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Georgia vs Kansas Geography
Land area
- Georgia has a land area of 57,717 square miles (149,486 km²), while Kansas has 81,759 square miles (211,754 km²).
- Kansas' land area is 1.4 times (42%) larger than Georgia's.
Total area
- Georgia: 59,423 square miles (153,905 km²) vs Kansas: 82,278 square miles (213,100 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Kansas' total area is 1.4 times (38%) larger than Georgia's.
Length
- Georgia is 326 miles (525 km) long from north to south; Kansas is 207 miles (334 km).
- Georgia's north-south length is 1.6 times (57%) longer than Kansas'.
Width
- Georgia spans 343 miles (553 km) east to west; Kansas spans 401 miles (645 km).
- Kansas' east-west width is 1.2 times (17%) wider than Georgia's.
Highest point
- Georgia's highest point is Brasstown Bald at 4,778 feet (1,456 m); Kansas's is Mount Sunflower at 4,040 feet (1,231 m).
- Brasstown Bald is 738 feet higher than Mount Sunflower.
Lowest point
- Georgia's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Kansas's is Verdigris River at 679 feet.
- Georgia's lowest point is 679 feet lower.
Georgia vs Kansas Population and History
Population
- Georgia has a population of 11,180,878 (2024), while Kansas has 2,970,606 (2024).
- Georgia's population is 3.8 times (276%) larger than Kansas'.
Population density
- Georgia: 193.7 people per square mile vs Kansas: 36.3.
- Georgia's population density is 5.3 times (434%) higher than Kansas'.
Biggest city
- Georgia's biggest city is Atlanta with 520,070 people; Kansas's is Wichita with 400,991.
- Atlanta's population is 1.3 times (30%) larger than Wichita's.
Largest metro area
- Georgia's largest metropolitan area is Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area (6,411,149 people) vs Kansas's Kansas City, MO-KS metro area (2,253,579).
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area's population is 2.8 times (184%) larger than Kansas City, MO-KS metro area's.
History
- Georgia: Admitted to the Union on January 2, 1788, as the 4th state.
- Kansas: Admitted to the Union on January 29, 1861, as the 34th state.
- In its current form, Georgia is the older of the two by 73 years.
Georgia vs Kansas Economy
GDP
- Georgia's GDP is $881.5 billion (2024) vs Kansas's $230.5 billion.
- Georgia's economic output is 3.8 times (282%) larger than Kansas'.
GDP per capita
- Georgia: $78,841 per person vs Kansas: $77,601.
- Georgia and Kansas have about the same GDP per capita.
Average income
- Georgia: $63,006 vs Kansas: $65,856 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Georgia and Kansas have about the same average income.
Georgia vs Kansas Counties
Number of counties
- Georgia has 159 counties, while Kansas has 105.
- Georgia's county count is 1.5 times (51%) higher than Kansas'.
Biggest county by area
- Georgia's largest county is Ware County at 899 square miles; Kansas's is Butler County at 1,430 square miles.
- Butler County's land area is 1.6 times (59%) larger than Ware County's.
Smallest county by area
- Georgia: Clarke County (119 sq mi) vs Kansas: Wyandotte County (152 sq mi).
- Wyandotte County's land area is 1.3 times (27%) larger than Clarke County's.
Most populous county
- Georgia: Fulton County (1,090,354 people) vs Kansas: Johnson County (632,276 people).
- Fulton County's population is 1.7 times (72%) larger than Johnson County's.
Least populous county
- Georgia: Taliaferro County (1,620 people) vs Kansas: Greeley County (1,152 people).
- Taliaferro County's population is 1.4 times (41%) larger than Greeley County's.
Richest county
- Georgia: Fulton County ($111,238 per capita income) vs Kansas: Greeley County ($134,780).
- Greeley County's income is 1.2 times (21%) richer than Fulton County's.
Poorest county
- Georgia: Wheeler County ($26,119 per capita income) vs Kansas: Wyandotte County ($42,878).
- Wyandotte County's income is 1.6 times (64%) richer than Wheeler County's.
Georgia vs Kansas Taxes
State income tax
- Georgia has a top income tax rate of 5.19%, while Kansas has a top income tax rate of 5.58%.
- Kansas's top rate is 0.39 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Georgia: 0.74% effective rate vs Kansas: 1.25% of home value per year.
- Kansas's rate is 0.51 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Georgia: 7.56% combined state and average local rate vs Kansas: 8.71%.
- Kansas's combined rate is 1.15 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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