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Delaware vs Kansas Geography
Land area
- Delaware has a land area of 1,949 square miles (5,047 km²), while Kansas has 81,759 square miles (211,754 km²).
- Kansas' land area is 42.0 times larger than Delaware's.
Total area
- Delaware: 2,489 square miles (6,446 km²) vs Kansas: 82,278 square miles (213,100 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Kansas' total area is 33.1 times larger than Delaware's.
Length
- Delaware is 98 miles (158 km) long from north to south; Kansas is 207 miles (334 km).
- Kansas' north-south length is 2.1 times (111%) longer than Delaware's.
Width
- Delaware spans 96 miles (155 km) east to west; Kansas spans 401 miles (645 km).
- Kansas' east-west width is 4.2 times (318%) wider than Delaware's.
Highest point
- Delaware's highest point is Ebright Azimuth at 450 feet (137 m); Kansas's is Mount Sunflower at 4,040 feet (1,231 m).
- Mount Sunflower is 3,590 feet higher than Ebright Azimuth.
Lowest point
- Delaware's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Kansas's is Verdigris River at 679 feet.
- Delaware's lowest point is 679 feet lower.
Delaware vs Kansas Population and History
Population
- Delaware has a population of 1,051,917 (2024), while Kansas has 2,970,606 (2024).
- Kansas' population is 2.8 times (182%) larger than Delaware's.
Population density
- Delaware: 539.9 people per square mile vs Kansas: 36.3.
- Delaware's population density is 14.9 times higher than Kansas'.
Biggest city
- Delaware's biggest city is Wilmington with 73,176 people; Kansas's is Wichita with 400,991.
- Wichita's population is 5.5 times (448%) larger than Wilmington's.
Largest metro area
- Delaware's largest metropolitan area is Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area (6,330,422 people) vs Kansas's Kansas City, MO-KS metro area (2,253,579).
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area's population is 2.8 times (181%) larger than Kansas City, MO-KS metro area's.
History
- Delaware: Admitted to the Union on December 7, 1787, as the 1st state.
- Kansas: Admitted to the Union on January 29, 1861, as the 34th state.
- In its current form, Delaware is the older of the two by 74 years.
Delaware vs Kansas Economy
GDP
- Delaware's GDP is $111.0 billion (2024) vs Kansas's $230.5 billion.
- Kansas' economic output is 2.1 times (108%) larger than Delaware's.
GDP per capita
- Delaware: $105,495 per person vs Kansas: $77,601.
- Delaware's GDP per capita is 1.4 times (36%) higher than Kansas'.
Average income
- Delaware: $68,061 vs Kansas: $65,856 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Delaware and Kansas have about the same average income.
Delaware vs Kansas Counties
Number of counties
- Delaware has 3 counties, while Kansas has 105.
- Kansas' county count is 35.0 times higher than Delaware's.
Biggest county by area
- Delaware's largest county is Sussex County at 936 square miles; Kansas's is Butler County at 1,430 square miles.
- Butler County's land area is 1.5 times (53%) larger than Sussex County's.
Smallest county by area
- Delaware: New Castle County (426 sq mi) vs Kansas: Wyandotte County (152 sq mi).
- New Castle County's land area is 2.8 times (181%) larger than Wyandotte County's.
Most populous county
- Delaware: New Castle County (588,093 people) vs Kansas: Johnson County (632,276 people).
- Johnson County's population is 1.1 times (8%) larger than New Castle County's.
Least populous county
- Delaware: Kent County (192,690 people) vs Kansas: Greeley County (1,152 people).
- Kent County's population is 167.3 times larger than Greeley County's.
Richest county
- Delaware: Sussex County ($73,647 per capita income) vs Kansas: Greeley County ($134,780).
- Greeley County's income is 1.8 times (83%) richer than Sussex County's.
Poorest county
- Delaware: Kent County ($55,474 per capita income) vs Kansas: Wyandotte County ($42,878).
- Kent County's income is 1.3 times (29%) richer than Wyandotte County's.
Delaware vs Kansas Taxes
State income tax
- Delaware has a top income tax rate of 6.6%, while Kansas has a top income tax rate of 5.58%.
- Delaware's top rate is 1.02 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Delaware: 0.47% effective rate vs Kansas: 1.25% of home value per year.
- Kansas's rate is 0.78 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Delaware: 0% combined state and average local rate vs Kansas: 8.71%.
- Kansas's combined rate is 8.71 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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