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Kansas vs Massachusetts Geography
Land area
- Kansas has a land area of 81,759 square miles (211,754 km²), while Massachusetts has 7,801 square miles (20,204 km²).
- Kansas' land area is 10.5 times larger than Massachusetts'.
Total area
- Kansas: 82,278 square miles (213,100 km²) vs Massachusetts: 10,554 square miles (27,335 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Kansas' total area is 7.8 times (680%) larger than Massachusetts'.
Length
- Kansas is 207 miles (334 km) long from north to south; Massachusetts is 123 miles (198 km).
- Kansas' north-south length is 1.7 times (68%) longer than Massachusetts'.
Width
- Kansas spans 401 miles (645 km) east to west; Massachusetts spans 185 miles (297 km).
- Kansas' east-west width is 2.2 times (117%) wider than Massachusetts'.
Highest point
- Kansas's highest point is Mount Sunflower at 4,040 feet (1,231 m); Massachusetts's is Mount Greylock at 3,489 feet (1,063 m).
- Mount Sunflower is 551 feet higher than Mount Greylock.
Lowest point
- Kansas's lowest point is Verdigris River at 679 feet; Massachusetts's is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet.
- Massachusetts's lowest point is 679 feet lower.
Kansas vs Massachusetts Population and History
Population
- Kansas has a population of 2,970,606 (2024), while Massachusetts has 7,136,171 (2024).
- Massachusetts' population is 2.4 times (140%) larger than Kansas'.
Population density
- Kansas: 36.3 people per square mile vs Massachusetts: 914.8.
- Massachusetts' population density is 25.2 times higher than Kansas'.
Biggest city
- Kansas's biggest city is Wichita with 400,991 people; Massachusetts's is Boston with 673,458.
- Boston's population is 1.7 times (68%) larger than Wichita's.
Largest metro area
- Kansas's largest metropolitan area is Kansas City, MO-KS metro area (2,253,579 people) vs Massachusetts's Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area (5,025,517).
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area's population is 2.2 times (123%) larger than Kansas City, MO-KS metro area's.
History
- Kansas: Admitted to the Union on January 29, 1861, as the 34th state.
- Massachusetts: Admitted to the Union on February 6, 1788, as the 6th state.
- In its current form, Massachusetts is the older of the two by 73 years.
Kansas vs Massachusetts Economy
GDP
- Kansas's GDP is $230.5 billion (2024) vs Massachusetts's $778.5 billion.
- Massachusetts' economic output is 3.4 times (238%) larger than Kansas'.
GDP per capita
- Kansas: $77,601 per person vs Massachusetts: $109,095.
- Massachusetts' GDP per capita is 1.4 times (41%) higher than Kansas'.
Average income
- Kansas: $65,856 vs Massachusetts: $93,607 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Massachusetts' average income is 1.4 times (42%) higher than Kansas'.
Kansas vs Massachusetts Counties
Number of counties
- Kansas has 105 counties, while Massachusetts has 14.
- Kansas' county count is 7.5 times (650%) higher than Massachusetts'.
Biggest county by area
- Kansas's largest county is Butler County at 1,430 square miles; Massachusetts's is Worcester County at 1,511 square miles.
- Worcester County's land area is 1.1 times (6%) larger than Butler County's.
Smallest county by area
- Kansas: Wyandotte County (152 sq mi) vs Massachusetts: Nantucket County (46 sq mi).
- Wyandotte County's land area is 3.3 times (228%) larger than Nantucket County's.
Most populous county
- Kansas: Johnson County (632,276 people) vs Massachusetts: Middlesex County (1,668,956 people).
- Middlesex County's population is 2.6 times (164%) larger than Johnson County's.
Least populous county
- Kansas: Greeley County (1,152 people) vs Massachusetts: Nantucket County (14,670 people).
- Nantucket County's population is 12.7 times larger than Greeley County's.
Richest county
- Kansas: Greeley County ($134,780 per capita income) vs Massachusetts: Nantucket County ($129,250).
- Greeley County and Nantucket County have about the same income.
Poorest county
- Kansas: Wyandotte County ($42,878 per capita income) vs Massachusetts: Hampshire County ($65,432).
- Hampshire County's income is 1.5 times (53%) richer than Wyandotte County's.
Kansas vs Massachusetts Taxes
State income tax
- Kansas has a top income tax rate of 5.58%, while Massachusetts has a top income tax rate of 9%.
- Massachusetts's top rate is 3.42 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Kansas: 1.25% effective rate vs Massachusetts: 1% of home value per year.
- Kansas's rate is 0.25 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Kansas: 8.71% combined state and average local rate vs Massachusetts: 6.25%.
- Kansas's combined rate is 2.46 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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