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Kansas vs Oregon Geography
Land area
- Kansas has a land area of 81,759 square miles (211,754 km²), while Oregon has 95,997 square miles (248,630 km²).
- Oregon's land area is 1.2 times (17%) larger than Kansas'.
Total area
- Kansas: 82,278 square miles (213,100 km²) vs Oregon: 98,379 square miles (254,799 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Oregon's total area is 1.2 times (20%) larger than Kansas'.
Length
- Kansas is 207 miles (334 km) long from north to south; Oregon is 453 miles (730 km).
- Oregon's north-south length is 2.2 times (119%) longer than Kansas'.
Width
- Kansas spans 401 miles (645 km) east to west; Oregon spans 445 miles (715 km).
- Oregon's east-west width is 1.1 times (11%) wider than Kansas'.
Highest point
- Kansas's highest point is Mount Sunflower at 4,040 feet (1,231 m); Oregon's is Mount Hood at 11,232 feet (3,424 m).
- Mount Hood is 7,192 feet higher than Mount Sunflower.
Lowest point
- Kansas's lowest point is Verdigris River at 679 feet; Oregon's is Pacific Ocean at 0 feet.
- Oregon's lowest point is 679 feet lower.
Kansas vs Oregon Population and History
Population
- Kansas has a population of 2,970,606 (2024), while Oregon has 4,272,371 (2024).
- Oregon's population is 1.4 times (44%) larger than Kansas'.
Population density
- Kansas: 36.3 people per square mile vs Oregon: 44.5.
- Oregon's population density is 1.2 times (23%) higher than Kansas'.
Biggest city
- Kansas's biggest city is Wichita with 400,991 people; Oregon's is Portland with 635,749.
- Portland's population is 1.6 times (59%) larger than Wichita's.
Largest metro area
- Kansas's largest metropolitan area is Kansas City, MO-KS metro area (2,253,579 people) vs Oregon's Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metro area (2,537,904).
- Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metro area's population is 1.1 times (13%) larger than Kansas City, MO-KS metro area's.
History
- Kansas: Admitted to the Union on January 29, 1861, as the 34th state.
- Oregon: Admitted to the Union on February 14, 1859, as the 33rd state.
- In its current form, Oregon is the older of the two by 2 years.
Kansas vs Oregon Economy
GDP
- Kansas's GDP is $230.5 billion (2024) vs Oregon's $330.2 billion.
- Oregon's economic output is 1.4 times (43%) larger than Kansas'.
GDP per capita
- Kansas: $77,601 per person vs Oregon: $77,299.
- Kansas and Oregon have about the same GDP per capita.
Average income
- Kansas: $65,856 vs Oregon: $70,823 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Oregon's average income is 1.1 times (8%) higher than Kansas'.
Kansas vs Oregon Counties
Number of counties
- Kansas has 105 counties, while Oregon has 36.
- Kansas' county count is 2.9 times (192%) higher than Oregon's.
Biggest county by area
- Kansas's largest county is Butler County at 1,430 square miles; Oregon's is Harney County at 10,134 square miles.
- Harney County's land area is 7.1 times (609%) larger than Butler County's.
Smallest county by area
- Kansas: Wyandotte County (152 sq mi) vs Oregon: Multnomah County (431 sq mi).
- Multnomah County's land area is 2.8 times (184%) larger than Wyandotte County's.
Most populous county
- Kansas: Johnson County (632,276 people) vs Oregon: Multnomah County (795,897 people).
- Multnomah County's population is 1.3 times (26%) larger than Johnson County's.
Least populous county
- Kansas: Greeley County (1,152 people) vs Oregon: Wheeler County (1,456 people).
- Wheeler County's population is 1.3 times (26%) larger than Greeley County's.
Richest county
- Kansas: Greeley County ($134,780 per capita income) vs Oregon: Deschutes County ($86,176).
- Greeley County's income is 1.6 times (56%) richer than Deschutes County's.
Poorest county
- Kansas: Wyandotte County ($42,878 per capita income) vs Oregon: Malheur County ($42,974).
- Wyandotte County and Malheur County have about the same income.
Kansas vs Oregon Taxes
State income tax
- Kansas has a top income tax rate of 5.58%, while Oregon has a top income tax rate of 9.9%.
- Oregon's top rate is 4.32 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Kansas: 1.25% effective rate vs Oregon: 0.78% of home value per year.
- Kansas's rate is 0.47 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Kansas: 8.71% combined state and average local rate vs Oregon: 0%.
- Kansas's combined rate is 8.71 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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