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Delaware vs North Dakota Geography
Land area
- Delaware has a land area of 1,949 square miles (5,047 km²), while North Dakota has 68,994 square miles (178,694 km²).
- North Dakota's land area is 35.4 times larger than Delaware's.
Total area
- Delaware: 2,489 square miles (6,446 km²) vs North Dakota: 70,699 square miles (183,109 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- North Dakota's total area is 28.4 times larger than Delaware's.
Length
- Delaware is 98 miles (158 km) long from north to south; North Dakota is 338 miles (544 km).
- North Dakota's north-south length is 3.4 times (245%) longer than Delaware's.
Width
- Delaware spans 96 miles (155 km) east to west; North Dakota spans 408 miles (657 km).
- North Dakota's east-west width is 4.3 times (325%) wider than Delaware's.
Highest point
- Delaware's highest point is Ebright Azimuth at 450 feet (137 m); North Dakota's is White Butte at 3,500 feet (1,067 m).
- White Butte is 3,050 feet higher than Ebright Azimuth.
Lowest point
- Delaware's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; North Dakota's is Red River of the North at 754 feet.
- Delaware's lowest point is 754 feet lower.
Delaware vs North Dakota Population and History
Population
- Delaware has a population of 1,051,917 (2024), while North Dakota has 796,568 (2024).
- Delaware's population is 1.3 times (32%) larger than North Dakota's.
Population density
- Delaware: 539.9 people per square mile vs North Dakota: 11.5.
- Delaware's population density is 46.9 times higher than North Dakota's.
Biggest city
- Delaware's biggest city is Wilmington with 73,176 people; North Dakota's is Fargo with 136,285.
- Fargo's population is 1.9 times (86%) 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 North Dakota's Fargo, ND-MN metro area (267,793).
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area's population is 23.6 times larger than Fargo, ND-MN metro area's.
History
- Delaware: Admitted to the Union on December 7, 1787, as the 1st state.
- North Dakota: Admitted to the Union on November 2, 1889, as the 39th state.
- In its current form, Delaware is the older of the two by 102 years.
Delaware vs North Dakota Economy
GDP
- Delaware's GDP is $111.0 billion (2024) vs North Dakota's $80.1 billion.
- Delaware's economic output is 1.4 times (39%) larger than North Dakota's.
GDP per capita
- Delaware: $105,495 per person vs North Dakota: $100,504.
- Delaware's GDP per capita is 1.0 times (5%) higher than North Dakota's.
Average income
- Delaware: $68,061 vs North Dakota: $71,749 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- North Dakota's average income is 1.1 times (5%) higher than Delaware's.
Delaware vs North Dakota Counties
Number of counties
- Delaware has 3 counties, while North Dakota has 53.
- North Dakota's county count is 17.7 times higher than Delaware's.
Biggest county by area
- Delaware's largest county is Sussex County at 936 square miles; North Dakota's is McKenzie County at 2,760 square miles.
- McKenzie County's land area is 2.9 times (195%) larger than Sussex County's.
Smallest county by area
- Delaware: New Castle County (426 sq mi) vs North Dakota: Eddy County (630 sq mi).
- Eddy County's land area is 1.5 times (48%) larger than New Castle County's.
Most populous county
- Delaware: New Castle County (588,093 people) vs North Dakota: Cass County (200,945 people).
- New Castle County's population is 2.9 times (193%) larger than Cass County's.
Least populous county
- Delaware: Kent County (192,690 people) vs North Dakota: Slope County (660 people).
- Kent County's population is 292.0 times larger than Slope County's.
Richest county
- Delaware: Sussex County ($73,647 per capita income) vs North Dakota: Dunn County ($99,793).
- Dunn County's income is 1.4 times (36%) richer than Sussex County's.
Poorest county
- Delaware: Kent County ($55,474 per capita income) vs North Dakota: Sioux County ($33,782).
- Kent County's income is 1.6 times (64%) richer than Sioux County's.
Delaware vs North Dakota Taxes
State income tax
- Delaware has a top income tax rate of 6.6%, while North Dakota has a top income tax rate of 2.5%.
- Delaware's top rate is 4.1 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Delaware: 0.47% effective rate vs North Dakota: 0.96% of home value per year.
- North Dakota's rate is 0.49 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Delaware: 0% combined state and average local rate vs North Dakota: 7.09%.
- North Dakota's combined rate is 7.09 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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