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District of Columbia vs Minnesota Geography
Land area
- District of Columbia has a land area of 61 square miles (158 km²), while Minnesota has 79,632 square miles (206,245 km²).
- Minnesota's land area is 1,305.3 times larger than District of Columbia's.
Total area
- District of Columbia: 68 square miles (177 km²) vs Minnesota: 86,943 square miles (225,182 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Minnesota's total area is 1,272.2 times larger than District of Columbia's.
Length
- District of Columbia is 13 miles (22 km) long from north to south; Minnesota is 408 miles (657 km).
- Minnesota's north-south length is 31.4 times longer than District of Columbia's.
Width
- District of Columbia spans 12 miles (19 km) east to west; Minnesota spans 360 miles (580 km).
- Minnesota's east-west width is 30.0 times wider than District of Columbia's.
Highest point
- District of Columbia's highest point is Fort Reno at 429 feet (131 m); Minnesota's is Eagle Mountain at 2,292 feet (699 m).
- Eagle Mountain is 1,863 feet higher than Fort Reno.
Lowest point
- District of Columbia's lowest point is Potomac River at 0 feet; Minnesota's is Lake Superior at 601 feet.
- District of Columbia's lowest point is 601 feet lower.
District of Columbia vs Minnesota Population and History
Population
- District of Columbia has a population of 702,250 (2024), while Minnesota has 5,793,151 (2024).
- Minnesota's population is 8.2 times (725%) larger than District of Columbia's.
Population density
- District of Columbia: 11,493.5 people per square mile vs Minnesota: 72.7.
- District of Columbia's population density is 158.1 times higher than Minnesota's.
Biggest city
- District of Columbia's biggest city is Washington with 702,250 people; Minnesota's is Minneapolis with 428,579.
- Washington's population is 1.6 times (64%) larger than Minneapolis'.
Largest metro area
- District of Columbia's largest metropolitan area is Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area (6,436,489 people) vs Minnesota's Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area (3,757,952).
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area's population is 1.7 times (71%) larger than Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area's.
History
- District of Columbia: The federal district, established by the Residence Act on July 16, 1790; not a state.
- Minnesota: Admitted to the Union on May 11, 1858, as the 32nd state.
- In its current form, District of Columbia is the older of the two by 68 years.
District of Columbia vs Minnesota Economy
GDP
- District of Columbia's GDP is $184.3 billion (2024) vs Minnesota's $507.7 billion.
- Minnesota's economic output is 2.8 times (175%) larger than District of Columbia's.
GDP per capita
- District of Columbia: $262,439 per person vs Minnesota: $87,636.
- District of Columbia's GDP per capita is 3.0 times (199%) higher than Minnesota's.
Average income
- District of Columbia: $111,185 vs Minnesota: $75,603 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- District of Columbia's average income is 1.5 times (47%) higher than Minnesota's.
District of Columbia vs Minnesota Counties
Number of counties
- District of Columbia has 1 counties, while Minnesota has 87.
- Minnesota's county count is 87.0 times higher than District of Columbia's.
Biggest county by area
- District of Columbia's largest county is District of Columbia at 61 square miles; Minnesota's is St. Louis County at 6,248 square miles.
- St. Louis County's land area is 102.3 times larger than District of Columbia's.
Smallest county by area
- District of Columbia: District of Columbia (61 sq mi) vs Minnesota: Ramsey County (152 sq mi).
- Ramsey County's land area is 2.5 times (149%) larger than District of Columbia's.
Most populous county
- District of Columbia: District of Columbia (702,250 people) vs Minnesota: Hennepin County (1,273,334 people).
- Hennepin County's population is 1.8 times (81%) larger than District of Columbia's.
Least populous county
- District of Columbia: District of Columbia (702,250 people) vs Minnesota: Traverse County (3,134 people).
- District of Columbia's population is 224.1 times larger than Traverse County's.
Richest county
- District of Columbia: District of Columbia ($111,185 per capita income) vs Minnesota: Hennepin County ($100,352).
- District of Columbia's income is 1.1 times (11%) richer than Hennepin County's.
Poorest county
- District of Columbia: District of Columbia ($111,185 per capita income) vs Minnesota: Pine County ($48,677).
- District of Columbia's income is 2.3 times (128%) richer than Pine County's.
District of Columbia vs Minnesota Taxes
State income tax
- District of Columbia has a top income tax rate of 10.75%, while Minnesota has a top income tax rate of 9.85%.
- District of Columbia's top rate is 0.9 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- District of Columbia: 0.63% effective rate vs Minnesota: 1.02% of home value per year.
- Minnesota's rate is 0.39 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- District of Columbia: 6% combined state and average local rate vs Minnesota: 8.14%.
- Minnesota's combined rate is 2.14 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
District of Columbia official website · Minnesota official website
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