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Massachusetts vs New York Geography
Land area
- Massachusetts has a land area of 7,801 square miles (20,204 km²), while New York has 47,123 square miles (122,049 km²).
- New York's land area is 6.0 times (504%) larger than Massachusetts'.
Total area
- Massachusetts: 10,554 square miles (27,335 km²) vs New York: 54,559 square miles (141,306 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- New York's total area is 5.2 times (417%) larger than Massachusetts'.
Length
- Massachusetts is 123 miles (198 km) long from north to south; New York is 312 miles (503 km).
- New York's north-south length is 2.5 times (154%) longer than Massachusetts'.
Width
- Massachusetts spans 185 miles (297 km) east to west; New York spans 415 miles (668 km).
- New York's east-west width is 2.2 times (124%) wider than Massachusetts'.
Highest point
- Massachusetts's highest point is Mount Greylock at 3,489 feet (1,063 m); New York's is Mount Marcy at 5,335 feet (1,626 m).
- Mount Marcy is 1,846 feet higher than Mount Greylock.
Lowest point
- Massachusetts's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; New York's is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet.
- Both lowest points are at or near sea level.
Massachusetts vs New York Population and History
Population
- Massachusetts has a population of 7,136,171 (2024), while New York has 19,867,248 (2024).
- New York's population is 2.8 times (178%) larger than Massachusetts'.
Population density
- Massachusetts: 914.8 people per square mile vs New York: 421.6.
- Massachusetts' population density is 2.2 times (117%) higher than New York's.
Biggest city
- Massachusetts's biggest city is Boston with 673,458 people; New York's is New York with 8,478,072.
- New York's population is 12.6 times larger than Boston's.
Largest metro area
- Massachusetts's largest metropolitan area is Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area (5,025,517 people) vs New York's New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area (19,940,274).
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area's population is 4.0 times (297%) larger than Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area's.
History
- Massachusetts: Admitted to the Union on February 6, 1788, as the 6th state.
- New York: Admitted to the Union on July 26, 1788, as the 11th state.
Massachusetts vs New York Economy
GDP
- Massachusetts's GDP is $778.5 billion (2024) vs New York's $2,322.1 billion.
- New York's economic output is 3.0 times (198%) larger than Massachusetts'.
GDP per capita
- Massachusetts: $109,095 per person vs New York: $116,883.
- New York's GDP per capita is 1.1 times (7%) higher than Massachusetts'.
Average income
- Massachusetts: $93,607 vs New York: $85,552 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Massachusetts' average income is 1.1 times (9%) higher than New York's.
Massachusetts vs New York Counties
Number of counties
- Massachusetts has 14 counties, while New York has 62.
- New York's county count is 4.4 times (343%) higher than Massachusetts'.
Biggest county by area
- Massachusetts's largest county is Worcester County at 1,511 square miles; New York's is St. Lawrence County at 2,680 square miles.
- St. Lawrence County's land area is 1.8 times (77%) larger than Worcester County's.
Smallest county by area
- Massachusetts: Nantucket County (46 sq mi) vs New York: New York County (23 sq mi).
- Nantucket County's land area is 2.0 times (104%) larger than New York County's.
Most populous county
- Massachusetts: Middlesex County (1,668,956 people) vs New York: Kings County (2,617,631 people).
- Kings County's population is 1.6 times (57%) larger than Middlesex County's.
Least populous county
- Massachusetts: Nantucket County (14,670 people) vs New York: Hamilton County (5,082 people).
- Nantucket County's population is 2.9 times (189%) larger than Hamilton County's.
Richest county
- Massachusetts: Nantucket County ($129,250 per capita income) vs New York: New York County ($217,075).
- New York County's income is 1.7 times (68%) richer than Nantucket County's.
Poorest county
- Massachusetts: Hampshire County ($65,432 per capita income) vs New York: Allegany County ($44,689).
- Hampshire County's income is 1.5 times (46%) richer than Allegany County's.
Massachusetts vs New York Taxes
State income tax
- Massachusetts has a top income tax rate of 9%, while New York has a top income tax rate of 10.9%.
- New York's top rate is 1.9 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Massachusetts: 1% effective rate vs New York: 1.45% of home value per year.
- New York's rate is 0.45 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Massachusetts: 6.25% combined state and average local rate vs New York: 8.54%.
- New York's combined rate is 2.29 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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