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Mississippi vs New Mexico Geography
Land area
- Mississippi has a land area of 46,925 square miles (121,534 km²), while New Mexico has 121,313 square miles (314,198 km²).
- New Mexico's land area is 2.6 times (159%) larger than Mississippi's.
Total area
- Mississippi: 48,436 square miles (125,448 km²) vs New Mexico: 121,593 square miles (314,925 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- New Mexico's total area is 2.5 times (151%) larger than Mississippi's.
Length
- Mississippi is 337 miles (542 km) long from north to south; New Mexico is 395 miles (635 km).
- New Mexico's north-south length is 1.2 times (17%) longer than Mississippi's.
Width
- Mississippi spans 340 miles (547 km) east to west; New Mexico spans 498 miles (801 km).
- New Mexico's east-west width is 1.5 times (46%) wider than Mississippi's.
Highest point
- Mississippi's highest point is Woodall Mountain at 805 feet (245 m); New Mexico's is Wheeler Peak at 13,150 feet (4,008 m).
- Wheeler Peak is 12,345 feet higher than Woodall Mountain.
Lowest point
- Mississippi's lowest point is Gulf of Mexico at 0 feet; New Mexico's is Red Bluff Reservoir at 2,842 feet.
- Mississippi's lowest point is 2,842 feet lower.
Mississippi vs New Mexico Population and History
Population
- Mississippi has a population of 2,943,045 (2024), while New Mexico has 2,130,256 (2024).
- Mississippi's population is 1.4 times (38%) larger than New Mexico's.
Population density
- Mississippi: 62.7 people per square mile vs New Mexico: 17.6.
- Mississippi's population density is 3.6 times (256%) higher than New Mexico's.
Biggest city
- Mississippi's biggest city is Jackson with 141,449 people; New Mexico's is Albuquerque with 560,326.
- Albuquerque's population is 4.0 times (296%) larger than Jackson's.
Largest metro area
- Mississippi's largest metropolitan area is Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area (1,339,345 people) vs New Mexico's Albuquerque, NM metro area (926,303).
- Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area's population is 1.4 times (45%) larger than Albuquerque, NM metro area's.
History
- Mississippi: Admitted to the Union on December 10, 1817, as the 20th state.
- New Mexico: Admitted to the Union on January 6, 1912, as the 47th state.
- In its current form, Mississippi is the older of the two by 95 years.
Mississippi vs New Mexico Economy
GDP
- Mississippi's GDP is $158.2 billion (2024) vs New Mexico's $147.1 billion.
- Mississippi's economic output is 1.1 times (8%) larger than New Mexico's.
GDP per capita
- Mississippi: $53,751 per person vs New Mexico: $69,046.
- New Mexico's GDP per capita is 1.3 times (28%) higher than Mississippi's.
Average income
- Mississippi: $52,074 vs New Mexico: $58,249 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- New Mexico's average income is 1.1 times (12%) higher than Mississippi's.
Mississippi vs New Mexico Counties
Number of counties
- Mississippi has 82 counties, while New Mexico has 33.
- Mississippi's county count is 2.5 times (148%) higher than New Mexico's.
Biggest county by area
- Mississippi's largest county is Yazoo County at 922 square miles; New Mexico's is Catron County at 6,924 square miles.
- Catron County's land area is 7.5 times (651%) larger than Yazoo County's.
Smallest county by area
- Mississippi: Alcorn County (400 sq mi) vs New Mexico: Los Alamos County (109 sq mi).
- Alcorn County's land area is 3.7 times (267%) larger than Los Alamos County's.
Most populous county
- Mississippi: Harrison County (213,730 people) vs New Mexico: Bernalillo County (671,747 people).
- Bernalillo County's population is 3.1 times (214%) larger than Harrison County's.
Least populous county
- Mississippi: Issaquena County (1,295 people) vs New Mexico: Harding County (635 people).
- Issaquena County's population is 2.0 times (104%) larger than Harding County's.
Richest county
- Mississippi: Madison County ($90,668 per capita income) vs New Mexico: Los Alamos County ($98,378).
- Los Alamos County's income is 1.1 times (9%) richer than Madison County's.
Poorest county
- Mississippi: Issaquena County ($27,264 per capita income) vs New Mexico: Cibola County ($36,397).
- Cibola County's income is 1.3 times (33%) richer than Issaquena County's.
Mississippi vs New Mexico Taxes
State income tax
- Mississippi has a top income tax rate of 4%, while New Mexico has a top income tax rate of 5.9%.
- New Mexico's top rate is 1.9 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Mississippi: 0.65% effective rate vs New Mexico: 0.63% of home value per year.
- Mississippi's rate is 0.02 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Mississippi: 7.06% combined state and average local rate vs New Mexico: 7.68%.
- New Mexico's combined rate is 0.62 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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