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District of Columbia vs Nevada Geography
Land area
- District of Columbia has a land area of 61 square miles (158 km²), while Nevada has 109,860 square miles (284,537 km²).
- Nevada's land area is 1,800.9 times larger than District of Columbia's.
Total area
- District of Columbia: 68 square miles (177 km²) vs Nevada: 110,571 square miles (286,377 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Nevada's total area is 1,617.9 times larger than District of Columbia's.
Length
- District of Columbia is 13 miles (22 km) long from north to south; Nevada is 484 miles (780 km).
- Nevada's north-south length is 37.2 times longer than District of Columbia's.
Width
- District of Columbia spans 12 miles (19 km) east to west; Nevada spans 469 miles (755 km).
- Nevada's east-west width is 39.1 times wider than District of Columbia's.
Highest point
- District of Columbia's highest point is Fort Reno at 429 feet (131 m); Nevada's is Boundary Peak at 13,115 feet (3,997 m).
- Boundary Peak is 12,686 feet higher than Fort Reno.
Lowest point
- District of Columbia's lowest point is Potomac River at 0 feet; Nevada's is Colorado River at 481 feet.
- District of Columbia's lowest point is 481 feet lower.
District of Columbia vs Nevada Population and History
Population
- District of Columbia has a population of 702,250 (2024), while Nevada has 3,267,467 (2024).
- Nevada's population is 4.7 times (365%) larger than District of Columbia's.
Population density
- District of Columbia: 11,493.5 people per square mile vs Nevada: 29.7.
- District of Columbia's population density is 387.0 times higher than Nevada's.
Biggest city
- District of Columbia's biggest city is Washington with 702,250 people; Nevada's is Las Vegas with 678,922.
- Washington and Las Vegas have about the same population.
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 Nevada's Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area (2,398,871).
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area's population is 2.7 times (168%) larger than Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area's.
History
- District of Columbia: The federal district, established by the Residence Act on July 16, 1790; not a state.
- Nevada: Admitted to the Union on October 31, 1864, as the 36th state.
- In its current form, District of Columbia is the older of the two by 74 years.
District of Columbia vs Nevada Economy
GDP
- District of Columbia's GDP is $184.3 billion (2024) vs Nevada's $269.0 billion.
- Nevada's economic output is 1.5 times (46%) larger than District of Columbia's.
GDP per capita
- District of Columbia: $262,439 per person vs Nevada: $82,330.
- District of Columbia's GDP per capita is 3.2 times (219%) higher than Nevada's.
Average income
- District of Columbia: $111,185 vs Nevada: $69,805 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- District of Columbia's average income is 1.6 times (59%) higher than Nevada's.
District of Columbia vs Nevada Counties
Number of counties
- District of Columbia has 1 counties, while Nevada has 17.
- Nevada's county count is 17.0 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; Nevada's is Nye County at 18,182 square miles.
- Nye County's land area is 297.6 times larger than District of Columbia's.
Smallest county by area
- District of Columbia: District of Columbia (61 sq mi) vs Nevada: Carson City (145 sq mi).
- Carson City's land area is 2.4 times (136%) larger than District of Columbia's.
Most populous county
- District of Columbia: District of Columbia (702,250 people) vs Nevada: Clark County (2,398,871 people).
- Clark County's population is 3.4 times (242%) larger than District of Columbia's.
Least populous county
- District of Columbia: District of Columbia (702,250 people) vs Nevada: Esmeralda County (720 people).
- District of Columbia's population is 975.3 times larger than Esmeralda County's.
Richest county
- District of Columbia: District of Columbia ($111,185 per capita income) vs Nevada: Douglas County ($109,486).
- District of Columbia and Douglas County have about the same income.
Poorest county
- District of Columbia: District of Columbia ($111,185 per capita income) vs Nevada: Pershing County ($45,906).
- District of Columbia's income is 2.4 times (142%) richer than Pershing County's.
District of Columbia vs Nevada Taxes
State income tax
- District of Columbia has a top income tax rate of 10.75%, while Nevada has no state income tax.
- District of Columbia's top rate is 10.75 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- District of Columbia: 0.63% effective rate vs Nevada: 0.47% of home value per year.
- District of Columbia's rate is 0.16 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- District of Columbia: 6% combined state and average local rate vs Nevada: 8.24%.
- Nevada's combined rate is 2.24 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
District of Columbia official website · Nevada official website
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