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Massachusetts vs Mississippi Geography
Land area
- Massachusetts has a land area of 7,801 square miles (20,204 km²), while Mississippi has 46,925 square miles (121,534 km²).
- Mississippi's land area is 6.0 times (502%) larger than Massachusetts'.
Total area
- Massachusetts: 10,554 square miles (27,335 km²) vs Mississippi: 48,436 square miles (125,448 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Mississippi's total area is 4.6 times (359%) larger than Massachusetts'.
Length
- Massachusetts is 123 miles (198 km) long from north to south; Mississippi is 337 miles (542 km).
- Mississippi's north-south length is 2.7 times (174%) longer than Massachusetts'.
Width
- Massachusetts spans 185 miles (297 km) east to west; Mississippi spans 340 miles (547 km).
- Mississippi's east-west width is 1.8 times (84%) wider than Massachusetts'.
Highest point
- Massachusetts's highest point is Mount Greylock at 3,489 feet (1,063 m); Mississippi's is Woodall Mountain at 805 feet (245 m).
- Mount Greylock is 2,684 feet higher than Woodall Mountain.
Lowest point
- Massachusetts's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Mississippi's is Gulf of Mexico at 0 feet.
- Both lowest points are at or near sea level.
Massachusetts vs Mississippi Population and History
Population
- Massachusetts has a population of 7,136,171 (2024), while Mississippi has 2,943,045 (2024).
- Massachusetts' population is 2.4 times (142%) larger than Mississippi's.
Population density
- Massachusetts: 914.8 people per square mile vs Mississippi: 62.7.
- Massachusetts' population density is 14.6 times higher than Mississippi's.
Biggest city
- Massachusetts's biggest city is Boston with 673,458 people; Mississippi's is Jackson with 141,449.
- Boston's population is 4.8 times (376%) larger than Jackson's.
Largest metro area
- Massachusetts's largest metropolitan area is Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area (5,025,517 people) vs Mississippi's Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area (1,339,345).
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area's population is 3.8 times (275%) larger than Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area's.
History
- Massachusetts: Admitted to the Union on February 6, 1788, as the 6th state.
- Mississippi: Admitted to the Union on December 10, 1817, as the 20th state.
- In its current form, Massachusetts is the older of the two by 29 years.
Massachusetts vs Mississippi Economy
GDP
- Massachusetts's GDP is $778.5 billion (2024) vs Mississippi's $158.2 billion.
- Massachusetts' economic output is 4.9 times (392%) larger than Mississippi's.
GDP per capita
- Massachusetts: $109,095 per person vs Mississippi: $53,751.
- Massachusetts' GDP per capita is 2.0 times (103%) higher than Mississippi's.
Average income
- Massachusetts: $93,607 vs Mississippi: $52,074 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Massachusetts' average income is 1.8 times (80%) higher than Mississippi's.
Massachusetts vs Mississippi Counties
Number of counties
- Massachusetts has 14 counties, while Mississippi has 82.
- Mississippi's county count is 5.9 times (486%) higher than Massachusetts'.
Biggest county by area
- Massachusetts's largest county is Worcester County at 1,511 square miles; Mississippi's is Yazoo County at 922 square miles.
- Worcester County's land area is 1.6 times (64%) larger than Yazoo County's.
Smallest county by area
- Massachusetts: Nantucket County (46 sq mi) vs Mississippi: Alcorn County (400 sq mi).
- Alcorn County's land area is 8.7 times (766%) larger than Nantucket County's.
Most populous county
- Massachusetts: Middlesex County (1,668,956 people) vs Mississippi: Harrison County (213,730 people).
- Middlesex County's population is 7.8 times (681%) larger than Harrison County's.
Least populous county
- Massachusetts: Nantucket County (14,670 people) vs Mississippi: Issaquena County (1,295 people).
- Nantucket County's population is 11.3 times larger than Issaquena County's.
Richest county
- Massachusetts: Nantucket County ($129,250 per capita income) vs Mississippi: Madison County ($90,668).
- Nantucket County's income is 1.4 times (43%) richer than Madison County's.
Poorest county
- Massachusetts: Hampshire County ($65,432 per capita income) vs Mississippi: Issaquena County ($27,264).
- Hampshire County's income is 2.4 times (140%) richer than Issaquena County's.
Massachusetts vs Mississippi Taxes
State income tax
- Massachusetts has a top income tax rate of 9%, while Mississippi has a top income tax rate of 4%.
- Massachusetts's top rate is 5 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Massachusetts: 1% effective rate vs Mississippi: 0.65% of home value per year.
- Massachusetts's rate is 0.35 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Massachusetts: 6.25% combined state and average local rate vs Mississippi: 7.06%.
- Mississippi's combined rate is 0.81 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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