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Kansas vs North Carolina Geography
Land area
- Kansas has a land area of 81,759 square miles (211,754 km²), while North Carolina has 48,624 square miles (125,936 km²).
- Kansas' land area is 1.7 times (68%) larger than North Carolina's.
Total area
- Kansas: 82,278 square miles (213,100 km²) vs North Carolina: 53,819 square miles (139,390 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Kansas' total area is 1.5 times (53%) larger than North Carolina's.
Length
- Kansas is 207 miles (334 km) long from north to south; North Carolina is 258 miles (415 km).
- North Carolina's north-south length is 1.2 times (25%) longer than Kansas'.
Width
- Kansas spans 401 miles (645 km) east to west; North Carolina spans 487 miles (784 km).
- North Carolina's east-west width is 1.2 times (21%) wider than Kansas'.
Highest point
- Kansas's highest point is Mount Sunflower at 4,040 feet (1,231 m); North Carolina's is Mount Mitchell at 6,674 feet (2,034 m).
- Mount Mitchell is 2,634 feet higher than Mount Sunflower.
Lowest point
- Kansas's lowest point is Verdigris River at 679 feet; North Carolina's is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet.
- North Carolina's lowest point is 679 feet lower.
Kansas vs North Carolina Population and History
Population
- Kansas has a population of 2,970,606 (2024), while North Carolina has 11,046,024 (2024).
- North Carolina's population is 3.7 times (272%) larger than Kansas'.
Population density
- Kansas: 36.3 people per square mile vs North Carolina: 227.2.
- North Carolina's population density is 6.3 times (526%) higher than Kansas'.
Biggest city
- Kansas's biggest city is Wichita with 400,991 people; North Carolina's is Charlotte with 943,476.
- Charlotte's population is 2.4 times (135%) larger than Wichita's.
Largest metro area
- Kansas's largest metropolitan area is Kansas City, MO-KS metro area (2,253,579 people) vs North Carolina's Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area (2,883,370).
- Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area's population is 1.3 times (28%) larger than Kansas City, MO-KS metro area's.
History
- Kansas: Admitted to the Union on January 29, 1861, as the 34th state.
- North Carolina: Admitted to the Union on November 21, 1789, as the 12th state.
- In its current form, North Carolina is the older of the two by 72 years.
Kansas vs North Carolina Economy
GDP
- Kansas's GDP is $230.5 billion (2024) vs North Carolina's $844.2 billion.
- North Carolina's economic output is 3.7 times (266%) larger than Kansas'.
GDP per capita
- Kansas: $77,601 per person vs North Carolina: $76,427.
- Kansas and North Carolina have about the same GDP per capita.
Average income
- Kansas: $65,856 vs North Carolina: $65,634 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Kansas and North Carolina have about the same average income.
Kansas vs North Carolina Counties
Number of counties
- Kansas has 105 counties, while North Carolina has 100.
- Kansas' county count is 1.1 times (5%) higher than North Carolina's.
Biggest county by area
- Kansas's largest county is Butler County at 1,430 square miles; North Carolina's is Robeson County at 947 square miles.
- Butler County's land area is 1.5 times (51%) larger than Robeson County's.
Smallest county by area
- Kansas: Wyandotte County (152 sq mi) vs North Carolina: Chowan County (173 sq mi).
- Chowan County's land area is 1.1 times (14%) larger than Wyandotte County's.
Most populous county
- Kansas: Johnson County (632,276 people) vs North Carolina: Wake County (1,232,444 people).
- Wake County's population is 1.9 times (95%) larger than Johnson County's.
Least populous county
- Kansas: Greeley County (1,152 people) vs North Carolina: Tyrrell County (3,517 people).
- Tyrrell County's population is 3.1 times (205%) larger than Greeley County's.
Richest county
- Kansas: Greeley County ($134,780 per capita income) vs North Carolina: Chatham County ($91,638).
- Greeley County's income is 1.5 times (47%) richer than Chatham County's.
Poorest county
- Kansas: Wyandotte County ($42,878 per capita income) vs North Carolina: Warren County ($40,932).
- Wyandotte County's income is 1.0 times (5%) richer than Warren County's.
Kansas vs North Carolina Taxes
State income tax
- Kansas has a top income tax rate of 5.58%, while North Carolina has a top income tax rate of 3.99%.
- Kansas's top rate is 1.59 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Kansas: 1.25% effective rate vs North Carolina: 0.61% of home value per year.
- Kansas's rate is 0.64 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Kansas: 8.71% combined state and average local rate vs North Carolina: 7.1%.
- Kansas's combined rate is 1.61 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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