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Mississippi vs New York Geography
Land area
- Mississippi has a land area of 46,925 square miles (121,534 km²), while New York has 47,123 square miles (122,049 km²).
- Mississippi and New York have about the same land area.
Total area
- Mississippi: 48,436 square miles (125,448 km²) vs New York: 54,559 square miles (141,306 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- New York's total area is 1.1 times (13%) larger than Mississippi's.
Length
- Mississippi is 337 miles (542 km) long from north to south; New York is 312 miles (503 km).
- Mississippi's north-south length is 1.1 times (8%) longer than New York's.
Width
- Mississippi spans 340 miles (547 km) east to west; New York spans 415 miles (668 km).
- New York's east-west width is 1.2 times (22%) wider than Mississippi's.
Highest point
- Mississippi's highest point is Woodall Mountain at 805 feet (245 m); New York's is Mount Marcy at 5,335 feet (1,626 m).
- Mount Marcy is 4,530 feet higher than Woodall Mountain.
Lowest point
- Mississippi's lowest point is Gulf of Mexico at 0 feet; New York's is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet.
- Both lowest points are at or near sea level.
Mississippi vs New York Population and History
Population
- Mississippi has a population of 2,943,045 (2024), while New York has 19,867,248 (2024).
- New York's population is 6.8 times (575%) larger than Mississippi's.
Population density
- Mississippi: 62.7 people per square mile vs New York: 421.6.
- New York's population density is 6.7 times (572%) higher than Mississippi's.
Biggest city
- Mississippi's biggest city is Jackson with 141,449 people; New York's is New York with 8,478,072.
- New York's population is 59.9 times 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 York'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 14.9 times larger than Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area's.
History
- Mississippi: Admitted to the Union on December 10, 1817, as the 20th state.
- New York: Admitted to the Union on July 26, 1788, as the 11th state.
- In its current form, New York is the older of the two by 29 years.
Mississippi vs New York Economy
GDP
- Mississippi's GDP is $158.2 billion (2024) vs New York's $2,322.1 billion.
- New York's economic output is 14.7 times larger than Mississippi's.
GDP per capita
- Mississippi: $53,751 per person vs New York: $116,883.
- New York's GDP per capita is 2.2 times (117%) higher than Mississippi's.
Average income
- Mississippi: $52,074 vs New York: $85,552 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- New York's average income is 1.6 times (64%) higher than Mississippi's.
Mississippi vs New York Counties
Number of counties
- Mississippi has 82 counties, while New York has 62.
- Mississippi's county count is 1.3 times (32%) higher than New York's.
Biggest county by area
- Mississippi's largest county is Yazoo County at 922 square miles; New York's is St. Lawrence County at 2,680 square miles.
- St. Lawrence County's land area is 2.9 times (191%) larger than Yazoo County's.
Smallest county by area
- Mississippi: Alcorn County (400 sq mi) vs New York: New York County (23 sq mi).
- Alcorn County's land area is 17.6 times larger than New York County's.
Most populous county
- Mississippi: Harrison County (213,730 people) vs New York: Kings County (2,617,631 people).
- Kings County's population is 12.2 times larger than Harrison County's.
Least populous county
- Mississippi: Issaquena County (1,295 people) vs New York: Hamilton County (5,082 people).
- Hamilton County's population is 3.9 times (292%) larger than Issaquena County's.
Richest county
- Mississippi: Madison County ($90,668 per capita income) vs New York: New York County ($217,075).
- New York County's income is 2.4 times (139%) richer than Madison County's.
Poorest county
- Mississippi: Issaquena County ($27,264 per capita income) vs New York: Allegany County ($44,689).
- Allegany County's income is 1.6 times (64%) richer than Issaquena County's.
Mississippi vs New York Taxes
State income tax
- Mississippi has a top income tax rate of 4%, while New York has a top income tax rate of 10.9%.
- New York's top rate is 6.9 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Mississippi: 0.65% effective rate vs New York: 1.45% of home value per year.
- New York's rate is 0.8 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Mississippi: 7.06% combined state and average local rate vs New York: 8.54%.
- New York's combined rate is 1.48 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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