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Missouri vs New Jersey Geography
Land area
- Missouri has a land area of 68,746 square miles (178,052 km²), while New Jersey has 7,355 square miles (19,049 km²).
- Missouri's land area is 9.3 times (835%) larger than New Jersey's.
Total area
- Missouri: 69,707 square miles (180,540 km²) vs New Jersey: 8,719 square miles (22,583 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Missouri's total area is 8.0 times (699%) larger than New Jersey's.
Length
- Missouri is 328 miles (529 km) long from north to south; New Jersey is 169 miles (271 km).
- Missouri's north-south length is 1.9 times (94%) longer than New Jersey's.
Width
- Missouri spans 437 miles (703 km) east to west; New Jersey spans 129 miles (207 km).
- Missouri's east-west width is 3.4 times (239%) wider than New Jersey's.
Highest point
- Missouri's highest point is Taum Sauk Mountain at 1,771 feet (540 m); New Jersey's is High Point at 1,798 feet (548 m).
- High Point is 27 feet higher than Taum Sauk Mountain.
Lowest point
- Missouri's lowest point is St. Francis River at 230 feet; New Jersey's is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet.
- New Jersey's lowest point is 230 feet lower.
Missouri vs New Jersey Population and History
Population
- Missouri has a population of 6,245,466 (2024), while New Jersey has 9,500,851 (2024).
- New Jersey's population is 1.5 times (52%) larger than Missouri's.
Population density
- Missouri: 90.8 people per square mile vs New Jersey: 1,291.8.
- New Jersey's population density is 14.2 times higher than Missouri's.
Biggest city
- Missouri's biggest city is Kansas City with 516,032 people; New Jersey's is Newark with 317,303.
- Kansas City's population is 1.6 times (63%) larger than Newark's.
Largest metro area
- Missouri's largest metropolitan area is St. Louis, MO-IL metro area (2,811,927 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 7.1 times (609%) larger than St. Louis, MO-IL metro area's.
History
- Missouri: Admitted to the Union on August 10, 1821, as the 24th 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 34 years.
Missouri vs New Jersey Economy
GDP
- Missouri's GDP is $448.7 billion (2024) vs New Jersey's $846.0 billion.
- New Jersey's economic output is 1.9 times (89%) larger than Missouri's.
GDP per capita
- Missouri: $71,846 per person vs New Jersey: $89,045.
- New Jersey's GDP per capita is 1.2 times (24%) higher than Missouri's.
Average income
- Missouri: $64,920 vs New Jersey: $84,893 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- New Jersey's average income is 1.3 times (31%) higher than Missouri's.
Missouri vs New Jersey Counties
Number of counties
- Missouri has 115 counties, while New Jersey has 21.
- Missouri's county count is 5.5 times (448%) higher than New Jersey's.
Biggest county by area
- Missouri's largest county is Texas County at 1,177 square miles; New Jersey's is Burlington County at 799 square miles.
- Texas County's land area is 1.5 times (47%) larger than Burlington County's.
Smallest county by area
- Missouri: St. Louis city (62 sq mi) vs New Jersey: Hudson County (46 sq mi).
- St. Louis city's land area is 1.3 times (34%) larger than Hudson County's.
Most populous county
- Missouri: St. Louis County (992,929 people) vs New Jersey: Bergen County (978,641 people).
- St. Louis County and Bergen County have about the same population.
Least populous county
- Missouri: Worth County (1,872 people) vs New Jersey: Salem County (65,874 people).
- Salem County's population is 35.2 times larger than Worth County's.
Richest county
- Missouri: St. Louis County ($104,775 per capita income) vs New Jersey: Somerset County ($121,042).
- Somerset County's income is 1.2 times (16%) richer than St. Louis County's.
Poorest county
- Missouri: Douglas County ($40,515 per capita income) vs New Jersey: Cumberland County ($50,843).
- Cumberland County's income is 1.3 times (25%) richer than Douglas County's.
Missouri vs New Jersey Taxes
State income tax
- Missouri has a top income tax rate of 4.7%, while New Jersey has a top income tax rate of 10.75%.
- New Jersey's top rate is 6.05 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Missouri: 0.79% effective rate vs New Jersey: 1.89% of home value per year.
- New Jersey's rate is 1.1 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Missouri: 8.44% combined state and average local rate vs New Jersey: 6.6%.
- Missouri's combined rate is 1.84 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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