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Oregon vs Tennessee Geography
Land area
- Oregon has a land area of 95,997 square miles (248,630 km²), while Tennessee has 41,224 square miles (106,770 km²).
- Oregon's land area is 2.3 times (133%) larger than Tennessee's.
Total area
- Oregon: 98,379 square miles (254,799 km²) vs Tennessee: 42,130 square miles (109,116 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Oregon's total area is 2.3 times (134%) larger than Tennessee's.
Length
- Oregon is 453 miles (730 km) long from north to south; Tennessee is 191 miles (308 km).
- Oregon's north-south length is 2.4 times (137%) longer than Tennessee's.
Width
- Oregon spans 445 miles (715 km) east to west; Tennessee spans 497 miles (800 km).
- Tennessee's east-west width is 1.1 times (12%) wider than Oregon's.
Highest point
- Oregon's highest point is Mount Hood at 11,232 feet (3,424 m); Tennessee's is Clingmans Dome at 6,624 feet (2,019 m).
- Mount Hood is 4,608 feet higher than Clingmans Dome.
Lowest point
- Oregon's lowest point is Pacific Ocean at 0 feet; Tennessee's is Mississippi River at 178 feet.
- Oregon's lowest point is 178 feet lower.
Oregon vs Tennessee Population and History
Population
- Oregon has a population of 4,272,371 (2024), while Tennessee has 7,227,750 (2024).
- Tennessee's population is 1.7 times (69%) larger than Oregon's.
Population density
- Oregon: 44.5 people per square mile vs Tennessee: 175.3.
- Tennessee's population density is 3.9 times (294%) higher than Oregon's.
Biggest city
- Oregon's biggest city is Portland with 635,749 people; Tennessee's is Nashville with 704,963.
- Nashville's population is 1.1 times (11%) larger than Portland's.
Largest metro area
- Oregon's largest metropolitan area is Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metro area (2,537,904 people) vs Tennessee's Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN metro area (2,150,553).
- Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metro area's population is 1.2 times (18%) larger than Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN metro area's.
History
- Oregon: Admitted to the Union on February 14, 1859, as the 33rd 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 63 years.
Oregon vs Tennessee Economy
GDP
- Oregon's GDP is $330.2 billion (2024) vs Tennessee's $561.2 billion.
- Tennessee's economic output is 1.7 times (70%) larger than Oregon's.
GDP per capita
- Oregon: $77,299 per person vs Tennessee: $77,645.
- Oregon and Tennessee have about the same GDP per capita.
Average income
- Oregon: $70,823 vs Tennessee: $66,504 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Oregon's average income is 1.1 times (6%) higher than Tennessee's.
Oregon vs Tennessee Counties
Number of counties
- Oregon has 36 counties, while Tennessee has 95.
- Tennessee's county count is 2.6 times (164%) higher than Oregon's.
Biggest county by area
- Oregon's largest county is Harney County at 10,134 square miles; Tennessee's is Shelby County at 753 square miles.
- Harney County's land area is 13.5 times larger than Shelby County's.
Smallest county by area
- Oregon: Multnomah County (431 sq mi) vs Tennessee: Trousdale County (114 sq mi).
- Multnomah County's land area is 3.8 times (277%) larger than Trousdale County's.
Most populous county
- Oregon: Multnomah County (795,897 people) vs Tennessee: Shelby County (910,530 people).
- Shelby County's population is 1.1 times (14%) larger than Multnomah County's.
Least populous county
- Oregon: Wheeler County (1,456 people) vs Tennessee: Pickett County (5,108 people).
- Pickett County's population is 3.5 times (251%) larger than Wheeler County's.
Richest county
- Oregon: Deschutes County ($86,176 per capita income) vs Tennessee: Williamson County ($139,704).
- Williamson County's income is 1.6 times (62%) richer than Deschutes County's.
Poorest county
- Oregon: Malheur County ($42,974 per capita income) vs Tennessee: Lake County ($31,572).
- Malheur County's income is 1.4 times (36%) richer than Lake County's.
Oregon vs Tennessee Taxes
State income tax
- Oregon has a top income tax rate of 9.9%, while Tennessee has no state income tax.
- Oregon's top rate is 9.9 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Oregon: 0.78% effective rate vs Tennessee: 0.45% of home value per year.
- Oregon's rate is 0.33 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Oregon: 0% combined state and average local rate vs Tennessee: 9.61%.
- Tennessee's combined rate is 9.61 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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