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Massachusetts vs New Mexico Geography
Land area
- Massachusetts has a land area of 7,801 square miles (20,204 km²), while New Mexico has 121,313 square miles (314,198 km²).
- New Mexico's land area is 15.6 times larger than Massachusetts'.
Total area
- Massachusetts: 10,554 square miles (27,335 km²) vs New Mexico: 121,593 square miles (314,925 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- New Mexico's total area is 11.5 times larger than Massachusetts'.
Length
- Massachusetts is 123 miles (198 km) long from north to south; New Mexico is 395 miles (635 km).
- New Mexico's north-south length is 3.2 times (221%) longer than Massachusetts'.
Width
- Massachusetts spans 185 miles (297 km) east to west; New Mexico spans 498 miles (801 km).
- New Mexico's east-west width is 2.7 times (169%) wider than Massachusetts'.
Highest point
- Massachusetts's highest point is Mount Greylock at 3,489 feet (1,063 m); New Mexico's is Wheeler Peak at 13,150 feet (4,008 m).
- Wheeler Peak is 9,661 feet higher than Mount Greylock.
Lowest point
- Massachusetts's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; New Mexico's is Red Bluff Reservoir at 2,842 feet.
- Massachusetts's lowest point is 2,842 feet lower.
Massachusetts vs New Mexico Population and History
Population
- Massachusetts has a population of 7,136,171 (2024), while New Mexico has 2,130,256 (2024).
- Massachusetts' population is 3.3 times (235%) larger than New Mexico's.
Population density
- Massachusetts: 914.8 people per square mile vs New Mexico: 17.6.
- Massachusetts' population density is 52.0 times higher than New Mexico's.
Biggest city
- Massachusetts's biggest city is Boston with 673,458 people; New Mexico's is Albuquerque with 560,326.
- Boston's population is 1.2 times (20%) larger than Albuquerque's.
Largest metro area
- Massachusetts's largest metropolitan area is Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area (5,025,517 people) vs New Mexico's Albuquerque, NM metro area (926,303).
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area's population is 5.4 times (443%) larger than Albuquerque, NM metro area's.
History
- Massachusetts: Admitted to the Union on February 6, 1788, as the 6th state.
- New Mexico: Admitted to the Union on January 6, 1912, as the 47th state.
- In its current form, Massachusetts is the older of the two by 124 years.
Massachusetts vs New Mexico Economy
GDP
- Massachusetts's GDP is $778.5 billion (2024) vs New Mexico's $147.1 billion.
- Massachusetts' economic output is 5.3 times (429%) larger than New Mexico's.
GDP per capita
- Massachusetts: $109,095 per person vs New Mexico: $69,046.
- Massachusetts' GDP per capita is 1.6 times (58%) higher than New Mexico's.
Average income
- Massachusetts: $93,607 vs New Mexico: $58,249 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Massachusetts' average income is 1.6 times (61%) higher than New Mexico's.
Massachusetts vs New Mexico Counties
Number of counties
- Massachusetts has 14 counties, while New Mexico has 33.
- New Mexico's county count is 2.4 times (136%) higher than Massachusetts'.
Biggest county by area
- Massachusetts's largest county is Worcester County at 1,511 square miles; New Mexico's is Catron County at 6,924 square miles.
- Catron County's land area is 4.6 times (358%) larger than Worcester County's.
Smallest county by area
- Massachusetts: Nantucket County (46 sq mi) vs New Mexico: Los Alamos County (109 sq mi).
- Los Alamos County's land area is 2.4 times (136%) larger than Nantucket County's.
Most populous county
- Massachusetts: Middlesex County (1,668,956 people) vs New Mexico: Bernalillo County (671,747 people).
- Middlesex County's population is 2.5 times (148%) larger than Bernalillo County's.
Least populous county
- Massachusetts: Nantucket County (14,670 people) vs New Mexico: Harding County (635 people).
- Nantucket County's population is 23.1 times larger than Harding County's.
Richest county
- Massachusetts: Nantucket County ($129,250 per capita income) vs New Mexico: Los Alamos County ($98,378).
- Nantucket County's income is 1.3 times (31%) richer than Los Alamos County's.
Poorest county
- Massachusetts: Hampshire County ($65,432 per capita income) vs New Mexico: Cibola County ($36,397).
- Hampshire County's income is 1.8 times (80%) richer than Cibola County's.
Massachusetts vs New Mexico Taxes
State income tax
- Massachusetts has a top income tax rate of 9%, while New Mexico has a top income tax rate of 5.9%.
- Massachusetts's top rate is 3.1 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Massachusetts: 1% effective rate vs New Mexico: 0.63% of home value per year.
- Massachusetts's rate is 0.37 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Massachusetts: 6.25% combined state and average local rate vs New Mexico: 7.68%.
- New Mexico's combined rate is 1.43 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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