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Minnesota vs Tennessee Geography
Land area
- Minnesota has a land area of 79,632 square miles (206,245 km²), while Tennessee has 41,224 square miles (106,770 km²).
- Minnesota's land area is 1.9 times (93%) larger than Tennessee's.
Total area
- Minnesota: 86,943 square miles (225,182 km²) vs Tennessee: 42,130 square miles (109,116 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Minnesota's total area is 2.1 times (106%) larger than Tennessee's.
Length
- Minnesota is 408 miles (657 km) long from north to south; Tennessee is 191 miles (308 km).
- Minnesota's north-south length is 2.1 times (114%) longer than Tennessee's.
Width
- Minnesota spans 360 miles (580 km) east to west; Tennessee spans 497 miles (800 km).
- Tennessee'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); Tennessee's is Clingmans Dome at 6,624 feet (2,019 m).
- Clingmans Dome is 4,332 feet higher than Eagle Mountain.
Lowest point
- Minnesota's lowest point is Lake Superior at 601 feet; Tennessee's is Mississippi River at 178 feet.
- Tennessee's lowest point is 423 feet lower.
Minnesota vs Tennessee Population and History
Population
- Minnesota has a population of 5,793,151 (2024), while Tennessee has 7,227,750 (2024).
- Tennessee's population is 1.2 times (25%) larger than Minnesota's.
Population density
- Minnesota: 72.7 people per square mile vs Tennessee: 175.3.
- Tennessee's population density is 2.4 times (141%) higher than Minnesota's.
Biggest city
- Minnesota's biggest city is Minneapolis with 428,579 people; Tennessee's is Nashville with 704,963.
- Nashville's population is 1.6 times (64%) 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 Tennessee's Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN metro area (2,150,553).
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area's population is 1.7 times (75%) larger than Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN metro area's.
History
- Minnesota: Admitted to the Union on May 11, 1858, as the 32nd state.
- Tennessee: Admitted to the Union on June 1, 1796, as the 16th state.
- In its current form, Tennessee is the older of the two by 62 years.
Minnesota vs Tennessee Economy
GDP
- Minnesota's GDP is $507.7 billion (2024) vs Tennessee's $561.2 billion.
- Tennessee's economic output is 1.1 times (11%) larger than Minnesota's.
GDP per capita
- Minnesota: $87,636 per person vs Tennessee: $77,645.
- Minnesota's GDP per capita is 1.1 times (13%) higher than Tennessee's.
Average income
- Minnesota: $75,603 vs Tennessee: $66,504 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Minnesota's average income is 1.1 times (14%) higher than Tennessee's.
Minnesota vs Tennessee Counties
Number of counties
- Minnesota has 87 counties, while Tennessee has 95.
- Tennessee's county count is 1.1 times (9%) higher than Minnesota's.
Biggest county by area
- Minnesota's largest county is St. Louis County at 6,248 square miles; Tennessee's is Shelby County at 753 square miles.
- St. Louis County's land area is 8.3 times (730%) larger than Shelby County's.
Smallest county by area
- Minnesota: Ramsey County (152 sq mi) vs Tennessee: Trousdale County (114 sq mi).
- Ramsey County's land area is 1.3 times (33%) larger than Trousdale County's.
Most populous county
- Minnesota: Hennepin County (1,273,334 people) vs Tennessee: Shelby County (910,530 people).
- Hennepin County's population is 1.4 times (40%) larger than Shelby County's.
Least populous county
- Minnesota: Traverse County (3,134 people) vs Tennessee: Pickett County (5,108 people).
- Pickett County's population is 1.6 times (63%) larger than Traverse County's.
Richest county
- Minnesota: Hennepin County ($100,352 per capita income) vs Tennessee: Williamson County ($139,704).
- Williamson County's income is 1.4 times (39%) richer than Hennepin County's.
Poorest county
- Minnesota: Pine County ($48,677 per capita income) vs Tennessee: Lake County ($31,572).
- Pine County's income is 1.5 times (54%) richer than Lake County's.
Minnesota vs Tennessee Taxes
State income tax
- Minnesota has a top income tax rate of 9.85%, while Tennessee has no state income tax.
- Minnesota's top rate is 9.85 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Minnesota: 1.02% effective rate vs Tennessee: 0.45% of home value per year.
- Minnesota's rate is 0.57 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Minnesota: 8.14% combined state and average local rate vs Tennessee: 9.61%.
- Tennessee's combined rate is 1.47 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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