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Massachusetts vs Wisconsin Geography
Land area
- Massachusetts has a land area of 7,801 square miles (20,204 km²), while Wisconsin has 54,168 square miles (140,294 km²).
- Wisconsin's land area is 6.9 times (594%) larger than Massachusetts'.
Total area
- Massachusetts: 10,554 square miles (27,335 km²) vs Wisconsin: 65,497 square miles (169,636 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Wisconsin's total area is 6.2 times (521%) larger than Massachusetts'.
Length
- Massachusetts is 123 miles (198 km) long from north to south; Wisconsin is 368 miles (593 km).
- Wisconsin's north-south length is 3.0 times (199%) longer than Massachusetts'.
Width
- Massachusetts spans 185 miles (297 km) east to west; Wisconsin spans 323 miles (521 km).
- Wisconsin's east-west width is 1.7 times (75%) wider than Massachusetts'.
Highest point
- Massachusetts's highest point is Mount Greylock at 3,489 feet (1,063 m); Wisconsin's is Timms Hill at 1,946 feet (593 m).
- Mount Greylock is 1,543 feet higher than Timms Hill.
Lowest point
- Massachusetts's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Wisconsin's is Lake Michigan at 577 feet.
- Massachusetts's lowest point is 577 feet lower.
Massachusetts vs Wisconsin Population and History
Population
- Massachusetts has a population of 7,136,171 (2024), while Wisconsin has 5,960,975 (2024).
- Massachusetts' population is 1.2 times (20%) larger than Wisconsin's.
Population density
- Massachusetts: 914.8 people per square mile vs Wisconsin: 110.0.
- Massachusetts' population density is 8.3 times (732%) higher than Wisconsin's.
Biggest city
- Massachusetts's biggest city is Boston with 673,458 people; Wisconsin's is Milwaukee with 563,531.
- Boston's population is 1.2 times (20%) larger than Milwaukee's.
Largest metro area
- Massachusetts's largest metropolitan area is Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area (5,025,517 people) vs Wisconsin's Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area (3,757,952).
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area's population is 1.3 times (34%) larger than Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area's.
History
- Massachusetts: Admitted to the Union on February 6, 1788, as the 6th state.
- Wisconsin: Admitted to the Union on May 29, 1848, as the 30th state.
- In its current form, Massachusetts is the older of the two by 60 years.
Massachusetts vs Wisconsin Economy
GDP
- Massachusetts's GDP is $778.5 billion (2024) vs Wisconsin's $453.3 billion.
- Massachusetts' economic output is 1.7 times (72%) larger than Wisconsin's.
GDP per capita
- Massachusetts: $109,095 per person vs Wisconsin: $76,044.
- Massachusetts' GDP per capita is 1.4 times (43%) higher than Wisconsin's.
Average income
- Massachusetts: $93,607 vs Wisconsin: $67,755 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Massachusetts' average income is 1.4 times (38%) higher than Wisconsin's.
Massachusetts vs Wisconsin Counties
Number of counties
- Massachusetts has 14 counties, while Wisconsin has 72.
- Wisconsin's county count is 5.1 times (414%) higher than Massachusetts'.
Biggest county by area
- Massachusetts's largest county is Worcester County at 1,511 square miles; Wisconsin's is Marathon County at 1,545 square miles.
- Worcester County and Marathon County have about the same land area.
Smallest county by area
- Massachusetts: Nantucket County (46 sq mi) vs Wisconsin: Pepin County (232 sq mi).
- Pepin County's land area is 5.0 times (402%) larger than Nantucket County's.
Most populous county
- Massachusetts: Middlesex County (1,668,956 people) vs Wisconsin: Milwaukee County (924,740 people).
- Middlesex County's population is 1.8 times (80%) larger than Milwaukee County's.
Least populous county
- Massachusetts: Nantucket County (14,670 people) vs Wisconsin: Menominee County (4,286 people).
- Nantucket County's population is 3.4 times (242%) larger than Menominee County's.
Richest county
- Massachusetts: Nantucket County ($129,250 per capita income) vs Wisconsin: Ozaukee County ($109,947).
- Nantucket County's income is 1.2 times (18%) richer than Ozaukee County's.
Poorest county
- Massachusetts: Hampshire County ($65,432 per capita income) vs Wisconsin: Menominee County ($43,696).
- Hampshire County's income is 1.5 times (50%) richer than Menominee County's.
Massachusetts vs Wisconsin Taxes
State income tax
- Massachusetts has a top income tax rate of 9%, while Wisconsin has a top income tax rate of 7.65%.
- Massachusetts's top rate is 1.35 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Massachusetts: 1% effective rate vs Wisconsin: 1.25% of home value per year.
- Wisconsin's rate is 0.25 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Massachusetts: 6.25% combined state and average local rate vs Wisconsin: 5.72%.
- Massachusetts's combined rate is 0.53 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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