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Kansas vs Tennessee Geography
Land area
- Kansas has a land area of 81,759 square miles (211,754 km²), while Tennessee has 41,224 square miles (106,770 km²).
- Kansas' land area is 2.0 times (98%) larger than Tennessee's.
Total area
- Kansas: 82,278 square miles (213,100 km²) vs Tennessee: 42,130 square miles (109,116 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Kansas' total area is 2.0 times (95%) larger than Tennessee's.
Length
- Kansas is 207 miles (334 km) long from north to south; Tennessee is 191 miles (308 km).
- Kansas' north-south length is 1.1 times (8%) longer than Tennessee's.
Width
- Kansas spans 401 miles (645 km) east to west; Tennessee spans 497 miles (800 km).
- Tennessee's east-west width is 1.2 times (24%) wider than Kansas'.
Highest point
- Kansas's highest point is Mount Sunflower at 4,040 feet (1,231 m); Tennessee's is Clingmans Dome at 6,624 feet (2,019 m).
- Clingmans Dome is 2,584 feet higher than Mount Sunflower.
Lowest point
- Kansas's lowest point is Verdigris River at 679 feet; Tennessee's is Mississippi River at 178 feet.
- Tennessee's lowest point is 501 feet lower.
Kansas vs Tennessee Population and History
Population
- Kansas has a population of 2,970,606 (2024), while Tennessee has 7,227,750 (2024).
- Tennessee's population is 2.4 times (143%) larger than Kansas'.
Population density
- Kansas: 36.3 people per square mile vs Tennessee: 175.3.
- Tennessee's population density is 4.8 times (383%) higher than Kansas'.
Biggest city
- Kansas's biggest city is Wichita with 400,991 people; Tennessee's is Nashville with 704,963.
- Nashville's population is 1.8 times (76%) larger than Wichita's.
Largest metro area
- Kansas's largest metropolitan area is Kansas City, MO-KS metro area (2,253,579 people) vs Tennessee's Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN metro area (2,150,553).
- Kansas City, MO-KS metro area's population is 1.0 times (5%) larger than Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN metro area's.
History
- Kansas: Admitted to the Union on January 29, 1861, as the 34th state.
- Tennessee: Admitted to the Union on June 1, 1796, as the 16th state.
- In its current form, Tennessee is the older of the two by 65 years.
Kansas vs Tennessee Economy
GDP
- Kansas's GDP is $230.5 billion (2024) vs Tennessee's $561.2 billion.
- Tennessee's economic output is 2.4 times (143%) larger than Kansas'.
GDP per capita
- Kansas: $77,601 per person vs Tennessee: $77,645.
- Kansas and Tennessee have about the same GDP per capita.
Average income
- Kansas: $65,856 vs Tennessee: $66,504 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Kansas and Tennessee have about the same average income.
Kansas vs Tennessee Counties
Number of counties
- Kansas has 105 counties, while Tennessee has 95.
- Kansas' county count is 1.1 times (11%) higher than Tennessee's.
Biggest county by area
- Kansas's largest county is Butler County at 1,430 square miles; Tennessee's is Shelby County at 753 square miles.
- Butler County's land area is 1.9 times (90%) larger than Shelby County's.
Smallest county by area
- Kansas: Wyandotte County (152 sq mi) vs Tennessee: Trousdale County (114 sq mi).
- Wyandotte County's land area is 1.3 times (33%) larger than Trousdale County's.
Most populous county
- Kansas: Johnson County (632,276 people) vs Tennessee: Shelby County (910,530 people).
- Shelby County's population is 1.4 times (44%) larger than Johnson County's.
Least populous county
- Kansas: Greeley County (1,152 people) vs Tennessee: Pickett County (5,108 people).
- Pickett County's population is 4.4 times (343%) larger than Greeley County's.
Richest county
- Kansas: Greeley County ($134,780 per capita income) vs Tennessee: Williamson County ($139,704).
- Greeley County and Williamson County have about the same income.
Poorest county
- Kansas: Wyandotte County ($42,878 per capita income) vs Tennessee: Lake County ($31,572).
- Wyandotte County's income is 1.4 times (36%) richer than Lake County's.
Kansas vs Tennessee Taxes
State income tax
- Kansas has a top income tax rate of 5.58%, while Tennessee has no state income tax.
- Kansas's top rate is 5.58 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Kansas: 1.25% effective rate vs Tennessee: 0.45% of home value per year.
- Kansas's rate is 0.8 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Kansas: 8.71% combined state and average local rate vs Tennessee: 9.61%.
- Tennessee's combined rate is 0.9 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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