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Massachusetts vs North Dakota Geography
Land area
- Massachusetts has a land area of 7,801 square miles (20,204 km²), while North Dakota has 68,994 square miles (178,694 km²).
- North Dakota's land area is 8.8 times (784%) larger than Massachusetts'.
Total area
- Massachusetts: 10,554 square miles (27,335 km²) vs North Dakota: 70,699 square miles (183,109 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- North Dakota's total area is 6.7 times (570%) larger than Massachusetts'.
Length
- Massachusetts is 123 miles (198 km) long from north to south; North Dakota is 338 miles (544 km).
- North Dakota's north-south length is 2.7 times (175%) longer than Massachusetts'.
Width
- Massachusetts spans 185 miles (297 km) east to west; North Dakota spans 408 miles (657 km).
- North Dakota's east-west width is 2.2 times (121%) wider than Massachusetts'.
Highest point
- Massachusetts's highest point is Mount Greylock at 3,489 feet (1,063 m); North Dakota's is White Butte at 3,500 feet (1,067 m).
- White Butte is 11 feet higher than Mount Greylock.
Lowest point
- Massachusetts's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; North Dakota's is Red River of the North at 754 feet.
- Massachusetts's lowest point is 754 feet lower.
Massachusetts vs North Dakota Population and History
Population
- Massachusetts has a population of 7,136,171 (2024), while North Dakota has 796,568 (2024).
- Massachusetts' population is 9.0 times (796%) larger than North Dakota's.
Population density
- Massachusetts: 914.8 people per square mile vs North Dakota: 11.5.
- Massachusetts' population density is 79.5 times higher than North Dakota's.
Biggest city
- Massachusetts's biggest city is Boston with 673,458 people; North Dakota's is Fargo with 136,285.
- Boston's population is 4.9 times (394%) larger than Fargo's.
Largest metro area
- Massachusetts's largest metropolitan area is Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area (5,025,517 people) vs North Dakota's Fargo, ND-MN metro area (267,793).
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area's population is 18.8 times larger than Fargo, ND-MN metro area's.
History
- Massachusetts: Admitted to the Union on February 6, 1788, as the 6th state.
- North Dakota: Admitted to the Union on November 2, 1889, as the 39th state.
- In its current form, Massachusetts is the older of the two by 101 years.
Massachusetts vs North Dakota Economy
GDP
- Massachusetts's GDP is $778.5 billion (2024) vs North Dakota's $80.1 billion.
- Massachusetts' economic output is 9.7 times (872%) larger than North Dakota's.
GDP per capita
- Massachusetts: $109,095 per person vs North Dakota: $100,504.
- Massachusetts' GDP per capita is 1.1 times (9%) higher than North Dakota's.
Average income
- Massachusetts: $93,607 vs North Dakota: $71,749 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Massachusetts' average income is 1.3 times (30%) higher than North Dakota's.
Massachusetts vs North Dakota Counties
Number of counties
- Massachusetts has 14 counties, while North Dakota has 53.
- North Dakota's county count is 3.8 times (279%) higher than Massachusetts'.
Biggest county by area
- Massachusetts's largest county is Worcester County at 1,511 square miles; North Dakota's is McKenzie County at 2,760 square miles.
- McKenzie County's land area is 1.8 times (83%) larger than Worcester County's.
Smallest county by area
- Massachusetts: Nantucket County (46 sq mi) vs North Dakota: Eddy County (630 sq mi).
- Eddy County's land area is 13.6 times larger than Nantucket County's.
Most populous county
- Massachusetts: Middlesex County (1,668,956 people) vs North Dakota: Cass County (200,945 people).
- Middlesex County's population is 8.3 times (731%) larger than Cass County's.
Least populous county
- Massachusetts: Nantucket County (14,670 people) vs North Dakota: Slope County (660 people).
- Nantucket County's population is 22.2 times larger than Slope County's.
Richest county
- Massachusetts: Nantucket County ($129,250 per capita income) vs North Dakota: Dunn County ($99,793).
- Nantucket County's income is 1.3 times (30%) richer than Dunn County's.
Poorest county
- Massachusetts: Hampshire County ($65,432 per capita income) vs North Dakota: Sioux County ($33,782).
- Hampshire County's income is 1.9 times (94%) richer than Sioux County's.
Massachusetts vs North Dakota Taxes
State income tax
- Massachusetts has a top income tax rate of 9%, while North Dakota has a top income tax rate of 2.5%.
- Massachusetts's top rate is 6.5 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Massachusetts: 1% effective rate vs North Dakota: 0.96% of home value per year.
- Massachusetts's rate is 0.04 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Massachusetts: 6.25% combined state and average local rate vs North Dakota: 7.09%.
- North Dakota's combined rate is 0.84 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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