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Nevada vs Tennessee Geography
Land area
- Nevada has a land area of 109,860 square miles (284,537 km²), while Tennessee has 41,224 square miles (106,770 km²).
- Nevada's land area is 2.7 times (166%) larger than Tennessee's.
Total area
- Nevada: 110,571 square miles (286,377 km²) vs Tennessee: 42,130 square miles (109,116 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Nevada's total area is 2.6 times (162%) larger than Tennessee's.
Length
- Nevada is 484 miles (780 km) long from north to south; Tennessee is 191 miles (308 km).
- Nevada's north-south length is 2.5 times (153%) longer than Tennessee's.
Width
- Nevada spans 469 miles (755 km) east to west; Tennessee spans 497 miles (800 km).
- Tennessee's east-west width is 1.1 times (6%) wider than Nevada's.
Highest point
- Nevada's highest point is Boundary Peak at 13,115 feet (3,997 m); Tennessee's is Clingmans Dome at 6,624 feet (2,019 m).
- Boundary Peak is 6,491 feet higher than Clingmans Dome.
Lowest point
- Nevada's lowest point is Colorado River at 481 feet; Tennessee's is Mississippi River at 178 feet.
- Tennessee's lowest point is 303 feet lower.
Nevada vs Tennessee Population and History
Population
- Nevada has a population of 3,267,467 (2024), while Tennessee has 7,227,750 (2024).
- Tennessee's population is 2.2 times (121%) larger than Nevada's.
Population density
- Nevada: 29.7 people per square mile vs Tennessee: 175.3.
- Tennessee's population density is 5.9 times (490%) higher than Nevada's.
Biggest city
- Nevada's biggest city is Las Vegas with 678,922 people; Tennessee's is Nashville with 704,963.
- Las Vegas and Nashville have about the same population.
Largest metro area
- Nevada's largest metropolitan area is Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area (2,398,871 people) vs Tennessee's Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN metro area (2,150,553).
- Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area's population is 1.1 times (12%) larger than Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN metro area's.
History
- Nevada: Admitted to the Union on October 31, 1864, as the 36th 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 68 years.
Nevada vs Tennessee Economy
GDP
- Nevada's GDP is $269.0 billion (2024) vs Tennessee's $561.2 billion.
- Tennessee's economic output is 2.1 times (109%) larger than Nevada's.
GDP per capita
- Nevada: $82,330 per person vs Tennessee: $77,645.
- Nevada's GDP per capita is 1.1 times (6%) higher than Tennessee's.
Average income
- Nevada: $69,805 vs Tennessee: $66,504 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Nevada's average income is 1.0 times (5%) higher than Tennessee's.
Nevada vs Tennessee Counties
Number of counties
- Nevada has 17 counties, while Tennessee has 95.
- Tennessee's county count is 5.6 times (459%) higher than Nevada's.
Biggest county by area
- Nevada's largest county is Nye County at 18,182 square miles; Tennessee's is Shelby County at 753 square miles.
- Nye County's land area is 24.2 times larger than Shelby County's.
Smallest county by area
- Nevada: Carson City (145 sq mi) vs Tennessee: Trousdale County (114 sq mi).
- Carson City's land area is 1.3 times (26%) larger than Trousdale County's.
Most populous county
- Nevada: Clark County (2,398,871 people) vs Tennessee: Shelby County (910,530 people).
- Clark County's population is 2.6 times (163%) larger than Shelby County's.
Least populous county
- Nevada: Esmeralda County (720 people) vs Tennessee: Pickett County (5,108 people).
- Pickett County's population is 7.1 times (609%) larger than Esmeralda County's.
Richest county
- Nevada: Douglas County ($109,486 per capita income) vs Tennessee: Williamson County ($139,704).
- Williamson County's income is 1.3 times (28%) richer than Douglas County's.
Poorest county
- Nevada: Pershing County ($45,906 per capita income) vs Tennessee: Lake County ($31,572).
- Pershing County's income is 1.5 times (45%) richer than Lake County's.
Nevada vs Tennessee Taxes
State income tax
- Nevada has no state income tax, while Tennessee has no state income tax.
Property tax
- Nevada: 0.47% effective rate vs Tennessee: 0.45% of home value per year.
- Nevada's rate is 0.02 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Nevada: 8.24% combined state and average local rate vs Tennessee: 9.61%.
- Tennessee's combined rate is 1.37 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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