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Nebraska vs New Jersey Geography
Land area
- Nebraska has a land area of 76,815 square miles (198,950 km²), while New Jersey has 7,355 square miles (19,049 km²).
- Nebraska's land area is 10.4 times larger than New Jersey's.
Total area
- Nebraska: 77,347 square miles (200,329 km²) vs New Jersey: 8,719 square miles (22,583 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Nebraska's total area is 8.9 times (787%) larger than New Jersey's.
Length
- Nebraska is 497 miles (800 km) long from north to south; New Jersey is 169 miles (271 km).
- Nebraska's north-south length is 2.9 times (194%) longer than New Jersey's.
Width
- Nebraska spans 464 miles (747 km) east to west; New Jersey spans 129 miles (207 km).
- Nebraska's east-west width is 3.6 times (260%) wider than New Jersey's.
Highest point
- Nebraska's highest point is Panorama Point at 5,428 feet (1,654 m); New Jersey's is High Point at 1,798 feet (548 m).
- Panorama Point is 3,630 feet higher than High Point.
Lowest point
- Nebraska's lowest point is Missouri River at 840 feet; New Jersey's is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet.
- New Jersey's lowest point is 840 feet lower.
Nebraska vs New Jersey Population and History
Population
- Nebraska has a population of 2,005,465 (2024), while New Jersey has 9,500,851 (2024).
- New Jersey's population is 4.7 times (374%) larger than Nebraska's.
Population density
- Nebraska: 26.1 people per square mile vs New Jersey: 1,291.8.
- New Jersey's population density is 49.5 times higher than Nebraska's.
Biggest city
- Nebraska's biggest city is Omaha with 489,265 people; New Jersey's is Newark with 317,303.
- Omaha's population is 1.5 times (54%) larger than Newark's.
Largest metro area
- Nebraska's largest metropolitan area is Omaha, NE-IA metro area (1,001,010 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 19.9 times larger than Omaha, NE-IA metro area's.
History
- Nebraska: Admitted to the Union on March 1, 1867, as the 37th 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 80 years.
Nebraska vs New Jersey Economy
GDP
- Nebraska's GDP is $189.2 billion (2024) vs New Jersey's $846.0 billion.
- New Jersey's economic output is 4.5 times (347%) larger than Nebraska's.
GDP per capita
- Nebraska: $94,363 per person vs New Jersey: $89,045.
- Nebraska's GDP per capita is 1.1 times (6%) higher than New Jersey's.
Average income
- Nebraska: $72,701 vs New Jersey: $84,893 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- New Jersey's average income is 1.2 times (17%) higher than Nebraska's.
Nebraska vs New Jersey Counties
Number of counties
- Nebraska has 93 counties, while New Jersey has 21.
- Nebraska's county count is 4.4 times (343%) higher than New Jersey's.
Biggest county by area
- Nebraska's largest county is Cherry County at 5,960 square miles; New Jersey's is Burlington County at 799 square miles.
- Cherry County's land area is 7.5 times (646%) larger than Burlington County's.
Smallest county by area
- Nebraska: Sarpy County (238 sq mi) vs New Jersey: Hudson County (46 sq mi).
- Sarpy County's land area is 5.2 times (415%) larger than Hudson County's.
Most populous county
- Nebraska: Douglas County (601,158 people) vs New Jersey: Bergen County (978,641 people).
- Bergen County's population is 1.6 times (63%) larger than Douglas County's.
Least populous county
- Nebraska: McPherson County (376 people) vs New Jersey: Salem County (65,874 people).
- Salem County's population is 175.2 times larger than McPherson County's.
Richest county
- Nebraska: Pierce County ($112,729 per capita income) vs New Jersey: Somerset County ($121,042).
- Somerset County's income is 1.1 times (7%) richer than Pierce County's.
Poorest county
- Nebraska: Johnson County ($45,756 per capita income) vs New Jersey: Cumberland County ($50,843).
- Cumberland County's income is 1.1 times (11%) richer than Johnson County's.
Nebraska vs New Jersey Taxes
State income tax
- Nebraska has a top income tax rate of 4.55%, while New Jersey has a top income tax rate of 10.75%.
- New Jersey's top rate is 6.2 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Nebraska: 1.42% effective rate vs New Jersey: 1.89% of home value per year.
- New Jersey's rate is 0.47 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Nebraska: 6.98% combined state and average local rate vs New Jersey: 6.6%.
- Nebraska's combined rate is 0.38 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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