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Nevada vs New Jersey Geography
Land area
- Nevada has a land area of 109,860 square miles (284,537 km²), while New Jersey has 7,355 square miles (19,049 km²).
- Nevada's land area is 14.9 times larger than New Jersey's.
Total area
- Nevada: 110,571 square miles (286,377 km²) vs New Jersey: 8,719 square miles (22,583 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Nevada's total area is 12.7 times larger than New Jersey's.
Length
- Nevada is 484 miles (780 km) long from north to south; New Jersey is 169 miles (271 km).
- Nevada's north-south length is 2.9 times (186%) longer than New Jersey's.
Width
- Nevada spans 469 miles (755 km) east to west; New Jersey spans 129 miles (207 km).
- Nevada's east-west width is 3.6 times (264%) wider than New Jersey's.
Highest point
- Nevada's highest point is Boundary Peak at 13,115 feet (3,997 m); New Jersey's is High Point at 1,798 feet (548 m).
- Boundary Peak is 11,317 feet higher than High Point.
Lowest point
- Nevada's lowest point is Colorado River at 481 feet; New Jersey's is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet.
- New Jersey's lowest point is 481 feet lower.
Nevada vs New Jersey Population and History
Population
- Nevada has a population of 3,267,467 (2024), while New Jersey has 9,500,851 (2024).
- New Jersey's population is 2.9 times (191%) larger than Nevada's.
Population density
- Nevada: 29.7 people per square mile vs New Jersey: 1,291.8.
- New Jersey's population density is 43.5 times higher than Nevada's.
Biggest city
- Nevada's biggest city is Las Vegas with 678,922 people; New Jersey's is Newark with 317,303.
- Las Vegas' population is 2.1 times (114%) larger than Newark's.
Largest metro area
- Nevada's largest metropolitan area is Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area (2,398,871 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 8.3 times (731%) larger than Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area's.
History
- Nevada: Admitted to the Union on October 31, 1864, as the 36th 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 77 years.
Nevada vs New Jersey Economy
GDP
- Nevada's GDP is $269.0 billion (2024) vs New Jersey's $846.0 billion.
- New Jersey's economic output is 3.1 times (214%) larger than Nevada's.
GDP per capita
- Nevada: $82,330 per person vs New Jersey: $89,045.
- New Jersey's GDP per capita is 1.1 times (8%) higher than Nevada's.
Average income
- Nevada: $69,805 vs New Jersey: $84,893 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- New Jersey's average income is 1.2 times (22%) higher than Nevada's.
Nevada vs New Jersey Counties
Number of counties
- Nevada has 17 counties, while New Jersey has 21.
- New Jersey's county count is 1.2 times (24%) higher than Nevada's.
Biggest county by area
- Nevada's largest county is Nye County at 18,182 square miles; New Jersey's is Burlington County at 799 square miles.
- Nye County's land area is 22.7 times larger than Burlington County's.
Smallest county by area
- Nevada: Carson City (145 sq mi) vs New Jersey: Hudson County (46 sq mi).
- Carson City's land area is 3.1 times (213%) larger than Hudson County's.
Most populous county
- Nevada: Clark County (2,398,871 people) vs New Jersey: Bergen County (978,641 people).
- Clark County's population is 2.5 times (145%) larger than Bergen County's.
Least populous county
- Nevada: Esmeralda County (720 people) vs New Jersey: Salem County (65,874 people).
- Salem County's population is 91.5 times larger than Esmeralda County's.
Richest county
- Nevada: Douglas County ($109,486 per capita income) vs New Jersey: Somerset County ($121,042).
- Somerset County's income is 1.1 times (11%) richer than Douglas County's.
Poorest county
- Nevada: Pershing County ($45,906 per capita income) vs New Jersey: Cumberland County ($50,843).
- Cumberland County's income is 1.1 times (11%) richer than Pershing County's.
Nevada vs New Jersey Taxes
State income tax
- Nevada has no state income tax, while New Jersey has a top income tax rate of 10.75%.
- New Jersey's top rate is 10.75 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Nevada: 0.47% effective rate vs New Jersey: 1.89% of home value per year.
- New Jersey's rate is 1.42 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Nevada: 8.24% combined state and average local rate vs New Jersey: 6.6%.
- Nevada's combined rate is 1.64 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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