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Florida vs Kansas Geography
Land area
- Florida has a land area of 53,655 square miles (138,965 km²), while Kansas has 81,759 square miles (211,754 km²).
- Kansas' land area is 1.5 times (52%) larger than Florida's.
Total area
- Florida: 71,404 square miles (184,934 km²) vs Kansas: 82,278 square miles (213,100 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Kansas' total area is 1.2 times (15%) larger than Florida's.
Length
- Florida is 471 miles (758 km) long from north to south; Kansas is 207 miles (334 km).
- Florida's north-south length is 2.3 times (128%) longer than Kansas'.
Width
- Florida spans 547 miles (880 km) east to west; Kansas spans 401 miles (645 km).
- Florida's east-west width is 1.4 times (36%) wider than Kansas'.
Highest point
- Florida's highest point is Britton Hill at 344 feet (105 m); Kansas's is Mount Sunflower at 4,040 feet (1,231 m).
- Mount Sunflower is 3,696 feet higher than Britton Hill.
Lowest point
- Florida's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Kansas's is Verdigris River at 679 feet.
- Florida's lowest point is 679 feet lower.
Florida vs Kansas Population and History
Population
- Florida has a population of 23,372,215 (2024), while Kansas has 2,970,606 (2024).
- Florida's population is 7.9 times (687%) larger than Kansas'.
Population density
- Florida: 435.6 people per square mile vs Kansas: 36.3.
- Florida's population density is 12.0 times higher than Kansas'.
Biggest city
- Florida's biggest city is Jacksonville with 1,009,833 people; Kansas's is Wichita with 400,991.
- Jacksonville's population is 2.5 times (152%) larger than Wichita's.
Largest metro area
- Florida's largest metropolitan area is Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area (6,457,988 people) vs Kansas's Kansas City, MO-KS metro area (2,253,579).
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area's population is 2.9 times (187%) larger than Kansas City, MO-KS metro area's.
History
- Florida: Admitted to the Union on March 3, 1845, as the 27th state.
- Kansas: Admitted to the Union on January 29, 1861, as the 34th state.
- In its current form, Florida is the older of the two by 16 years.
Florida vs Kansas Economy
GDP
- Florida's GDP is $1,726.7 billion (2024) vs Kansas's $230.5 billion.
- Florida's economic output is 7.5 times (649%) larger than Kansas'.
GDP per capita
- Florida: $73,879 per person vs Kansas: $77,601.
- Kansas' GDP per capita is 1.1 times (5%) higher than Florida's.
Average income
- Florida: $73,006 vs Kansas: $65,856 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Florida's average income is 1.1 times (11%) higher than Kansas'.
Florida vs Kansas Counties
Number of counties
- Florida has 67 counties, while Kansas has 105.
- Kansas' county count is 1.6 times (57%) higher than Florida's.
Biggest county by area
- Florida's largest county is Collier County at 1,997 square miles; Kansas's is Butler County at 1,430 square miles.
- Collier County's land area is 1.4 times (40%) larger than Butler County's.
Smallest county by area
- Florida: Union County (244 sq mi) vs Kansas: Wyandotte County (152 sq mi).
- Union County's land area is 1.6 times (61%) larger than Wyandotte County's.
Most populous county
- Florida: Miami-Dade County (2,838,461 people) vs Kansas: Johnson County (632,276 people).
- Miami-Dade County's population is 4.5 times (349%) larger than Johnson County's.
Least populous county
- Florida: Liberty County (7,955 people) vs Kansas: Greeley County (1,152 people).
- Liberty County's population is 6.9 times (591%) larger than Greeley County's.
Richest county
- Florida: Collier County ($150,140 per capita income) vs Kansas: Greeley County ($134,780).
- Collier County's income is 1.1 times (11%) richer than Greeley County's.
Poorest county
- Florida: Union County ($30,156 per capita income) vs Kansas: Wyandotte County ($42,878).
- Wyandotte County's income is 1.4 times (42%) richer than Union County's.
Florida vs Kansas Taxes
State income tax
- Florida has no state income tax, while Kansas has a top income tax rate of 5.58%.
- Kansas's top rate is 5.58 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Florida: 0.75% effective rate vs Kansas: 1.25% of home value per year.
- Kansas's rate is 0.5 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Florida: 6.98% combined state and average local rate vs Kansas: 8.71%.
- Kansas's combined rate is 1.73 percentage points higher.
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