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Kansas vs Louisiana Geography
Land area
- Kansas has a land area of 81,759 square miles (211,754 km²), while Louisiana has 43,213 square miles (111,921 km²).
- Kansas' land area is 1.9 times (89%) larger than Louisiana's.
Total area
- Kansas: 82,278 square miles (213,100 km²) vs Louisiana: 52,375 square miles (135,652 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Kansas' total area is 1.6 times (57%) larger than Louisiana's.
Length
- Kansas is 207 miles (334 km) long from north to south; Louisiana is 301 miles (484 km).
- Louisiana's north-south length is 1.5 times (45%) longer than Kansas'.
Width
- Kansas spans 401 miles (645 km) east to west; Louisiana spans 356 miles (574 km).
- Kansas' east-west width is 1.1 times (13%) wider than Louisiana's.
Highest point
- Kansas's highest point is Mount Sunflower at 4,040 feet (1,231 m); Louisiana's is Driskill Mountain at 533 feet (162 m).
- Mount Sunflower is 3,507 feet higher than Driskill Mountain.
Lowest point
- Kansas's lowest point is Verdigris River at 679 feet; Louisiana's is New Orleans at -8 feet.
- Louisiana's lowest point is 687 feet lower.
Kansas vs Louisiana Population and History
Population
- Kansas has a population of 2,970,606 (2024), while Louisiana has 4,597,740 (2024).
- Louisiana's population is 1.5 times (55%) larger than Kansas'.
Population density
- Kansas: 36.3 people per square mile vs Louisiana: 106.4.
- Louisiana's population density is 2.9 times (193%) higher than Kansas'.
Biggest city
- Kansas's biggest city is Wichita with 400,991 people; Louisiana's is New Orleans with 362,701.
- Wichita's population is 1.1 times (11%) larger than New Orleans'.
Largest metro area
- Kansas's largest metropolitan area is Kansas City, MO-KS metro area (2,253,579 people) vs Louisiana's New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area (966,230).
- Kansas City, MO-KS metro area's population is 2.3 times (133%) larger than New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area's.
History
- Kansas: Admitted to the Union on January 29, 1861, as the 34th state.
- Louisiana: Admitted to the Union on April 30, 1812, as the 18th state.
- In its current form, Louisiana is the older of the two by 49 years.
Kansas vs Louisiana Economy
GDP
- Kansas's GDP is $230.5 billion (2024) vs Louisiana's $329.2 billion.
- Louisiana's economic output is 1.4 times (43%) larger than Kansas'.
GDP per capita
- Kansas: $77,601 per person vs Louisiana: $71,594.
- Kansas' GDP per capita is 1.1 times (8%) higher than Louisiana's.
Average income
- Kansas: $65,856 vs Louisiana: $61,897 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Kansas' average income is 1.1 times (6%) higher than Louisiana's.
Kansas vs Louisiana Counties
Number of counties
- Kansas has 105 counties, while Louisiana has 64.
- Kansas' county count is 1.6 times (64%) higher than Louisiana's.
Biggest county by area
- Kansas's largest county is Butler County at 1,430 square miles; Louisiana's is Vernon Parish at 1,327 square miles.
- Butler County's land area is 1.1 times (8%) larger than Vernon Parish's.
Smallest county by area
- Kansas: Wyandotte County (152 sq mi) vs Louisiana: Orleans Parish (170 sq mi).
- Orleans Parish's land area is 1.1 times (12%) larger than Wyandotte County's.
Most populous county
- Kansas: Johnson County (632,276 people) vs Louisiana: East Baton Rouge Parish (453,022 people).
- Johnson County's population is 1.4 times (40%) larger than East Baton Rouge Parish's.
Least populous county
- Kansas: Greeley County (1,152 people) vs Louisiana: Tensas Parish (3,844 people).
- Tensas Parish's population is 3.3 times (234%) larger than Greeley County's.
Richest county
- Kansas: Greeley County ($134,780 per capita income) vs Louisiana: St. Tammany Parish ($82,398).
- Greeley County's income is 1.6 times (64%) richer than St. Tammany Parish's.
Poorest county
- Kansas: Wyandotte County ($42,878 per capita income) vs Louisiana: East Carroll Parish ($36,751).
- Wyandotte County's income is 1.2 times (17%) richer than East Carroll Parish's.
Kansas vs Louisiana Taxes
State income tax
- Kansas has a top income tax rate of 5.58%, while Louisiana has a top income tax rate of 3%.
- Kansas's top rate is 2.58 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Kansas: 1.25% effective rate vs Louisiana: 0.53% of home value per year.
- Kansas's rate is 0.72 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Kansas: 8.71% combined state and average local rate vs Louisiana: 10.13%.
- Louisiana's combined rate is 1.42 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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