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Missouri vs Tennessee Geography
Land area
- Missouri has a land area of 68,746 square miles (178,052 km²), while Tennessee has 41,224 square miles (106,770 km²).
- Missouri's land area is 1.7 times (67%) larger than Tennessee's.
Total area
- Missouri: 69,707 square miles (180,540 km²) vs Tennessee: 42,130 square miles (109,116 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Missouri's total area is 1.7 times (65%) larger than Tennessee's.
Length
- Missouri is 328 miles (529 km) long from north to south; Tennessee is 191 miles (308 km).
- Missouri's north-south length is 1.7 times (72%) longer than Tennessee's.
Width
- Missouri spans 437 miles (703 km) east to west; Tennessee spans 497 miles (800 km).
- Tennessee's east-west width is 1.1 times (14%) wider than Missouri's.
Highest point
- Missouri's highest point is Taum Sauk Mountain at 1,771 feet (540 m); Tennessee's is Clingmans Dome at 6,624 feet (2,019 m).
- Clingmans Dome is 4,853 feet higher than Taum Sauk Mountain.
Lowest point
- Missouri's lowest point is St. Francis River at 230 feet; Tennessee's is Mississippi River at 178 feet.
- Tennessee's lowest point is 52 feet lower.
Missouri vs Tennessee Population and History
Population
- Missouri has a population of 6,245,466 (2024), while Tennessee has 7,227,750 (2024).
- Tennessee's population is 1.2 times (16%) larger than Missouri's.
Population density
- Missouri: 90.8 people per square mile vs Tennessee: 175.3.
- Tennessee's population density is 1.9 times (93%) higher than Missouri's.
Biggest city
- Missouri's biggest city is Kansas City with 516,032 people; Tennessee's is Nashville with 704,963.
- Nashville's population is 1.4 times (37%) larger than Kansas City's.
Largest metro area
- Missouri's largest metropolitan area is St. Louis, MO-IL metro area (2,811,927 people) vs Tennessee's Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN metro area (2,150,553).
- St. Louis, MO-IL metro area's population is 1.3 times (31%) larger than Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN metro area's.
History
- Missouri: Admitted to the Union on August 10, 1821, as the 24th 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 25 years.
Missouri vs Tennessee Economy
GDP
- Missouri's GDP is $448.7 billion (2024) vs Tennessee's $561.2 billion.
- Tennessee's economic output is 1.3 times (25%) larger than Missouri's.
GDP per capita
- Missouri: $71,846 per person vs Tennessee: $77,645.
- Tennessee's GDP per capita is 1.1 times (8%) higher than Missouri's.
Average income
- Missouri: $64,920 vs Tennessee: $66,504 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Missouri and Tennessee have about the same average income.
Missouri vs Tennessee Counties
Number of counties
- Missouri has 115 counties, while Tennessee has 95.
- Missouri's county count is 1.2 times (21%) higher than Tennessee's.
Biggest county by area
- Missouri's largest county is Texas County at 1,177 square miles; Tennessee's is Shelby County at 753 square miles.
- Texas County's land area is 1.6 times (56%) larger than Shelby County's.
Smallest county by area
- Missouri: St. Louis city (62 sq mi) vs Tennessee: Trousdale County (114 sq mi).
- Trousdale County's land area is 1.9 times (85%) larger than St. Louis city's.
Most populous county
- Missouri: St. Louis County (992,929 people) vs Tennessee: Shelby County (910,530 people).
- St. Louis County's population is 1.1 times (9%) larger than Shelby County's.
Least populous county
- Missouri: Worth County (1,872 people) vs Tennessee: Pickett County (5,108 people).
- Pickett County's population is 2.7 times (173%) larger than Worth County's.
Richest county
- Missouri: St. Louis County ($104,775 per capita income) vs Tennessee: Williamson County ($139,704).
- Williamson County's income is 1.3 times (33%) richer than St. Louis County's.
Poorest county
- Missouri: Douglas County ($40,515 per capita income) vs Tennessee: Lake County ($31,572).
- Douglas County's income is 1.3 times (28%) richer than Lake County's.
Missouri vs Tennessee Taxes
State income tax
- Missouri has a top income tax rate of 4.7%, while Tennessee has no state income tax.
- Missouri's top rate is 4.7 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Missouri: 0.79% effective rate vs Tennessee: 0.45% of home value per year.
- Missouri's rate is 0.34 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Missouri: 8.44% combined state and average local rate vs Tennessee: 9.61%.
- Tennessee's combined rate is 1.17 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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