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Nebraska vs Tennessee Geography
Land area
- Nebraska has a land area of 76,815 square miles (198,950 km²), while Tennessee has 41,224 square miles (106,770 km²).
- Nebraska's land area is 1.9 times (86%) larger than Tennessee's.
Total area
- Nebraska: 77,347 square miles (200,329 km²) vs Tennessee: 42,130 square miles (109,116 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Nebraska's total area is 1.8 times (84%) larger than Tennessee's.
Length
- Nebraska is 497 miles (800 km) long from north to south; Tennessee is 191 miles (308 km).
- Nebraska's north-south length is 2.6 times (160%) longer than Tennessee's.
Width
- Nebraska spans 464 miles (747 km) east to west; Tennessee spans 497 miles (800 km).
- Tennessee's east-west width is 1.1 times (7%) wider than Nebraska's.
Highest point
- Nebraska's highest point is Panorama Point at 5,428 feet (1,654 m); Tennessee's is Clingmans Dome at 6,624 feet (2,019 m).
- Clingmans Dome is 1,196 feet higher than Panorama Point.
Lowest point
- Nebraska's lowest point is Missouri River at 840 feet; Tennessee's is Mississippi River at 178 feet.
- Tennessee's lowest point is 662 feet lower.
Nebraska vs Tennessee Population and History
Population
- Nebraska has a population of 2,005,465 (2024), while Tennessee has 7,227,750 (2024).
- Tennessee's population is 3.6 times (260%) larger than Nebraska's.
Population density
- Nebraska: 26.1 people per square mile vs Tennessee: 175.3.
- Tennessee's population density is 6.7 times (572%) higher than Nebraska's.
Biggest city
- Nebraska's biggest city is Omaha with 489,265 people; Tennessee's is Nashville with 704,963.
- Nashville's population is 1.4 times (44%) larger than Omaha's.
Largest metro area
- Nebraska's largest metropolitan area is Omaha, NE-IA metro area (1,001,010 people) vs Tennessee's Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN metro area (2,150,553).
- Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN metro area's population is 2.1 times (115%) larger than Omaha, NE-IA metro area's.
History
- Nebraska: Admitted to the Union on March 1, 1867, as the 37th 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 71 years.
Nebraska vs Tennessee Economy
GDP
- Nebraska's GDP is $189.2 billion (2024) vs Tennessee's $561.2 billion.
- Tennessee's economic output is 3.0 times (197%) larger than Nebraska's.
GDP per capita
- Nebraska: $94,363 per person vs Tennessee: $77,645.
- Nebraska's GDP per capita is 1.2 times (22%) higher than Tennessee's.
Average income
- Nebraska: $72,701 vs Tennessee: $66,504 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Nebraska's average income is 1.1 times (9%) higher than Tennessee's.
Nebraska vs Tennessee Counties
Number of counties
- Nebraska has 93 counties, while Tennessee has 95.
- Nebraska and Tennessee have about the same county count.
Biggest county by area
- Nebraska's largest county is Cherry County at 5,960 square miles; Tennessee's is Shelby County at 753 square miles.
- Cherry County's land area is 7.9 times (692%) larger than Shelby County's.
Smallest county by area
- Nebraska: Sarpy County (238 sq mi) vs Tennessee: Trousdale County (114 sq mi).
- Sarpy County's land area is 2.1 times (108%) larger than Trousdale County's.
Most populous county
- Nebraska: Douglas County (601,158 people) vs Tennessee: Shelby County (910,530 people).
- Shelby County's population is 1.5 times (51%) larger than Douglas County's.
Least populous county
- Nebraska: McPherson County (376 people) vs Tennessee: Pickett County (5,108 people).
- Pickett County's population is 13.6 times larger than McPherson County's.
Richest county
- Nebraska: Pierce County ($112,729 per capita income) vs Tennessee: Williamson County ($139,704).
- Williamson County's income is 1.2 times (24%) richer than Pierce County's.
Poorest county
- Nebraska: Johnson County ($45,756 per capita income) vs Tennessee: Lake County ($31,572).
- Johnson County's income is 1.4 times (45%) richer than Lake County's.
Nebraska vs Tennessee Taxes
State income tax
- Nebraska has a top income tax rate of 4.55%, while Tennessee has no state income tax.
- Nebraska's top rate is 4.55 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Nebraska: 1.42% effective rate vs Tennessee: 0.45% of home value per year.
- Nebraska's rate is 0.97 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Nebraska: 6.98% combined state and average local rate vs Tennessee: 9.61%.
- Tennessee's combined rate is 2.63 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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