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New Jersey vs Utah Geography
Land area
- New Jersey has a land area of 7,355 square miles (19,049 km²), while Utah has 82,596 square miles (213,922 km²).
- Utah's land area is 11.2 times larger than New Jersey's.
Total area
- New Jersey: 8,719 square miles (22,583 km²) vs Utah: 84,898 square miles (219,885 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Utah's total area is 9.7 times (874%) larger than New Jersey's.
Length
- New Jersey is 169 miles (271 km) long from north to south; Utah is 436 miles (702 km).
- Utah's north-south length is 2.6 times (158%) longer than New Jersey's.
Width
- New Jersey spans 129 miles (207 km) east to west; Utah spans 268 miles (431 km).
- Utah's east-west width is 2.1 times (108%) wider than New Jersey's.
Highest point
- New Jersey's highest point is High Point at 1,798 feet (548 m); Utah's is Kings Peak at 13,512 feet (4,118 m).
- Kings Peak is 11,714 feet higher than High Point.
Lowest point
- New Jersey's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Utah's is Beaver Dam Wash at 2,180 feet.
- New Jersey's lowest point is 2,180 feet lower.
New Jersey vs Utah Population and History
Population
- New Jersey has a population of 9,500,851 (2024), while Utah has 3,503,613 (2024).
- New Jersey's population is 2.7 times (171%) larger than Utah's.
Population density
- New Jersey: 1,291.8 people per square mile vs Utah: 42.4.
- New Jersey's population density is 30.5 times higher than Utah's.
Biggest city
- New Jersey's biggest city is Newark with 317,303 people; Utah's is Salt Lake City with 217,783.
- Newark's population is 1.5 times (46%) larger than Salt Lake City'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 Utah's Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro area (1,300,762).
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area's population is 15.3 times larger than Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro area's.
History
- New Jersey: Admitted to the Union on December 18, 1787, as the 3rd state.
- Utah: Admitted to the Union on January 4, 1896, as the 45th state.
- In its current form, New Jersey is the older of the two by 109 years.
New Jersey vs Utah Economy
GDP
- New Jersey's GDP is $846.0 billion (2024) vs Utah's $299.5 billion.
- New Jersey's economic output is 2.8 times (182%) larger than Utah's.
GDP per capita
- New Jersey: $89,045 per person vs Utah: $85,475.
- New Jersey and Utah have about the same GDP per capita.
Average income
- New Jersey: $84,893 vs Utah: $67,333 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- New Jersey's average income is 1.3 times (26%) higher than Utah's.
New Jersey vs Utah Counties
Number of counties
- New Jersey has 21 counties, while Utah has 29.
- Utah's county count is 1.4 times (38%) higher than New Jersey's.
Biggest county by area
- New Jersey's largest county is Burlington County at 799 square miles; Utah's is San Juan County at 7,824 square miles.
- San Juan County's land area is 9.8 times (879%) larger than Burlington County's.
Smallest county by area
- New Jersey: Hudson County (46 sq mi) vs Utah: Davis County (325 sq mi).
- Davis County's land area is 7.0 times (603%) larger than Hudson County's.
Most populous county
- New Jersey: Bergen County (978,641 people) vs Utah: Salt Lake County (1,216,274 people).
- Salt Lake County's population is 1.2 times (24%) larger than Bergen County's.
Least populous county
- New Jersey: Salem County (65,874 people) vs Utah: Daggett County (956 people).
- Salem County's population is 68.9 times larger than Daggett County's.
Richest county
- New Jersey: Somerset County ($121,042 per capita income) vs Utah: Summit County ($280,510).
- Summit County's income is 2.3 times (132%) richer than Somerset County's.
Poorest county
- New Jersey: Cumberland County ($50,843 per capita income) vs Utah: Beaver County ($39,179).
- Cumberland County's income is 1.3 times (30%) richer than Beaver County's.
New Jersey vs Utah Taxes
State income tax
- New Jersey has a top income tax rate of 10.75%, while Utah has a top income tax rate of 4.5%.
- New Jersey's top rate is 6.25 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- New Jersey: 1.89% effective rate vs Utah: 0.49% of home value per year.
- New Jersey's rate is 1.4 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- New Jersey: 6.6% combined state and average local rate vs Utah: 7.42%.
- Utah's combined rate is 0.82 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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