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New Jersey vs Virginia Geography
Land area
- New Jersey has a land area of 7,355 square miles (19,049 km²), while Virginia has 39,481 square miles (102,256 km²).
- Virginia's land area is 5.4 times (437%) larger than New Jersey's.
Total area
- New Jersey: 8,719 square miles (22,583 km²) vs Virginia: 42,775 square miles (110,786 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Virginia's total area is 4.9 times (391%) larger than New Jersey's.
Length
- New Jersey is 169 miles (271 km) long from north to south; Virginia is 223 miles (359 km).
- Virginia's north-south length is 1.3 times (32%) longer than New Jersey's.
Width
- New Jersey spans 129 miles (207 km) east to west; Virginia spans 466 miles (750 km).
- Virginia's east-west width is 3.6 times (261%) wider than New Jersey's.
Highest point
- New Jersey's highest point is High Point at 1,798 feet (548 m); Virginia's is Mount Rogers at 5,729 feet (1,746 m).
- Mount Rogers is 3,931 feet higher than High Point.
Lowest point
- New Jersey's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Virginia's is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet.
- Both lowest points are at or near sea level.
New Jersey vs Virginia Population and History
Population
- New Jersey has a population of 9,500,851 (2024), while Virginia has 8,811,195 (2024).
- New Jersey's population is 1.1 times (8%) larger than Virginia's.
Population density
- New Jersey: 1,291.8 people per square mile vs Virginia: 223.2.
- New Jersey's population density is 5.8 times (479%) higher than Virginia's.
Biggest city
- New Jersey's biggest city is Newark with 317,303 people; Virginia's is Virginia Beach with 454,808.
- Virginia Beach's population is 1.4 times (43%) 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 Virginia's Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area (6,436,489).
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area's population is 3.1 times (210%) larger than Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area's.
History
- New Jersey: Admitted to the Union on December 18, 1787, as the 3rd state.
- Virginia: Admitted to the Union on June 25, 1788, as the 10th state.
- In its current form, New Jersey is the older of the two by 1 years.
New Jersey vs Virginia Economy
GDP
- New Jersey's GDP is $846.0 billion (2024) vs Virginia's $761.7 billion.
- New Jersey's economic output is 1.1 times (11%) larger than Virginia's.
GDP per capita
- New Jersey: $89,045 per person vs Virginia: $86,451.
- New Jersey and Virginia have about the same GDP per capita.
Average income
- New Jersey: $84,893 vs Virginia: $77,351 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- New Jersey's average income is 1.1 times (10%) higher than Virginia's.
New Jersey vs Virginia Counties
Number of counties
- New Jersey has 21 counties, while Virginia has 133.
- Virginia's county count is 6.3 times (533%) higher than New Jersey's.
Biggest county by area
- New Jersey's largest county is Burlington County at 799 square miles; Virginia's is Pittsylvania County at 969 square miles.
- Pittsylvania County's land area is 1.2 times (21%) larger than Burlington County's.
Smallest county by area
- New Jersey: Hudson County (46 sq mi) vs Virginia: Falls Church city (2 sq mi).
- Hudson County's land area is 23.1 times larger than Falls Church city's.
Most populous county
- New Jersey: Bergen County (978,641 people) vs Virginia: Fairfax County (1,160,925 people).
- Fairfax County's population is 1.2 times (19%) larger than Bergen County's.
Least populous county
- New Jersey: Salem County (65,874 people) vs Virginia: Highland County (2,348 people).
- Salem County's population is 28.1 times larger than Highland County's.
Richest county
- New Jersey: Somerset County ($121,042 per capita income) vs Virginia: Arlington County ($131,624).
- Arlington County's income is 1.1 times (9%) richer than Somerset County's.
Poorest county
- New Jersey: Cumberland County ($50,843 per capita income) vs Virginia: Sussex County ($41,032).
- Cumberland County's income is 1.2 times (24%) richer than Sussex County's.
New Jersey vs Virginia Taxes
State income tax
- New Jersey has a top income tax rate of 10.75%, while Virginia has a top income tax rate of 5.75%.
- New Jersey's top rate is 5 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- New Jersey: 1.89% effective rate vs Virginia: 0.71% of home value per year.
- New Jersey's rate is 1.18 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- New Jersey: 6.6% combined state and average local rate vs Virginia: 5.77%.
- New Jersey's combined rate is 0.83 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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