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Massachusetts vs Utah Geography
Land area
- Massachusetts has a land area of 7,801 square miles (20,204 km²), while Utah has 82,596 square miles (213,922 km²).
- Utah's land area is 10.6 times larger than Massachusetts'.
Total area
- Massachusetts: 10,554 square miles (27,335 km²) vs Utah: 84,898 square miles (219,885 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Utah's total area is 8.0 times (704%) larger than Massachusetts'.
Length
- Massachusetts is 123 miles (198 km) long from north to south; Utah is 436 miles (702 km).
- Utah's north-south length is 3.5 times (254%) longer than Massachusetts'.
Width
- Massachusetts spans 185 miles (297 km) east to west; Utah spans 268 miles (431 km).
- Utah's east-west width is 1.4 times (45%) wider than Massachusetts'.
Highest point
- Massachusetts's highest point is Mount Greylock at 3,489 feet (1,063 m); Utah's is Kings Peak at 13,512 feet (4,118 m).
- Kings Peak is 10,023 feet higher than Mount Greylock.
Lowest point
- Massachusetts's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Utah's is Beaver Dam Wash at 2,180 feet.
- Massachusetts's lowest point is 2,180 feet lower.
Massachusetts vs Utah Population and History
Population
- Massachusetts has a population of 7,136,171 (2024), while Utah has 3,503,613 (2024).
- Massachusetts' population is 2.0 times (104%) larger than Utah's.
Population density
- Massachusetts: 914.8 people per square mile vs Utah: 42.4.
- Massachusetts' population density is 21.6 times higher than Utah's.
Biggest city
- Massachusetts's biggest city is Boston with 673,458 people; Utah's is Salt Lake City with 217,783.
- Boston's population is 3.1 times (209%) larger than Salt Lake City's.
Largest metro area
- Massachusetts's largest metropolitan area is Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area (5,025,517 people) vs Utah's Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro area (1,300,762).
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area's population is 3.9 times (286%) larger than Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro area's.
History
- Massachusetts: Admitted to the Union on February 6, 1788, as the 6th state.
- Utah: Admitted to the Union on January 4, 1896, as the 45th state.
- In its current form, Massachusetts is the older of the two by 108 years.
Massachusetts vs Utah Economy
GDP
- Massachusetts's GDP is $778.5 billion (2024) vs Utah's $299.5 billion.
- Massachusetts' economic output is 2.6 times (160%) larger than Utah's.
GDP per capita
- Massachusetts: $109,095 per person vs Utah: $85,475.
- Massachusetts' GDP per capita is 1.3 times (28%) higher than Utah's.
Average income
- Massachusetts: $93,607 vs Utah: $67,333 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Massachusetts' average income is 1.4 times (39%) higher than Utah's.
Massachusetts vs Utah Counties
Number of counties
- Massachusetts has 14 counties, while Utah has 29.
- Utah's county count is 2.1 times (107%) higher than Massachusetts'.
Biggest county by area
- Massachusetts's largest county is Worcester County at 1,511 square miles; Utah's is San Juan County at 7,824 square miles.
- San Juan County's land area is 5.2 times (418%) larger than Worcester County's.
Smallest county by area
- Massachusetts: Nantucket County (46 sq mi) vs Utah: Davis County (325 sq mi).
- Davis County's land area is 7.0 times (603%) larger than Nantucket County's.
Most populous county
- Massachusetts: Middlesex County (1,668,956 people) vs Utah: Salt Lake County (1,216,274 people).
- Middlesex County's population is 1.4 times (37%) larger than Salt Lake County's.
Least populous county
- Massachusetts: Nantucket County (14,670 people) vs Utah: Daggett County (956 people).
- Nantucket County's population is 15.3 times larger than Daggett County's.
Richest county
- Massachusetts: Nantucket County ($129,250 per capita income) vs Utah: Summit County ($280,510).
- Summit County's income is 2.2 times (117%) richer than Nantucket County's.
Poorest county
- Massachusetts: Hampshire County ($65,432 per capita income) vs Utah: Beaver County ($39,179).
- Hampshire County's income is 1.7 times (67%) richer than Beaver County's.
Massachusetts vs Utah Taxes
State income tax
- Massachusetts has a top income tax rate of 9%, while Utah has a top income tax rate of 4.5%.
- Massachusetts's top rate is 4.5 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Massachusetts: 1% effective rate vs Utah: 0.49% of home value per year.
- Massachusetts's rate is 0.51 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Massachusetts: 6.25% combined state and average local rate vs Utah: 7.42%.
- Utah's combined rate is 1.17 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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