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Massachusetts vs Missouri Geography
Land area
- Massachusetts has a land area of 7,801 square miles (20,204 km²), while Missouri has 68,746 square miles (178,052 km²).
- Missouri's land area is 8.8 times (781%) larger than Massachusetts'.
Total area
- Massachusetts: 10,554 square miles (27,335 km²) vs Missouri: 69,707 square miles (180,540 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Missouri's total area is 6.6 times (560%) larger than Massachusetts'.
Length
- Massachusetts is 123 miles (198 km) long from north to south; Missouri is 328 miles (529 km).
- Missouri's north-south length is 2.7 times (167%) longer than Massachusetts'.
Width
- Massachusetts spans 185 miles (297 km) east to west; Missouri spans 437 miles (703 km).
- Missouri's east-west width is 2.4 times (136%) wider than Massachusetts'.
Highest point
- Massachusetts's highest point is Mount Greylock at 3,489 feet (1,063 m); Missouri's is Taum Sauk Mountain at 1,771 feet (540 m).
- Mount Greylock is 1,718 feet higher than Taum Sauk Mountain.
Lowest point
- Massachusetts's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Missouri's is St. Francis River at 230 feet.
- Massachusetts's lowest point is 230 feet lower.
Massachusetts vs Missouri Population and History
Population
- Massachusetts has a population of 7,136,171 (2024), while Missouri has 6,245,466 (2024).
- Massachusetts' population is 1.1 times (14%) larger than Missouri's.
Population density
- Massachusetts: 914.8 people per square mile vs Missouri: 90.8.
- Massachusetts' population density is 10.1 times higher than Missouri's.
Biggest city
- Massachusetts's biggest city is Boston with 673,458 people; Missouri's is Kansas City with 516,032.
- Boston's population is 1.3 times (31%) larger than Kansas City's.
Largest metro area
- Massachusetts's largest metropolitan area is Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area (5,025,517 people) vs Missouri's St. Louis, MO-IL metro area (2,811,927).
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area's population is 1.8 times (79%) larger than St. Louis, MO-IL metro area's.
History
- Massachusetts: Admitted to the Union on February 6, 1788, as the 6th state.
- Missouri: Admitted to the Union on August 10, 1821, as the 24th state.
- In its current form, Massachusetts is the older of the two by 33 years.
Massachusetts vs Missouri Economy
GDP
- Massachusetts's GDP is $778.5 billion (2024) vs Missouri's $448.7 billion.
- Massachusetts' economic output is 1.7 times (74%) larger than Missouri's.
GDP per capita
- Massachusetts: $109,095 per person vs Missouri: $71,846.
- Massachusetts' GDP per capita is 1.5 times (52%) higher than Missouri's.
Average income
- Massachusetts: $93,607 vs Missouri: $64,920 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Massachusetts' average income is 1.4 times (44%) higher than Missouri's.
Massachusetts vs Missouri Counties
Number of counties
- Massachusetts has 14 counties, while Missouri has 115.
- Missouri's county count is 8.2 times (721%) higher than Massachusetts'.
Biggest county by area
- Massachusetts's largest county is Worcester County at 1,511 square miles; Missouri's is Texas County at 1,177 square miles.
- Worcester County's land area is 1.3 times (28%) larger than Texas County's.
Smallest county by area
- Massachusetts: Nantucket County (46 sq mi) vs Missouri: St. Louis city (62 sq mi).
- St. Louis city's land area is 1.3 times (34%) larger than Nantucket County's.
Most populous county
- Massachusetts: Middlesex County (1,668,956 people) vs Missouri: St. Louis County (992,929 people).
- Middlesex County's population is 1.7 times (68%) larger than St. Louis County's.
Least populous county
- Massachusetts: Nantucket County (14,670 people) vs Missouri: Worth County (1,872 people).
- Nantucket County's population is 7.8 times (684%) larger than Worth County's.
Richest county
- Massachusetts: Nantucket County ($129,250 per capita income) vs Missouri: St. Louis County ($104,775).
- Nantucket County's income is 1.2 times (23%) richer than St. Louis County's.
Poorest county
- Massachusetts: Hampshire County ($65,432 per capita income) vs Missouri: Douglas County ($40,515).
- Hampshire County's income is 1.6 times (62%) richer than Douglas County's.
Massachusetts vs Missouri Taxes
State income tax
- Massachusetts has a top income tax rate of 9%, while Missouri has a top income tax rate of 4.7%.
- Massachusetts's top rate is 4.3 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Massachusetts: 1% effective rate vs Missouri: 0.79% of home value per year.
- Massachusetts's rate is 0.21 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Massachusetts: 6.25% combined state and average local rate vs Missouri: 8.44%.
- Missouri's combined rate is 2.19 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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