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Kansas vs Minnesota Geography
Land area
- Kansas has a land area of 81,759 square miles (211,754 km²), while Minnesota has 79,632 square miles (206,245 km²).
- Kansas and Minnesota have about the same land area.
Total area
- Kansas: 82,278 square miles (213,100 km²) vs Minnesota: 86,943 square miles (225,182 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Minnesota's total area is 1.1 times (6%) larger than Kansas'.
Length
- Kansas is 207 miles (334 km) long from north to south; Minnesota is 408 miles (657 km).
- Minnesota's north-south length is 2.0 times (97%) longer than Kansas'.
Width
- Kansas spans 401 miles (645 km) east to west; Minnesota spans 360 miles (580 km).
- Kansas' east-west width is 1.1 times (11%) wider than Minnesota's.
Highest point
- Kansas's highest point is Mount Sunflower at 4,040 feet (1,231 m); Minnesota's is Eagle Mountain at 2,292 feet (699 m).
- Mount Sunflower is 1,748 feet higher than Eagle Mountain.
Lowest point
- Kansas's lowest point is Verdigris River at 679 feet; Minnesota's is Lake Superior at 601 feet.
- Minnesota's lowest point is 78 feet lower.
Kansas vs Minnesota Population and History
Population
- Kansas has a population of 2,970,606 (2024), while Minnesota has 5,793,151 (2024).
- Minnesota's population is 2.0 times (95%) larger than Kansas'.
Population density
- Kansas: 36.3 people per square mile vs Minnesota: 72.7.
- Minnesota's population density is 2.0 times (100%) higher than Kansas'.
Biggest city
- Kansas's biggest city is Wichita with 400,991 people; Minnesota's is Minneapolis with 428,579.
- Minneapolis' population is 1.1 times (7%) larger than Wichita's.
Largest metro area
- Kansas's largest metropolitan area is Kansas City, MO-KS metro area (2,253,579 people) vs Minnesota's Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area (3,757,952).
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area's population is 1.7 times (67%) larger than Kansas City, MO-KS metro area's.
History
- Kansas: Admitted to the Union on January 29, 1861, as the 34th state.
- Minnesota: Admitted to the Union on May 11, 1858, as the 32nd state.
- In its current form, Minnesota is the older of the two by 3 years.
Kansas vs Minnesota Economy
GDP
- Kansas's GDP is $230.5 billion (2024) vs Minnesota's $507.7 billion.
- Minnesota's economic output is 2.2 times (120%) larger than Kansas'.
GDP per capita
- Kansas: $77,601 per person vs Minnesota: $87,636.
- Minnesota's GDP per capita is 1.1 times (13%) higher than Kansas'.
Average income
- Kansas: $65,856 vs Minnesota: $75,603 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Minnesota's average income is 1.1 times (15%) higher than Kansas'.
Kansas vs Minnesota Counties
Number of counties
- Kansas has 105 counties, while Minnesota has 87.
- Kansas' county count is 1.2 times (21%) higher than Minnesota's.
Biggest county by area
- Kansas's largest county is Butler County at 1,430 square miles; Minnesota's is St. Louis County at 6,248 square miles.
- St. Louis County's land area is 4.4 times (337%) larger than Butler County's.
Smallest county by area
- Kansas: Wyandotte County (152 sq mi) vs Minnesota: Ramsey County (152 sq mi).
- Wyandotte County and Ramsey County have about the same land area.
Most populous county
- Kansas: Johnson County (632,276 people) vs Minnesota: Hennepin County (1,273,334 people).
- Hennepin County's population is 2.0 times (101%) larger than Johnson County's.
Least populous county
- Kansas: Greeley County (1,152 people) vs Minnesota: Traverse County (3,134 people).
- Traverse County's population is 2.7 times (172%) larger than Greeley County's.
Richest county
- Kansas: Greeley County ($134,780 per capita income) vs Minnesota: Hennepin County ($100,352).
- Greeley County's income is 1.3 times (34%) richer than Hennepin County's.
Poorest county
- Kansas: Wyandotte County ($42,878 per capita income) vs Minnesota: Pine County ($48,677).
- Pine County's income is 1.1 times (14%) richer than Wyandotte County's.
Kansas vs Minnesota Taxes
State income tax
- Kansas has a top income tax rate of 5.58%, while Minnesota has a top income tax rate of 9.85%.
- Minnesota's top rate is 4.27 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Kansas: 1.25% effective rate vs Minnesota: 1.02% of home value per year.
- Kansas's rate is 0.23 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Kansas: 8.71% combined state and average local rate vs Minnesota: 8.14%.
- Kansas's combined rate is 0.57 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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