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Massachusetts vs Wyoming Geography
Land area
- Massachusetts has a land area of 7,801 square miles (20,204 km²), while Wyoming has 97,089 square miles (251,458 km²).
- Wyoming's land area is 12.4 times larger than Massachusetts'.
Total area
- Massachusetts: 10,554 square miles (27,335 km²) vs Wyoming: 97,810 square miles (253,326 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Wyoming's total area is 9.3 times (827%) larger than Massachusetts'.
Length
- Massachusetts is 123 miles (198 km) long from north to south; Wyoming is 324 miles (522 km).
- Wyoming's north-south length is 2.6 times (163%) longer than Massachusetts'.
Width
- Massachusetts spans 185 miles (297 km) east to west; Wyoming spans 410 miles (659 km).
- Wyoming's east-west width is 2.2 times (122%) wider than Massachusetts'.
Highest point
- Massachusetts's highest point is Mount Greylock at 3,489 feet (1,063 m); Wyoming's is Gannett Peak at 13,788 feet (4,203 m).
- Gannett Peak is 10,299 feet higher than Mount Greylock.
Lowest point
- Massachusetts's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Wyoming's is Belle Fourche River at 3,108 feet.
- Massachusetts's lowest point is 3,108 feet lower.
Massachusetts vs Wyoming Population and History
Population
- Massachusetts has a population of 7,136,171 (2024), while Wyoming has 587,618 (2024).
- Massachusetts' population is 12.1 times larger than Wyoming's.
Population density
- Massachusetts: 914.8 people per square mile vs Wyoming: 6.1.
- Massachusetts' population density is 150.0 times higher than Wyoming's.
Biggest city
- Massachusetts's biggest city is Boston with 673,458 people; Wyoming's is Cheyenne with 65,704.
- Boston's population is 10.2 times larger than Cheyenne's.
Largest metro area
- Massachusetts's largest metropolitan area is Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area (5,025,517 people) vs Wyoming's Cheyenne, WY metro area (101,783).
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area's population is 49.4 times larger than Cheyenne, WY metro area's.
History
- Massachusetts: Admitted to the Union on February 6, 1788, as the 6th state.
- Wyoming: Admitted to the Union on July 10, 1890, as the 44th state.
- In its current form, Massachusetts is the older of the two by 102 years.
Massachusetts vs Wyoming Economy
GDP
- Massachusetts's GDP is $778.5 billion (2024) vs Wyoming's $51.5 billion.
- Massachusetts' economic output is 15.1 times larger than Wyoming's.
GDP per capita
- Massachusetts: $109,095 per person vs Wyoming: $87,639.
- Massachusetts' GDP per capita is 1.2 times (24%) higher than Wyoming's.
Average income
- Massachusetts: $93,607 vs Wyoming: $86,477 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Massachusetts' average income is 1.1 times (8%) higher than Wyoming's.
Massachusetts vs Wyoming Counties
Number of counties
- Massachusetts has 14 counties, while Wyoming has 23.
- Wyoming's county count is 1.6 times (64%) higher than Massachusetts'.
Biggest county by area
- Massachusetts's largest county is Worcester County at 1,511 square miles; Wyoming's is Sweetwater County at 10,427 square miles.
- Sweetwater County's land area is 6.9 times (590%) larger than Worcester County's.
Smallest county by area
- Massachusetts: Nantucket County (46 sq mi) vs Wyoming: Hot Springs County (2,004 sq mi).
- Hot Springs County's land area is 43.4 times larger than Nantucket County's.
Most populous county
- Massachusetts: Middlesex County (1,668,956 people) vs Wyoming: Laramie County (101,783 people).
- Middlesex County's population is 16.4 times larger than Laramie County's.
Least populous county
- Massachusetts: Nantucket County (14,670 people) vs Wyoming: Niobrara County (2,301 people).
- Nantucket County's population is 6.4 times (538%) larger than Niobrara County's.
Richest county
- Massachusetts: Nantucket County ($129,250 per capita income) vs Wyoming: Teton County ($532,903).
- Teton County's income is 4.1 times (312%) richer than Nantucket County's.
Poorest county
- Massachusetts: Hampshire County ($65,432 per capita income) vs Wyoming: Uinta County ($50,370).
- Hampshire County's income is 1.3 times (30%) richer than Uinta County's.
Massachusetts vs Wyoming Taxes
State income tax
- Massachusetts has a top income tax rate of 9%, while Wyoming has no state income tax.
- Massachusetts's top rate is 9 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Massachusetts: 1% effective rate vs Wyoming: 0.57% of home value per year.
- Massachusetts's rate is 0.43 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Massachusetts: 6.25% combined state and average local rate vs Wyoming: 5.39%.
- Massachusetts's combined rate is 0.86 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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