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Massachusetts vs Nevada Geography
Land area
- Massachusetts has a land area of 7,801 square miles (20,204 km²), while Nevada has 109,860 square miles (284,537 km²).
- Nevada's land area is 14.1 times larger than Massachusetts'.
Total area
- Massachusetts: 10,554 square miles (27,335 km²) vs Nevada: 110,571 square miles (286,377 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Nevada's total area is 10.5 times larger than Massachusetts'.
Length
- Massachusetts is 123 miles (198 km) long from north to south; Nevada is 484 miles (780 km).
- Nevada's north-south length is 3.9 times (293%) longer than Massachusetts'.
Width
- Massachusetts spans 185 miles (297 km) east to west; Nevada spans 469 miles (755 km).
- Nevada's east-west width is 2.5 times (154%) wider than Massachusetts'.
Highest point
- Massachusetts's highest point is Mount Greylock at 3,489 feet (1,063 m); Nevada's is Boundary Peak at 13,115 feet (3,997 m).
- Boundary Peak is 9,626 feet higher than Mount Greylock.
Lowest point
- Massachusetts's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Nevada's is Colorado River at 481 feet.
- Massachusetts's lowest point is 481 feet lower.
Massachusetts vs Nevada Population and History
Population
- Massachusetts has a population of 7,136,171 (2024), while Nevada has 3,267,467 (2024).
- Massachusetts' population is 2.2 times (118%) larger than Nevada's.
Population density
- Massachusetts: 914.8 people per square mile vs Nevada: 29.7.
- Massachusetts' population density is 30.8 times higher than Nevada's.
Biggest city
- Massachusetts's biggest city is Boston with 673,458 people; Nevada's is Las Vegas with 678,922.
- Boston and Las Vegas have about the same population.
Largest metro area
- Massachusetts's largest metropolitan area is Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area (5,025,517 people) vs Nevada's Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area (2,398,871).
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area's population is 2.1 times (109%) larger than Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area's.
History
- Massachusetts: Admitted to the Union on February 6, 1788, as the 6th state.
- Nevada: Admitted to the Union on October 31, 1864, as the 36th state.
- In its current form, Massachusetts is the older of the two by 76 years.
Massachusetts vs Nevada Economy
GDP
- Massachusetts's GDP is $778.5 billion (2024) vs Nevada's $269.0 billion.
- Massachusetts' economic output is 2.9 times (189%) larger than Nevada's.
GDP per capita
- Massachusetts: $109,095 per person vs Nevada: $82,330.
- Massachusetts' GDP per capita is 1.3 times (33%) higher than Nevada's.
Average income
- Massachusetts: $93,607 vs Nevada: $69,805 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Massachusetts' average income is 1.3 times (34%) higher than Nevada's.
Massachusetts vs Nevada Counties
Number of counties
- Massachusetts has 14 counties, while Nevada has 17.
- Nevada's county count is 1.2 times (21%) higher than Massachusetts'.
Biggest county by area
- Massachusetts's largest county is Worcester County at 1,511 square miles; Nevada's is Nye County at 18,182 square miles.
- Nye County's land area is 12.0 times larger than Worcester County's.
Smallest county by area
- Massachusetts: Nantucket County (46 sq mi) vs Nevada: Carson City (145 sq mi).
- Carson City's land area is 3.1 times (213%) larger than Nantucket County's.
Most populous county
- Massachusetts: Middlesex County (1,668,956 people) vs Nevada: Clark County (2,398,871 people).
- Clark County's population is 1.4 times (44%) larger than Middlesex County's.
Least populous county
- Massachusetts: Nantucket County (14,670 people) vs Nevada: Esmeralda County (720 people).
- Nantucket County's population is 20.4 times larger than Esmeralda County's.
Richest county
- Massachusetts: Nantucket County ($129,250 per capita income) vs Nevada: Douglas County ($109,486).
- Nantucket County's income is 1.2 times (18%) richer than Douglas County's.
Poorest county
- Massachusetts: Hampshire County ($65,432 per capita income) vs Nevada: Pershing County ($45,906).
- Hampshire County's income is 1.4 times (43%) richer than Pershing County's.
Massachusetts vs Nevada Taxes
State income tax
- Massachusetts has a top income tax rate of 9%, while Nevada has no state income tax.
- Massachusetts's top rate is 9 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Massachusetts: 1% effective rate vs Nevada: 0.47% of home value per year.
- Massachusetts's rate is 0.53 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Massachusetts: 6.25% combined state and average local rate vs Nevada: 8.24%.
- Nevada's combined rate is 1.99 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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