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Minnesota vs New Mexico Geography
Land area
- Minnesota has a land area of 79,632 square miles (206,245 km²), while New Mexico has 121,313 square miles (314,198 km²).
- New Mexico's land area is 1.5 times (52%) larger than Minnesota's.
Total area
- Minnesota: 86,943 square miles (225,182 km²) vs New Mexico: 121,593 square miles (314,925 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- New Mexico's total area is 1.4 times (40%) larger than Minnesota's.
Length
- Minnesota is 408 miles (657 km) long from north to south; New Mexico is 395 miles (635 km).
- Minnesota and New Mexico have about the same north-south length.
Width
- Minnesota spans 360 miles (580 km) east to west; New Mexico spans 498 miles (801 km).
- New Mexico's east-west width is 1.4 times (38%) wider than Minnesota's.
Highest point
- Minnesota's highest point is Eagle Mountain at 2,292 feet (699 m); New Mexico's is Wheeler Peak at 13,150 feet (4,008 m).
- Wheeler Peak is 10,858 feet higher than Eagle Mountain.
Lowest point
- Minnesota's lowest point is Lake Superior at 601 feet; New Mexico's is Red Bluff Reservoir at 2,842 feet.
- Minnesota's lowest point is 2,241 feet lower.
Minnesota vs New Mexico Population and History
Population
- Minnesota has a population of 5,793,151 (2024), while New Mexico has 2,130,256 (2024).
- Minnesota's population is 2.7 times (172%) larger than New Mexico's.
Population density
- Minnesota: 72.7 people per square mile vs New Mexico: 17.6.
- Minnesota's population density is 4.1 times (313%) higher than New Mexico's.
Biggest city
- Minnesota's biggest city is Minneapolis with 428,579 people; New Mexico's is Albuquerque with 560,326.
- Albuquerque's population is 1.3 times (31%) larger than Minneapolis'.
Largest metro area
- Minnesota's largest metropolitan area is Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area (3,757,952 people) vs New Mexico's Albuquerque, NM metro area (926,303).
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area's population is 4.1 times (306%) larger than Albuquerque, NM metro area's.
History
- Minnesota: Admitted to the Union on May 11, 1858, as the 32nd state.
- New Mexico: Admitted to the Union on January 6, 1912, as the 47th state.
- In its current form, Minnesota is the older of the two by 54 years.
Minnesota vs New Mexico Economy
GDP
- Minnesota's GDP is $507.7 billion (2024) vs New Mexico's $147.1 billion.
- Minnesota's economic output is 3.5 times (245%) larger than New Mexico's.
GDP per capita
- Minnesota: $87,636 per person vs New Mexico: $69,046.
- Minnesota's GDP per capita is 1.3 times (27%) higher than New Mexico's.
Average income
- Minnesota: $75,603 vs New Mexico: $58,249 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Minnesota's average income is 1.3 times (30%) higher than New Mexico's.
Minnesota vs New Mexico Counties
Number of counties
- Minnesota has 87 counties, while New Mexico has 33.
- Minnesota's county count is 2.6 times (164%) higher than New Mexico's.
Biggest county by area
- Minnesota's largest county is St. Louis County at 6,248 square miles; New Mexico's is Catron County at 6,924 square miles.
- Catron County's land area is 1.1 times (11%) larger than St. Louis County's.
Smallest county by area
- Minnesota: Ramsey County (152 sq mi) vs New Mexico: Los Alamos County (109 sq mi).
- Ramsey County's land area is 1.4 times (40%) larger than Los Alamos County's.
Most populous county
- Minnesota: Hennepin County (1,273,334 people) vs New Mexico: Bernalillo County (671,747 people).
- Hennepin County's population is 1.9 times (90%) larger than Bernalillo County's.
Least populous county
- Minnesota: Traverse County (3,134 people) vs New Mexico: Harding County (635 people).
- Traverse County's population is 4.9 times (394%) larger than Harding County's.
Richest county
- Minnesota: Hennepin County ($100,352 per capita income) vs New Mexico: Los Alamos County ($98,378).
- Hennepin County and Los Alamos County have about the same income.
Poorest county
- Minnesota: Pine County ($48,677 per capita income) vs New Mexico: Cibola County ($36,397).
- Pine County's income is 1.3 times (34%) richer than Cibola County's.
Minnesota vs New Mexico Taxes
State income tax
- Minnesota has a top income tax rate of 9.85%, while New Mexico has a top income tax rate of 5.9%.
- Minnesota's top rate is 3.95 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Minnesota: 1.02% effective rate vs New Mexico: 0.63% of home value per year.
- Minnesota's rate is 0.39 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Minnesota: 8.14% combined state and average local rate vs New Mexico: 7.68%.
- Minnesota's combined rate is 0.46 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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