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District of Columbia vs Nebraska Geography
Land area
- District of Columbia has a land area of 61 square miles (158 km²), while Nebraska has 76,815 square miles (198,950 km²).
- Nebraska's land area is 1,259.2 times larger than District of Columbia's.
Total area
- District of Columbia: 68 square miles (177 km²) vs Nebraska: 77,347 square miles (200,329 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Nebraska's total area is 1,131.8 times larger than District of Columbia's.
Length
- District of Columbia is 13 miles (22 km) long from north to south; Nebraska is 497 miles (800 km).
- Nebraska's north-south length is 38.2 times longer than District of Columbia's.
Width
- District of Columbia spans 12 miles (19 km) east to west; Nebraska spans 464 miles (747 km).
- Nebraska's east-west width is 38.7 times wider than District of Columbia's.
Highest point
- District of Columbia's highest point is Fort Reno at 429 feet (131 m); Nebraska's is Panorama Point at 5,428 feet (1,654 m).
- Panorama Point is 4,999 feet higher than Fort Reno.
Lowest point
- District of Columbia's lowest point is Potomac River at 0 feet; Nebraska's is Missouri River at 840 feet.
- District of Columbia's lowest point is 840 feet lower.
District of Columbia vs Nebraska Population and History
Population
- District of Columbia has a population of 702,250 (2024), while Nebraska has 2,005,465 (2024).
- Nebraska's population is 2.9 times (186%) larger than District of Columbia's.
Population density
- District of Columbia: 11,493.5 people per square mile vs Nebraska: 26.1.
- District of Columbia's population density is 440.4 times higher than Nebraska's.
Biggest city
- District of Columbia's biggest city is Washington with 702,250 people; Nebraska's is Omaha with 489,265.
- Washington's population is 1.4 times (44%) larger than Omaha's.
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 Nebraska's Omaha, NE-IA metro area (1,001,010).
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area's population is 6.4 times (543%) larger than Omaha, NE-IA metro area's.
History
- District of Columbia: The federal district, established by the Residence Act on July 16, 1790; not a state.
- Nebraska: Admitted to the Union on March 1, 1867, as the 37th state.
- In its current form, District of Columbia is the older of the two by 77 years.
District of Columbia vs Nebraska Economy
GDP
- District of Columbia's GDP is $184.3 billion (2024) vs Nebraska's $189.2 billion.
- District of Columbia and Nebraska have about the same economic output.
GDP per capita
- District of Columbia: $262,439 per person vs Nebraska: $94,363.
- District of Columbia's GDP per capita is 2.8 times (178%) higher than Nebraska's.
Average income
- District of Columbia: $111,185 vs Nebraska: $72,701 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- District of Columbia's average income is 1.5 times (53%) higher than Nebraska's.
District of Columbia vs Nebraska Counties
Number of counties
- District of Columbia has 1 counties, while Nebraska has 93.
- Nebraska's county count is 93.0 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; Nebraska's is Cherry County at 5,960 square miles.
- Cherry County's land area is 97.5 times larger than District of Columbia's.
Smallest county by area
- District of Columbia: District of Columbia (61 sq mi) vs Nebraska: Sarpy County (238 sq mi).
- Sarpy County's land area is 3.9 times (290%) larger than District of Columbia's.
Most populous county
- District of Columbia: District of Columbia (702,250 people) vs Nebraska: Douglas County (601,158 people).
- District of Columbia's population is 1.2 times (17%) larger than Douglas County's.
Least populous county
- District of Columbia: District of Columbia (702,250 people) vs Nebraska: McPherson County (376 people).
- District of Columbia's population is 1,867.7 times larger than McPherson County's.
Richest county
- District of Columbia: District of Columbia ($111,185 per capita income) vs Nebraska: Pierce County ($112,729).
- District of Columbia and Pierce County have about the same income.
Poorest county
- District of Columbia: District of Columbia ($111,185 per capita income) vs Nebraska: Johnson County ($45,756).
- District of Columbia's income is 2.4 times (143%) richer than Johnson County's.
District of Columbia vs Nebraska Taxes
State income tax
- District of Columbia has a top income tax rate of 10.75%, while Nebraska has a top income tax rate of 4.55%.
- District of Columbia's top rate is 6.2 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- District of Columbia: 0.63% effective rate vs Nebraska: 1.42% of home value per year.
- Nebraska's rate is 0.79 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- District of Columbia: 6% combined state and average local rate vs Nebraska: 6.98%.
- Nebraska's combined rate is 0.98 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
District of Columbia official website · Nebraska official website
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