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Kansas vs Pennsylvania Geography
Land area
- Kansas has a land area of 81,759 square miles (211,754 km²), while Pennsylvania has 44,742 square miles (115,882 km²).
- Kansas' land area is 1.8 times (83%) larger than Pennsylvania's.
Total area
- Kansas: 82,278 square miles (213,100 km²) vs Pennsylvania: 46,054 square miles (119,279 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Kansas' total area is 1.8 times (79%) larger than Pennsylvania's.
Length
- Kansas is 207 miles (334 km) long from north to south; Pennsylvania is 284 miles (458 km).
- Pennsylvania's north-south length is 1.4 times (37%) longer than Kansas'.
Width
- Kansas spans 401 miles (645 km) east to west; Pennsylvania spans 307 miles (495 km).
- Kansas' east-west width is 1.3 times (31%) wider than Pennsylvania's.
Highest point
- Kansas's highest point is Mount Sunflower at 4,040 feet (1,231 m); Pennsylvania's is Mount Davis at 3,210 feet (978 m).
- Mount Sunflower is 830 feet higher than Mount Davis.
Lowest point
- Kansas's lowest point is Verdigris River at 679 feet; Pennsylvania's is Delaware River at 0 feet.
- Pennsylvania's lowest point is 679 feet lower.
Kansas vs Pennsylvania Population and History
Population
- Kansas has a population of 2,970,606 (2024), while Pennsylvania has 13,078,751 (2024).
- Pennsylvania's population is 4.4 times (340%) larger than Kansas'.
Population density
- Kansas: 36.3 people per square mile vs Pennsylvania: 292.3.
- Pennsylvania's population density is 8.1 times (705%) higher than Kansas'.
Biggest city
- Kansas's biggest city is Wichita with 400,991 people; Pennsylvania's is Philadelphia with 1,573,916.
- Philadelphia's population is 3.9 times (293%) larger than Wichita's.
Largest metro area
- Kansas's largest metropolitan area is Kansas City, MO-KS metro area (2,253,579 people) vs Pennsylvania's Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area (6,330,422).
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area's population is 2.8 times (181%) larger than Kansas City, MO-KS metro area's.
History
- Kansas: Admitted to the Union on January 29, 1861, as the 34th state.
- Pennsylvania: Admitted to the Union on December 12, 1787, as the 2nd state.
- In its current form, Pennsylvania is the older of the two by 74 years.
Kansas vs Pennsylvania Economy
GDP
- Kansas's GDP is $230.5 billion (2024) vs Pennsylvania's $1,007.9 billion.
- Pennsylvania's economic output is 4.4 times (337%) larger than Kansas'.
GDP per capita
- Kansas: $77,601 per person vs Pennsylvania: $77,062.
- Kansas and Pennsylvania have about the same GDP per capita.
Average income
- Kansas: $65,856 vs Pennsylvania: $70,678 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Pennsylvania's average income is 1.1 times (7%) higher than Kansas'.
Kansas vs Pennsylvania Counties
Number of counties
- Kansas has 105 counties, while Pennsylvania has 67.
- Kansas' county count is 1.6 times (57%) higher than Pennsylvania's.
Biggest county by area
- Kansas's largest county is Butler County at 1,430 square miles; Pennsylvania's is Lycoming County at 1,229 square miles.
- Butler County's land area is 1.2 times (16%) larger than Lycoming County's.
Smallest county by area
- Kansas: Wyandotte County (152 sq mi) vs Pennsylvania: Montour County (130 sq mi).
- Wyandotte County's land area is 1.2 times (16%) larger than Montour County's.
Most populous county
- Kansas: Johnson County (632,276 people) vs Pennsylvania: Philadelphia County (1,573,916 people).
- Philadelphia County's population is 2.5 times (149%) larger than Johnson County's.
Least populous county
- Kansas: Greeley County (1,152 people) vs Pennsylvania: Cameron County (4,348 people).
- Cameron County's population is 3.8 times (277%) larger than Greeley County's.
Richest county
- Kansas: Greeley County ($134,780 per capita income) vs Pennsylvania: Chester County ($110,883).
- Greeley County's income is 1.2 times (22%) richer than Chester County's.
Poorest county
- Kansas: Wyandotte County ($42,878 per capita income) vs Pennsylvania: Forest County ($30,234).
- Wyandotte County's income is 1.4 times (42%) richer than Forest County's.
Kansas vs Pennsylvania Taxes
State income tax
- Kansas has a top income tax rate of 5.58%, while Pennsylvania has a top income tax rate of 3.07%.
- Kansas's top rate is 2.51 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Kansas: 1.25% effective rate vs Pennsylvania: 1.16% of home value per year.
- Kansas's rate is 0.09 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Kansas: 8.71% combined state and average local rate vs Pennsylvania: 6.34%.
- Kansas's combined rate is 2.37 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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