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Massachusetts vs Vermont Geography
Land area
- Massachusetts has a land area of 7,801 square miles (20,204 km²), while Vermont has 9,217 square miles (23,873 km²).
- Vermont's land area is 1.2 times (18%) larger than Massachusetts'.
Total area
- Massachusetts: 10,554 square miles (27,335 km²) vs Vermont: 9,615 square miles (24,903 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Massachusetts' total area is 1.1 times (10%) larger than Vermont's.
Length
- Massachusetts is 123 miles (198 km) long from north to south; Vermont is 165 miles (265 km).
- Vermont's north-south length is 1.3 times (34%) longer than Massachusetts'.
Width
- Massachusetts spans 185 miles (297 km) east to west; Vermont spans 113 miles (181 km).
- Massachusetts' east-west width is 1.6 times (64%) wider than Vermont's.
Highest point
- Massachusetts's highest point is Mount Greylock at 3,489 feet (1,063 m); Vermont's is Mount Mansfield at 4,384 feet (1,336 m).
- Mount Mansfield is 895 feet higher than Mount Greylock.
Lowest point
- Massachusetts's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Vermont's is Lake Champlain at 95 feet.
- Massachusetts's lowest point is 95 feet lower.
Massachusetts vs Vermont Population and History
Population
- Massachusetts has a population of 7,136,171 (2024), while Vermont has 648,493 (2024).
- Massachusetts' population is 11.0 times larger than Vermont's.
Population density
- Massachusetts: 914.8 people per square mile vs Vermont: 70.4.
- Massachusetts' population density is 13.0 times higher than Vermont's.
Biggest city
- Massachusetts's biggest city is Boston with 673,458 people; Vermont's is Burlington with 44,432.
- Boston's population is 15.2 times larger than Burlington's.
Largest metro area
- Massachusetts's largest metropolitan area is Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area (5,025,517 people) vs Vermont's Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area (229,445).
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area's population is 21.9 times larger than Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area's.
History
- Massachusetts: Admitted to the Union on February 6, 1788, as the 6th state.
- Vermont: Admitted to the Union on March 4, 1791, as the 14th state.
- In its current form, Massachusetts is the older of the two by 3 years.
Massachusetts vs Vermont Economy
GDP
- Massachusetts's GDP is $778.5 billion (2024) vs Vermont's $46.3 billion.
- Massachusetts' economic output is 16.8 times larger than Vermont's.
GDP per capita
- Massachusetts: $109,095 per person vs Vermont: $71,359.
- Massachusetts' GDP per capita is 1.5 times (53%) higher than Vermont's.
Average income
- Massachusetts: $93,607 vs Vermont: $71,287 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Massachusetts' average income is 1.3 times (31%) higher than Vermont's.
Massachusetts vs Vermont Counties
Number of counties
- Massachusetts has 14 counties, while Vermont has 14.
- Massachusetts and Vermont have about the same county count.
Biggest county by area
- Massachusetts's largest county is Worcester County at 1,511 square miles; Vermont's is Windsor County at 969 square miles.
- Worcester County's land area is 1.6 times (56%) larger than Windsor County's.
Smallest county by area
- Massachusetts: Nantucket County (46 sq mi) vs Vermont: Grand Isle County (82 sq mi).
- Grand Isle County's land area is 1.8 times (77%) larger than Nantucket County's.
Most populous county
- Massachusetts: Middlesex County (1,668,956 people) vs Vermont: Chittenden County (170,851 people).
- Middlesex County's population is 9.8 times (877%) larger than Chittenden County's.
Least populous county
- Massachusetts: Nantucket County (14,670 people) vs Vermont: Essex County (6,037 people).
- Nantucket County's population is 2.4 times (143%) larger than Essex County's.
Richest county
- Massachusetts: Nantucket County ($129,250 per capita income) vs Vermont: Chittenden County ($80,533).
- Nantucket County's income is 1.6 times (60%) richer than Chittenden County's.
Poorest county
- Massachusetts: Hampshire County ($65,432 per capita income) vs Vermont: Essex County ($50,712).
- Hampshire County's income is 1.3 times (29%) richer than Essex County's.
Massachusetts vs Vermont Taxes
State income tax
- Massachusetts has a top income tax rate of 9%, while Vermont has a top income tax rate of 8.75%.
- Massachusetts's top rate is 0.25 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Massachusetts: 1% effective rate vs Vermont: 1.42% of home value per year.
- Vermont's rate is 0.42 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Massachusetts: 6.25% combined state and average local rate vs Vermont: 6.43%.
- Vermont's combined rate is 0.18 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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