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Nevada vs North Carolina Geography
Land area
- Nevada has a land area of 109,860 square miles (284,537 km²), while North Carolina has 48,624 square miles (125,936 km²).
- Nevada's land area is 2.3 times (126%) larger than North Carolina's.
Total area
- Nevada: 110,571 square miles (286,377 km²) vs North Carolina: 53,819 square miles (139,390 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Nevada's total area is 2.1 times (105%) larger than North Carolina's.
Length
- Nevada is 484 miles (780 km) long from north to south; North Carolina is 258 miles (415 km).
- Nevada's north-south length is 1.9 times (88%) longer than North Carolina's.
Width
- Nevada spans 469 miles (755 km) east to west; North Carolina spans 487 miles (784 km).
- Nevada and North Carolina have about the same east-west width.
Highest point
- Nevada's highest point is Boundary Peak at 13,115 feet (3,997 m); North Carolina's is Mount Mitchell at 6,674 feet (2,034 m).
- Boundary Peak is 6,441 feet higher than Mount Mitchell.
Lowest point
- Nevada's lowest point is Colorado River at 481 feet; North Carolina's is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet.
- North Carolina's lowest point is 481 feet lower.
Nevada vs North Carolina Population and History
Population
- Nevada has a population of 3,267,467 (2024), while North Carolina has 11,046,024 (2024).
- North Carolina's population is 3.4 times (238%) larger than Nevada's.
Population density
- Nevada: 29.7 people per square mile vs North Carolina: 227.2.
- North Carolina's population density is 7.6 times (665%) higher than Nevada's.
Biggest city
- Nevada's biggest city is Las Vegas with 678,922 people; North Carolina's is Charlotte with 943,476.
- Charlotte's population is 1.4 times (39%) larger than Las Vegas'.
Largest metro area
- Nevada's largest metropolitan area is Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area (2,398,871 people) vs North Carolina's Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area (2,883,370).
- Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area's population is 1.2 times (20%) 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.
- North Carolina: Admitted to the Union on November 21, 1789, as the 12th state.
- In its current form, North Carolina is the older of the two by 75 years.
Nevada vs North Carolina Economy
GDP
- Nevada's GDP is $269.0 billion (2024) vs North Carolina's $844.2 billion.
- North Carolina's economic output is 3.1 times (214%) larger than Nevada's.
GDP per capita
- Nevada: $82,330 per person vs North Carolina: $76,427.
- Nevada's GDP per capita is 1.1 times (8%) higher than North Carolina's.
Average income
- Nevada: $69,805 vs North Carolina: $65,634 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Nevada's average income is 1.1 times (6%) higher than North Carolina's.
Nevada vs North Carolina Counties
Number of counties
- Nevada has 17 counties, while North Carolina has 100.
- North Carolina's county count is 5.9 times (488%) higher than Nevada's.
Biggest county by area
- Nevada's largest county is Nye County at 18,182 square miles; North Carolina's is Robeson County at 947 square miles.
- Nye County's land area is 19.2 times larger than Robeson County's.
Smallest county by area
- Nevada: Carson City (145 sq mi) vs North Carolina: Chowan County (173 sq mi).
- Chowan County's land area is 1.2 times (20%) larger than Carson City's.
Most populous county
- Nevada: Clark County (2,398,871 people) vs North Carolina: Wake County (1,232,444 people).
- Clark County's population is 1.9 times (95%) larger than Wake County's.
Least populous county
- Nevada: Esmeralda County (720 people) vs North Carolina: Tyrrell County (3,517 people).
- Tyrrell County's population is 4.9 times (388%) larger than Esmeralda County's.
Richest county
- Nevada: Douglas County ($109,486 per capita income) vs North Carolina: Chatham County ($91,638).
- Douglas County's income is 1.2 times (19%) richer than Chatham County's.
Poorest county
- Nevada: Pershing County ($45,906 per capita income) vs North Carolina: Warren County ($40,932).
- Pershing County's income is 1.1 times (12%) richer than Warren County's.
Nevada vs North Carolina Taxes
State income tax
- Nevada has no state income tax, while North Carolina has a top income tax rate of 3.99%.
- North Carolina's top rate is 3.99 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Nevada: 0.47% effective rate vs North Carolina: 0.61% of home value per year.
- North Carolina's rate is 0.14 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Nevada: 8.24% combined state and average local rate vs North Carolina: 7.1%.
- Nevada's combined rate is 1.14 percentage points higher.
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