9%.
- Delaware's top rate is 0.7 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Delaware: 0.47% effective rate vs New Mexico: 0.63% of home value per year.
- New Mexico's rate is 0.16 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Delaware: 0% combined state and average local rate vs New Mexico: 7.68%.
- New Mexico's combined rate is 7.68 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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