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Delaware vs Tennessee Geography
Land area
- Delaware has a land area of 1,949 square miles (5,047 km²), while Tennessee has 41,224 square miles (106,770 km²).
- Tennessee's land area is 21.2 times larger than Delaware's.
Total area
- Delaware: 2,489 square miles (6,446 km²) vs Tennessee: 42,130 square miles (109,116 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Tennessee's total area is 16.9 times larger than Delaware's.
Length
- Delaware is 98 miles (158 km) long from north to south; Tennessee is 191 miles (308 km).
- Tennessee's north-south length is 1.9 times (95%) longer than Delaware's.
Width
- Delaware spans 96 miles (155 km) east to west; Tennessee spans 497 miles (800 km).
- Tennessee's east-west width is 5.2 times (418%) wider than Delaware's.
Highest point
- Delaware's highest point is Ebright Azimuth at 450 feet (137 m); Tennessee's is Clingmans Dome at 6,624 feet (2,019 m).
- Clingmans Dome is 6,174 feet higher than Ebright Azimuth.
Lowest point
- Delaware's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Tennessee's is Mississippi River at 178 feet.
- Delaware's lowest point is 178 feet lower.
Delaware vs Tennessee Population and History
Population
- Delaware has a population of 1,051,917 (2024), while Tennessee has 7,227,750 (2024).
- Tennessee's population is 6.9 times (587%) larger than Delaware's.
Population density
- Delaware: 539.9 people per square mile vs Tennessee: 175.3.
- Delaware's population density is 3.1 times (208%) higher than Tennessee's.
Biggest city
- Delaware's biggest city is Wilmington with 73,176 people; Tennessee's is Nashville with 704,963.
- Nashville's population is 9.6 times (863%) 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 Tennessee's Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN metro area (2,150,553).
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area's population is 2.9 times (194%) larger than Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN metro area's.
History
- Delaware: Admitted to the Union on December 7, 1787, as the 1st state.
- Tennessee: Admitted to the Union on June 1, 1796, as the 16th state.
- In its current form, Delaware is the older of the two by 9 years.
Delaware vs Tennessee Economy
GDP
- Delaware's GDP is $111.0 billion (2024) vs Tennessee's $561.2 billion.
- Tennessee's economic output is 5.1 times (406%) larger than Delaware's.
GDP per capita
- Delaware: $105,495 per person vs Tennessee: $77,645.
- Delaware's GDP per capita is 1.4 times (36%) higher than Tennessee's.
Average income
- Delaware: $68,061 vs Tennessee: $66,504 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Delaware and Tennessee have about the same average income.
Delaware vs Tennessee Counties
Number of counties
- Delaware has 3 counties, while Tennessee has 95.
- Tennessee's county count is 31.7 times higher than Delaware's.
Biggest county by area
- Delaware's largest county is Sussex County at 936 square miles; Tennessee's is Shelby County at 753 square miles.
- Sussex County's land area is 1.2 times (24%) larger than Shelby County's.
Smallest county by area
- Delaware: New Castle County (426 sq mi) vs Tennessee: Trousdale County (114 sq mi).
- New Castle County's land area is 3.7 times (273%) larger than Trousdale County's.
Most populous county
- Delaware: New Castle County (588,093 people) vs Tennessee: Shelby County (910,530 people).
- Shelby County's population is 1.5 times (55%) larger than New Castle County's.
Least populous county
- Delaware: Kent County (192,690 people) vs Tennessee: Pickett County (5,108 people).
- Kent County's population is 37.7 times larger than Pickett County's.
Richest county
- Delaware: Sussex County ($73,647 per capita income) vs Tennessee: Williamson County ($139,704).
- Williamson County's income is 1.9 times (90%) richer than Sussex County's.
Poorest county
- Delaware: Kent County ($55,474 per capita income) vs Tennessee: Lake County ($31,572).
- Kent County's income is 1.8 times (76%) richer than Lake County's.
Delaware vs Tennessee Taxes
State income tax
- Delaware has a top income tax rate of 6.6%, while Tennessee has no state income tax.
- Delaware's top rate is 6.6 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Delaware: 0.47% effective rate vs Tennessee: 0.45% of home value per year.
- Delaware's rate is 0.02 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Delaware: 0% combined state and average local rate vs Tennessee: 9.61%.
- Tennessee's combined rate is 9.61 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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