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Nebraska vs Pennsylvania Geography
Land area
- Nebraska has a land area of 76,815 square miles (198,950 km²), while Pennsylvania has 44,742 square miles (115,882 km²).
- Nebraska's land area is 1.7 times (72%) larger than Pennsylvania's.
Total area
- Nebraska: 77,347 square miles (200,329 km²) vs Pennsylvania: 46,054 square miles (119,279 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Nebraska's total area is 1.7 times (68%) larger than Pennsylvania's.
Length
- Nebraska is 497 miles (800 km) long from north to south; Pennsylvania is 284 miles (458 km).
- Nebraska's north-south length is 1.8 times (75%) longer than Pennsylvania's.
Width
- Nebraska spans 464 miles (747 km) east to west; Pennsylvania spans 307 miles (495 km).
- Nebraska's east-west width is 1.5 times (51%) wider than Pennsylvania's.
Highest point
- Nebraska's highest point is Panorama Point at 5,428 feet (1,654 m); Pennsylvania's is Mount Davis at 3,210 feet (978 m).
- Panorama Point is 2,218 feet higher than Mount Davis.
Lowest point
- Nebraska's lowest point is Missouri River at 840 feet; Pennsylvania's is Delaware River at 0 feet.
- Pennsylvania's lowest point is 840 feet lower.
Nebraska vs Pennsylvania Population and History
Population
- Nebraska has a population of 2,005,465 (2024), while Pennsylvania has 13,078,751 (2024).
- Pennsylvania's population is 6.5 times (552%) larger than Nebraska's.
Population density
- Nebraska: 26.1 people per square mile vs Pennsylvania: 292.3.
- Pennsylvania's population density is 11.2 times higher than Nebraska's.
Biggest city
- Nebraska's biggest city is Omaha with 489,265 people; Pennsylvania's is Philadelphia with 1,573,916.
- Philadelphia's population is 3.2 times (222%) larger than Omaha's.
Largest metro area
- Nebraska's largest metropolitan area is Omaha, NE-IA metro area (1,001,010 people) vs Pennsylvania's Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area (6,330,422).
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area's population is 6.3 times (532%) larger than Omaha, NE-IA metro area's.
History
- Nebraska: Admitted to the Union on March 1, 1867, as the 37th state.
- Pennsylvania: Admitted to the Union on December 12, 1787, as the 2nd state.
- In its current form, Pennsylvania is the older of the two by 80 years.
Nebraska vs Pennsylvania Economy
GDP
- Nebraska's GDP is $189.2 billion (2024) vs Pennsylvania's $1,007.9 billion.
- Pennsylvania's economic output is 5.3 times (433%) larger than Nebraska's.
GDP per capita
- Nebraska: $94,363 per person vs Pennsylvania: $77,062.
- Nebraska's GDP per capita is 1.2 times (22%) higher than Pennsylvania's.
Average income
- Nebraska: $72,701 vs Pennsylvania: $70,678 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Nebraska and Pennsylvania have about the same average income.
Nebraska vs Pennsylvania Counties
Number of counties
- Nebraska has 93 counties, while Pennsylvania has 67.
- Nebraska's county count is 1.4 times (39%) higher than Pennsylvania's.
Biggest county by area
- Nebraska's largest county is Cherry County at 5,960 square miles; Pennsylvania's is Lycoming County at 1,229 square miles.
- Cherry County's land area is 4.8 times (385%) larger than Lycoming County's.
Smallest county by area
- Nebraska: Sarpy County (238 sq mi) vs Pennsylvania: Montour County (130 sq mi).
- Sarpy County's land area is 1.8 times (83%) larger than Montour County's.
Most populous county
- Nebraska: Douglas County (601,158 people) vs Pennsylvania: Philadelphia County (1,573,916 people).
- Philadelphia County's population is 2.6 times (162%) larger than Douglas County's.
Least populous county
- Nebraska: McPherson County (376 people) vs Pennsylvania: Cameron County (4,348 people).
- Cameron County's population is 11.6 times larger than McPherson County's.
Richest county
- Nebraska: Pierce County ($112,729 per capita income) vs Pennsylvania: Chester County ($110,883).
- Pierce County and Chester County have about the same income.
Poorest county
- Nebraska: Johnson County ($45,756 per capita income) vs Pennsylvania: Forest County ($30,234).
- Johnson County's income is 1.5 times (51%) richer than Forest County's.
Nebraska vs Pennsylvania Taxes
State income tax
- Nebraska has a top income tax rate of 4.55%, while Pennsylvania has a top income tax rate of 3.07%.
- Nebraska's top rate is 1.48 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Nebraska: 1.42% effective rate vs Pennsylvania: 1.16% of home value per year.
- Nebraska's rate is 0.26 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Nebraska: 6.98% combined state and average local rate vs Pennsylvania: 6.34%.
- Nebraska's combined rate is 0.64 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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