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Minnesota vs New Jersey Geography
Land area
- Minnesota has a land area of 79,632 square miles (206,245 km²), while New Jersey has 7,355 square miles (19,049 km²).
- Minnesota's land area is 10.8 times larger than New Jersey's.
Total area
- Minnesota: 86,943 square miles (225,182 km²) vs New Jersey: 8,719 square miles (22,583 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Minnesota's total area is 10.0 times (897%) larger than New Jersey's.
Length
- Minnesota is 408 miles (657 km) long from north to south; New Jersey is 169 miles (271 km).
- Minnesota's north-south length is 2.4 times (141%) longer than New Jersey's.
Width
- Minnesota spans 360 miles (580 km) east to west; New Jersey spans 129 miles (207 km).
- Minnesota's east-west width is 2.8 times (179%) wider than New Jersey's.
Highest point
- Minnesota's highest point is Eagle Mountain at 2,292 feet (699 m); New Jersey's is High Point at 1,798 feet (548 m).
- Eagle Mountain is 494 feet higher than High Point.
Lowest point
- Minnesota's lowest point is Lake Superior at 601 feet; New Jersey's is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet.
- New Jersey's lowest point is 601 feet lower.
Minnesota vs New Jersey Population and History
Population
- Minnesota has a population of 5,793,151 (2024), while New Jersey has 9,500,851 (2024).
- New Jersey's population is 1.6 times (64%) larger than Minnesota's.
Population density
- Minnesota: 72.7 people per square mile vs New Jersey: 1,291.8.
- New Jersey's population density is 17.8 times higher than Minnesota's.
Biggest city
- Minnesota's biggest city is Minneapolis with 428,579 people; New Jersey's is Newark with 317,303.
- Minneapolis' population is 1.4 times (35%) larger than Newark's.
Largest metro area
- Minnesota's largest metropolitan area is Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area (3,757,952 people) vs New Jersey's New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area (19,940,274).
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area's population is 5.3 times (431%) larger than Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area's.
History
- Minnesota: Admitted to the Union on May 11, 1858, as the 32nd state.
- New Jersey: Admitted to the Union on December 18, 1787, as the 3rd state.
- In its current form, New Jersey is the older of the two by 71 years.
Minnesota vs New Jersey Economy
GDP
- Minnesota's GDP is $507.7 billion (2024) vs New Jersey's $846.0 billion.
- New Jersey's economic output is 1.7 times (67%) larger than Minnesota's.
GDP per capita
- Minnesota: $87,636 per person vs New Jersey: $89,045.
- Minnesota and New Jersey have about the same GDP per capita.
Average income
- Minnesota: $75,603 vs New Jersey: $84,893 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- New Jersey's average income is 1.1 times (12%) higher than Minnesota's.
Minnesota vs New Jersey Counties
Number of counties
- Minnesota has 87 counties, while New Jersey has 21.
- Minnesota's county count is 4.1 times (314%) higher than New Jersey's.
Biggest county by area
- Minnesota's largest county is St. Louis County at 6,248 square miles; New Jersey's is Burlington County at 799 square miles.
- St. Louis County's land area is 7.8 times (682%) larger than Burlington County's.
Smallest county by area
- Minnesota: Ramsey County (152 sq mi) vs New Jersey: Hudson County (46 sq mi).
- Ramsey County's land area is 3.3 times (230%) larger than Hudson County's.
Most populous county
- Minnesota: Hennepin County (1,273,334 people) vs New Jersey: Bergen County (978,641 people).
- Hennepin County's population is 1.3 times (30%) larger than Bergen County's.
Least populous county
- Minnesota: Traverse County (3,134 people) vs New Jersey: Salem County (65,874 people).
- Salem County's population is 21.0 times larger than Traverse County's.
Richest county
- Minnesota: Hennepin County ($100,352 per capita income) vs New Jersey: Somerset County ($121,042).
- Somerset County's income is 1.2 times (21%) richer than Hennepin County's.
Poorest county
- Minnesota: Pine County ($48,677 per capita income) vs New Jersey: Cumberland County ($50,843).
- Pine County and Cumberland County have about the same income.
Minnesota vs New Jersey Taxes
State income tax
- Minnesota has a top income tax rate of 9.85%, while New Jersey has a top income tax rate of 10.75%.
- New Jersey's top rate is 0.9 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Minnesota: 1.02% effective rate vs New Jersey: 1.89% of home value per year.
- New Jersey's rate is 0.87 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Minnesota: 8.14% combined state and average local rate vs New Jersey: 6.6%.
- Minnesota's combined rate is 1.54 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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