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Louisiana vs New Mexico Geography
Land area
- Louisiana has a land area of 43,213 square miles (111,921 km²), while New Mexico has 121,313 square miles (314,198 km²).
- New Mexico's land area is 2.8 times (181%) larger than Louisiana's.
Total area
- Louisiana: 52,375 square miles (135,652 km²) vs New Mexico: 121,593 square miles (314,925 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- New Mexico's total area is 2.3 times (132%) larger than Louisiana's.
Length
- Louisiana is 301 miles (484 km) long from north to south; New Mexico is 395 miles (635 km).
- New Mexico's north-south length is 1.3 times (31%) longer than Louisiana's.
Width
- Louisiana spans 356 miles (574 km) east to west; New Mexico spans 498 miles (801 km).
- New Mexico's east-west width is 1.4 times (40%) wider than Louisiana's.
Highest point
- Louisiana's highest point is Driskill Mountain at 533 feet (162 m); New Mexico's is Wheeler Peak at 13,150 feet (4,008 m).
- Wheeler Peak is 12,617 feet higher than Driskill Mountain.
Lowest point
- Louisiana's lowest point is New Orleans at -8 feet; New Mexico's is Red Bluff Reservoir at 2,842 feet.
- Louisiana's lowest point is 2,850 feet lower.
Louisiana vs New Mexico Population and History
Population
- Louisiana has a population of 4,597,740 (2024), while New Mexico has 2,130,256 (2024).
- Louisiana's population is 2.2 times (116%) larger than New Mexico's.
Population density
- Louisiana: 106.4 people per square mile vs New Mexico: 17.6.
- Louisiana's population density is 6.0 times (505%) higher than New Mexico's.
Biggest city
- Louisiana's biggest city is New Orleans with 362,701 people; New Mexico's is Albuquerque with 560,326.
- Albuquerque's population is 1.5 times (54%) larger than New Orleans'.
Largest metro area
- Louisiana's largest metropolitan area is New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area (966,230 people) vs New Mexico's Albuquerque, NM metro area (926,303).
- New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area and Albuquerque, NM metro area have about the same population.
History
- Louisiana: Admitted to the Union on April 30, 1812, as the 18th state.
- New Mexico: Admitted to the Union on January 6, 1912, as the 47th state.
- In its current form, Louisiana is the older of the two by 100 years.
Louisiana vs New Mexico Economy
GDP
- Louisiana's GDP is $329.2 billion (2024) vs New Mexico's $147.1 billion.
- Louisiana's economic output is 2.2 times (124%) larger than New Mexico's.
GDP per capita
- Louisiana: $71,594 per person vs New Mexico: $69,046.
- Louisiana and New Mexico have about the same GDP per capita.
Average income
- Louisiana: $61,897 vs New Mexico: $58,249 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Louisiana's average income is 1.1 times (6%) higher than New Mexico's.
Louisiana vs New Mexico Counties
Number of counties
- Louisiana has 64 counties, while New Mexico has 33.
- Louisiana's county count is 1.9 times (94%) higher than New Mexico's.
Biggest county by area
- Louisiana's largest county is Vernon Parish at 1,327 square miles; New Mexico's is Catron County at 6,924 square miles.
- Catron County's land area is 5.2 times (422%) larger than Vernon Parish's.
Smallest county by area
- Louisiana: Orleans Parish (170 sq mi) vs New Mexico: Los Alamos County (109 sq mi).
- Orleans Parish's land area is 1.6 times (55%) larger than Los Alamos County's.
Most populous county
- Louisiana: East Baton Rouge Parish (453,022 people) vs New Mexico: Bernalillo County (671,747 people).
- Bernalillo County's population is 1.5 times (48%) larger than East Baton Rouge Parish's.
Least populous county
- Louisiana: Tensas Parish (3,844 people) vs New Mexico: Harding County (635 people).
- Tensas Parish's population is 6.1 times (505%) larger than Harding County's.
Richest county
- Louisiana: St. Tammany Parish ($82,398 per capita income) vs New Mexico: Los Alamos County ($98,378).
- Los Alamos County's income is 1.2 times (19%) richer than St. Tammany Parish's.
Poorest county
- Louisiana: East Carroll Parish ($36,751 per capita income) vs New Mexico: Cibola County ($36,397).
- East Carroll Parish and Cibola County have about the same income.
Louisiana vs New Mexico Taxes
State income tax
- Louisiana has a top income tax rate of 3%, while New Mexico has a top income tax rate of 5.9%.
- New Mexico's top rate is 2.9 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Louisiana: 0.53% effective rate vs New Mexico: 0.63% of home value per year.
- New Mexico's rate is 0.1 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Louisiana: 10.13% combined state and average local rate vs New Mexico: 7.68%.
- Louisiana's combined rate is 2.45 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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