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New Jersey vs Texas Geography
Land area
- New Jersey has a land area of 7,355 square miles (19,049 km²), while Texas has 261,259 square miles (676,657 km²).
- Texas' land area is 35.5 times larger than New Jersey's.
Total area
- New Jersey: 8,719 square miles (22,583 km²) vs Texas: 268,599 square miles (695,668 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Texas' total area is 30.8 times larger than New Jersey's.
Length
- New Jersey is 169 miles (271 km) long from north to south; Texas is 808 miles (1,300 km).
- Texas' north-south length is 4.8 times (378%) longer than New Jersey's.
Width
- New Jersey spans 129 miles (207 km) east to west; Texas spans 777 miles (1,250 km).
- Texas' east-west width is 6.0 times (502%) wider than New Jersey's.
Highest point
- New Jersey's highest point is High Point at 1,798 feet (548 m); Texas's is Guadalupe Peak at 8,730 feet (2,661 m).
- Guadalupe Peak is 6,932 feet higher than High Point.
Lowest point
- New Jersey's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Texas's is Gulf of Mexico at 0 feet.
- Both lowest points are at or near sea level.
New Jersey vs Texas Population and History
Population
- New Jersey has a population of 9,500,851 (2024), while Texas has 31,290,831 (2024).
- Texas' population is 3.3 times (229%) larger than New Jersey's.
Population density
- New Jersey: 1,291.8 people per square mile vs Texas: 119.8.
- New Jersey's population density is 10.8 times higher than Texas'.
Biggest city
- New Jersey's biggest city is Newark with 317,303 people; Texas's is Houston with 2,390,125.
- Houston's population is 7.5 times (653%) larger than Newark's.
Largest metro area
- New Jersey's largest metropolitan area is New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area (19,940,274 people) vs Texas's Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area (8,344,032).
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area's population is 2.4 times (139%) larger than Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area's.
History
- New Jersey: Admitted to the Union on December 18, 1787, as the 3rd state.
- Texas: Admitted to the Union on December 29, 1845, as the 28th state.
- In its current form, New Jersey is the older of the two by 58 years.
New Jersey vs Texas Economy
GDP
- New Jersey's GDP is $846.0 billion (2024) vs Texas's $2,769.8 billion.
- Texas' economic output is 3.3 times (227%) larger than New Jersey's.
GDP per capita
- New Jersey: $89,045 per person vs Texas: $88,517.
- New Jersey and Texas have about the same GDP per capita.
Average income
- New Jersey: $84,893 vs Texas: $69,823 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- New Jersey's average income is 1.2 times (22%) higher than Texas'.
New Jersey vs Texas Counties
Number of counties
- New Jersey has 21 counties, while Texas has 254.
- Texas' county count is 12.1 times higher than New Jersey's.
Biggest county by area
- New Jersey's largest county is Burlington County at 799 square miles; Texas's is Brewster County at 6,184 square miles.
- Brewster County's land area is 7.7 times (674%) larger than Burlington County's.
Smallest county by area
- New Jersey: Hudson County (46 sq mi) vs Texas: Rockwall County (127 sq mi).
- Rockwall County's land area is 2.8 times (175%) larger than Hudson County's.
Most populous county
- New Jersey: Bergen County (978,641 people) vs Texas: Harris County (5,009,302 people).
- Harris County's population is 5.1 times (412%) larger than Bergen County's.
Least populous county
- New Jersey: Salem County (65,874 people) vs Texas: Loving County (48 people).
- Salem County's population is 1,372.4 times larger than Loving County's.
Richest county
- New Jersey: Somerset County ($121,042 per capita income) vs Texas: Loving County ($220,625).
- Loving County's income is 1.8 times (82%) richer than Somerset County's.
Poorest county
- New Jersey: Cumberland County ($50,843 per capita income) vs Texas: Starr County ($34,180).
- Cumberland County's income is 1.5 times (49%) richer than Starr County's.
New Jersey vs Texas Taxes
State income tax
- New Jersey has a top income tax rate of 10.75%, while Texas has no state income tax.
- New Jersey's top rate is 10.75 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- New Jersey: 1.89% effective rate vs Texas: 1.31% of home value per year.
- New Jersey's rate is 0.58 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- New Jersey: 6.6% combined state and average local rate vs Texas: 8.2%.
- Texas's combined rate is 1.6 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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