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Kansas vs Maryland Geography
Land area
- Kansas has a land area of 81,759 square miles (211,754 km²), while Maryland has 9,711 square miles (25,151 km²).
- Kansas' land area is 8.4 times (742%) larger than Maryland's.
Total area
- Kansas: 82,278 square miles (213,100 km²) vs Maryland: 12,406 square miles (32,131 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Kansas' total area is 6.6 times (563%) larger than Maryland's.
Length
- Kansas is 207 miles (334 km) long from north to south; Maryland is 231 miles (371 km).
- Maryland's north-south length is 1.1 times (12%) longer than Kansas'.
Width
- Kansas spans 401 miles (645 km) east to west; Maryland spans 243 miles (391 km).
- Kansas' east-west width is 1.7 times (65%) wider than Maryland's.
Highest point
- Kansas's highest point is Mount Sunflower at 4,040 feet (1,231 m); Maryland's is Hoye-Crest at 3,362 feet (1,025 m).
- Mount Sunflower is 678 feet higher than Hoye-Crest.
Lowest point
- Kansas's lowest point is Verdigris River at 679 feet; Maryland's is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet.
- Maryland's lowest point is 679 feet lower.
Kansas vs Maryland Population and History
Population
- Kansas has a population of 2,970,606 (2024), while Maryland has 6,263,220 (2024).
- Maryland's population is 2.1 times (111%) larger than Kansas'.
Population density
- Kansas: 36.3 people per square mile vs Maryland: 645.0.
- Maryland's population density is 17.8 times higher than Kansas'.
Biggest city
- Kansas's biggest city is Wichita with 400,991 people; Maryland's is Baltimore with 568,271.
- Baltimore's population is 1.4 times (42%) larger than Wichita's.
Largest metro area
- Kansas's largest metropolitan area is Kansas City, MO-KS metro area (2,253,579 people) vs Maryland's Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area (6,436,489).
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area's population is 2.9 times (186%) larger than Kansas City, MO-KS metro area's.
History
- Kansas: Admitted to the Union on January 29, 1861, as the 34th state.
- Maryland: Admitted to the Union on April 28, 1788, as the 7th state.
- In its current form, Maryland is the older of the two by 73 years.
Kansas vs Maryland Economy
GDP
- Kansas's GDP is $230.5 billion (2024) vs Maryland's $546.0 billion.
- Maryland's economic output is 2.4 times (137%) larger than Kansas'.
GDP per capita
- Kansas: $77,601 per person vs Maryland: $87,180.
- Maryland's GDP per capita is 1.1 times (12%) higher than Kansas'.
Average income
- Kansas: $65,856 vs Maryland: $79,259 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Maryland's average income is 1.2 times (20%) higher than Kansas'.
Kansas vs Maryland Counties
Number of counties
- Kansas has 105 counties, while Maryland has 24.
- Kansas' county count is 4.4 times (338%) higher than Maryland's.
Biggest county by area
- Kansas's largest county is Butler County at 1,430 square miles; Maryland's is Frederick County at 661 square miles.
- Butler County's land area is 2.2 times (116%) larger than Frederick County's.
Smallest county by area
- Kansas: Wyandotte County (152 sq mi) vs Maryland: Baltimore city (81 sq mi).
- Wyandotte County's land area is 1.9 times (87%) larger than Baltimore city's.
Most populous county
- Kansas: Johnson County (632,276 people) vs Maryland: Montgomery County (1,082,273 people).
- Montgomery County's population is 1.7 times (71%) larger than Johnson County's.
Least populous county
- Kansas: Greeley County (1,152 people) vs Maryland: Kent County (19,557 people).
- Kent County's population is 17.0 times larger than Greeley County's.
Richest county
- Kansas: Greeley County ($134,780 per capita income) vs Maryland: Montgomery County ($104,882).
- Greeley County's income is 1.3 times (29%) richer than Montgomery County's.
Poorest county
- Kansas: Wyandotte County ($42,878 per capita income) vs Maryland: Somerset County ($41,421).
- Wyandotte County and Somerset County have about the same income.
Kansas vs Maryland Taxes
State income tax
- Kansas has a top income tax rate of 5.58%, while Maryland has a top income tax rate of 6.5%.
- Maryland's top rate is 0.92 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Kansas: 1.25% effective rate vs Maryland: 0.95% of home value per year.
- Kansas's rate is 0.3 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Kansas: 8.71% combined state and average local rate vs Maryland: 6%.
- Kansas's combined rate is 2.71 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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