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Louisiana vs Vermont Geography
Land area
- Louisiana has a land area of 43,213 square miles (111,921 km²), while Vermont has 9,217 square miles (23,873 km²).
- Louisiana's land area is 4.7 times (369%) larger than Vermont's.
Total area
- Louisiana: 52,375 square miles (135,652 km²) vs Vermont: 9,615 square miles (24,903 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Louisiana's total area is 5.4 times (445%) larger than Vermont's.
Length
- Louisiana is 301 miles (484 km) long from north to south; Vermont is 165 miles (265 km).
- Louisiana's north-south length is 1.8 times (82%) longer than Vermont's.
Width
- Louisiana spans 356 miles (574 km) east to west; Vermont spans 113 miles (181 km).
- Louisiana's east-west width is 3.2 times (215%) wider than Vermont's.
Highest point
- Louisiana's highest point is Driskill Mountain at 533 feet (162 m); Vermont's is Mount Mansfield at 4,384 feet (1,336 m).
- Mount Mansfield is 3,851 feet higher than Driskill Mountain.
Lowest point
- Louisiana's lowest point is New Orleans at -8 feet; Vermont's is Lake Champlain at 95 feet.
- Louisiana's lowest point is 103 feet lower.
Louisiana vs Vermont Population and History
Population
- Louisiana has a population of 4,597,740 (2024), while Vermont has 648,493 (2024).
- Louisiana's population is 7.1 times (609%) larger than Vermont's.
Population density
- Louisiana: 106.4 people per square mile vs Vermont: 70.4.
- Louisiana's population density is 1.5 times (51%) higher than Vermont's.
Biggest city
- Louisiana's biggest city is New Orleans with 362,701 people; Vermont's is Burlington with 44,432.
- New Orleans' population is 8.2 times (716%) larger than Burlington's.
Largest metro area
- Louisiana's largest metropolitan area is New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area (966,230 people) vs Vermont's Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area (229,445).
- New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area's population is 4.2 times (321%) larger than Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area's.
History
- Louisiana: Admitted to the Union on April 30, 1812, as the 18th state.
- Vermont: Admitted to the Union on March 4, 1791, as the 14th state.
- In its current form, Vermont is the older of the two by 21 years.
Louisiana vs Vermont Economy
GDP
- Louisiana's GDP is $329.2 billion (2024) vs Vermont's $46.3 billion.
- Louisiana's economic output is 7.1 times (611%) larger than Vermont's.
GDP per capita
- Louisiana: $71,594 per person vs Vermont: $71,359.
- Louisiana and Vermont have about the same GDP per capita.
Average income
- Louisiana: $61,897 vs Vermont: $71,287 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Vermont's average income is 1.2 times (15%) higher than Louisiana's.
Louisiana vs Vermont Counties
Number of counties
- Louisiana has 64 counties, while Vermont has 14.
- Louisiana's county count is 4.6 times (357%) higher than Vermont's.
Biggest county by area
- Louisiana's largest county is Vernon Parish at 1,327 square miles; Vermont's is Windsor County at 969 square miles.
- Vernon Parish's land area is 1.4 times (37%) larger than Windsor County's.
Smallest county by area
- Louisiana: Orleans Parish (170 sq mi) vs Vermont: Grand Isle County (82 sq mi).
- Orleans Parish's land area is 2.1 times (107%) larger than Grand Isle County's.
Most populous county
- Louisiana: East Baton Rouge Parish (453,022 people) vs Vermont: Chittenden County (170,851 people).
- East Baton Rouge Parish's population is 2.7 times (165%) larger than Chittenden County's.
Least populous county
- Louisiana: Tensas Parish (3,844 people) vs Vermont: Essex County (6,037 people).
- Essex County's population is 1.6 times (57%) larger than Tensas Parish's.
Richest county
- Louisiana: St. Tammany Parish ($82,398 per capita income) vs Vermont: Chittenden County ($80,533).
- St. Tammany Parish and Chittenden County have about the same income.
Poorest county
- Louisiana: East Carroll Parish ($36,751 per capita income) vs Vermont: Essex County ($50,712).
- Essex County's income is 1.4 times (38%) richer than East Carroll Parish's.
Louisiana vs Vermont Taxes
State income tax
- Louisiana has a top income tax rate of 3%, while Vermont has a top income tax rate of 8.75%.
- Vermont's top rate is 5.75 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Louisiana: 0.53% effective rate vs Vermont: 1.42% of home value per year.
- Vermont's rate is 0.89 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Louisiana: 10.13% combined state and average local rate vs Vermont: 6.43%.
- Louisiana's combined rate is 3.7 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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