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Massachusetts vs Nebraska Geography
Land area
- Massachusetts has a land area of 7,801 square miles (20,204 km²), while Nebraska has 76,815 square miles (198,950 km²).
- Nebraska's land area is 9.8 times (885%) larger than Massachusetts'.
Total area
- Massachusetts: 10,554 square miles (27,335 km²) vs Nebraska: 77,347 square miles (200,329 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Nebraska's total area is 7.3 times (633%) larger than Massachusetts'.
Length
- Massachusetts is 123 miles (198 km) long from north to south; Nebraska is 497 miles (800 km).
- Nebraska's north-south length is 4.0 times (304%) longer than Massachusetts'.
Width
- Massachusetts spans 185 miles (297 km) east to west; Nebraska spans 464 miles (747 km).
- Nebraska's east-west width is 2.5 times (151%) wider than Massachusetts'.
Highest point
- Massachusetts's highest point is Mount Greylock at 3,489 feet (1,063 m); Nebraska's is Panorama Point at 5,428 feet (1,654 m).
- Panorama Point is 1,939 feet higher than Mount Greylock.
Lowest point
- Massachusetts's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Nebraska's is Missouri River at 840 feet.
- Massachusetts's lowest point is 840 feet lower.
Massachusetts vs Nebraska Population and History
Population
- Massachusetts has a population of 7,136,171 (2024), while Nebraska has 2,005,465 (2024).
- Massachusetts' population is 3.6 times (256%) larger than Nebraska's.
Population density
- Massachusetts: 914.8 people per square mile vs Nebraska: 26.1.
- Massachusetts' population density is 35.0 times higher than Nebraska's.
Biggest city
- Massachusetts's biggest city is Boston with 673,458 people; Nebraska's is Omaha with 489,265.
- Boston's population is 1.4 times (38%) larger than Omaha's.
Largest metro area
- Massachusetts's largest metropolitan area is Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area (5,025,517 people) vs Nebraska's Omaha, NE-IA metro area (1,001,010).
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area's population is 5.0 times (402%) larger than Omaha, NE-IA metro area's.
History
- Massachusetts: Admitted to the Union on February 6, 1788, as the 6th state.
- Nebraska: Admitted to the Union on March 1, 1867, as the 37th state.
- In its current form, Massachusetts is the older of the two by 79 years.
Massachusetts vs Nebraska Economy
GDP
- Massachusetts's GDP is $778.5 billion (2024) vs Nebraska's $189.2 billion.
- Massachusetts' economic output is 4.1 times (311%) larger than Nebraska's.
GDP per capita
- Massachusetts: $109,095 per person vs Nebraska: $94,363.
- Massachusetts' GDP per capita is 1.2 times (16%) higher than Nebraska's.
Average income
- Massachusetts: $93,607 vs Nebraska: $72,701 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Massachusetts' average income is 1.3 times (29%) higher than Nebraska's.
Massachusetts vs Nebraska Counties
Number of counties
- Massachusetts has 14 counties, while Nebraska has 93.
- Nebraska's county count is 6.6 times (564%) higher than Massachusetts'.
Biggest county by area
- Massachusetts's largest county is Worcester County at 1,511 square miles; Nebraska's is Cherry County at 5,960 square miles.
- Cherry County's land area is 3.9 times (295%) larger than Worcester County's.
Smallest county by area
- Massachusetts: Nantucket County (46 sq mi) vs Nebraska: Sarpy County (238 sq mi).
- Sarpy County's land area is 5.2 times (415%) larger than Nantucket County's.
Most populous county
- Massachusetts: Middlesex County (1,668,956 people) vs Nebraska: Douglas County (601,158 people).
- Middlesex County's population is 2.8 times (178%) larger than Douglas County's.
Least populous county
- Massachusetts: Nantucket County (14,670 people) vs Nebraska: McPherson County (376 people).
- Nantucket County's population is 39.0 times larger than McPherson County's.
Richest county
- Massachusetts: Nantucket County ($129,250 per capita income) vs Nebraska: Pierce County ($112,729).
- Nantucket County's income is 1.1 times (15%) richer than Pierce County's.
Poorest county
- Massachusetts: Hampshire County ($65,432 per capita income) vs Nebraska: Johnson County ($45,756).
- Hampshire County's income is 1.4 times (43%) richer than Johnson County's.
Massachusetts vs Nebraska Taxes
State income tax
- Massachusetts has a top income tax rate of 9%, while Nebraska has a top income tax rate of 4.55%.
- Massachusetts's top rate is 4.45 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Massachusetts: 1% effective rate vs Nebraska: 1.42% of home value per year.
- Nebraska's rate is 0.42 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Massachusetts: 6.25% combined state and average local rate vs Nebraska: 6.98%.
- Nebraska's combined rate is 0.73 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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