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Iowa vs New York Geography
Land area
- Iowa has a land area of 55,854 square miles (144,660 km²), while New York has 47,123 square miles (122,049 km²).
- Iowa's land area is 1.2 times (19%) larger than New York's.
Total area
- Iowa: 56,273 square miles (145,746 km²) vs New York: 54,559 square miles (141,306 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Iowa and New York have about the same total area.
Length
- Iowa is 216 miles (347 km) long from north to south; New York is 312 miles (503 km).
- New York's north-south length is 1.4 times (44%) longer than Iowa's.
Width
- Iowa spans 335 miles (539 km) east to west; New York spans 415 miles (668 km).
- New York's east-west width is 1.2 times (24%) wider than Iowa's.
Highest point
- Iowa's highest point is Hawkeye Point at 1,669 feet (509 m); New York's is Mount Marcy at 5,335 feet (1,626 m).
- Mount Marcy is 3,666 feet higher than Hawkeye Point.
Lowest point
- Iowa's lowest point is Mississippi River at 480 feet; New York's is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet.
- New York's lowest point is 480 feet lower.
Iowa vs New York Population and History
Population
- Iowa has a population of 3,241,488 (2024), while New York has 19,867,248 (2024).
- New York's population is 6.1 times (513%) larger than Iowa's.
Population density
- Iowa: 58.0 people per square mile vs New York: 421.6.
- New York's population density is 7.3 times (627%) higher than Iowa's.
Biggest city
- Iowa's biggest city is Des Moines with 213,096 people; New York's is New York with 8,478,072.
- New York's population is 39.8 times larger than Des Moines'.
Largest metro area
- Iowa's largest metropolitan area is Omaha, NE-IA metro area (1,001,010 people) vs New York's New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area (19,940,274).
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area's population is 19.9 times larger than Omaha, NE-IA metro area's.
History
- Iowa: Admitted to the Union on December 28, 1846, as the 29th state.
- New York: Admitted to the Union on July 26, 1788, as the 11th state.
- In its current form, New York is the older of the two by 58 years.
Iowa vs New York Economy
GDP
- Iowa's GDP is $265.8 billion (2024) vs New York's $2,322.1 billion.
- New York's economic output is 8.7 times (774%) larger than Iowa's.
GDP per capita
- Iowa: $81,998 per person vs New York: $116,883.
- New York's GDP per capita is 1.4 times (43%) higher than Iowa's.
Average income
- Iowa: $65,225 vs New York: $85,552 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- New York's average income is 1.3 times (31%) higher than Iowa's.
Iowa vs New York Counties
Number of counties
- Iowa has 99 counties, while New York has 62.
- Iowa's county count is 1.6 times (60%) higher than New York's.
Biggest county by area
- Iowa's largest county is Kossuth County at 973 square miles; New York's is St. Lawrence County at 2,680 square miles.
- St. Lawrence County's land area is 2.8 times (175%) larger than Kossuth County's.
Smallest county by area
- Iowa: Dickinson County (381 sq mi) vs New York: New York County (23 sq mi).
- Dickinson County's land area is 16.8 times larger than New York County's.
Most populous county
- Iowa: Polk County (516,185 people) vs New York: Kings County (2,617,631 people).
- Kings County's population is 5.1 times (407%) larger than Polk County's.
Least populous county
- Iowa: Adams County (3,606 people) vs New York: Hamilton County (5,082 people).
- Hamilton County's population is 1.4 times (41%) larger than Adams County's.
Richest county
- Iowa: Mitchell County ($98,211 per capita income) vs New York: New York County ($217,075).
- New York County's income is 2.2 times (121%) richer than Mitchell County's.
Poorest county
- Iowa: Decatur County ($46,134 per capita income) vs New York: Allegany County ($44,689).
- Decatur County and Allegany County have about the same income.
Iowa vs New York Taxes
State income tax
- Iowa has a top income tax rate of 3.8%, while New York has a top income tax rate of 10.9%.
- New York's top rate is 7.1 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Iowa: 1.29% effective rate vs New York: 1.45% of home value per year.
- New York's rate is 0.16 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Iowa: 6.94% combined state and average local rate vs New York: 8.54%.
- New York's combined rate is 1.6 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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