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Kansas vs Texas Geography
Land area
- Kansas has a land area of 81,759 square miles (211,754 km²), while Texas has 261,259 square miles (676,657 km²).
- Texas' land area is 3.2 times (220%) larger than Kansas'.
Total area
- Kansas: 82,278 square miles (213,100 km²) vs Texas: 268,599 square miles (695,668 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Texas' total area is 3.3 times (226%) larger than Kansas'.
Length
- Kansas is 207 miles (334 km) long from north to south; Texas is 808 miles (1,300 km).
- Texas' north-south length is 3.9 times (290%) longer than Kansas'.
Width
- Kansas spans 401 miles (645 km) east to west; Texas spans 777 miles (1,250 km).
- Texas' east-west width is 1.9 times (94%) wider than Kansas'.
Highest point
- Kansas's highest point is Mount Sunflower at 4,040 feet (1,231 m); Texas's is Guadalupe Peak at 8,730 feet (2,661 m).
- Guadalupe Peak is 4,690 feet higher than Mount Sunflower.
Lowest point
- Kansas's lowest point is Verdigris River at 679 feet; Texas's is Gulf of Mexico at 0 feet.
- Texas's lowest point is 679 feet lower.
Kansas vs Texas Population and History
Population
- Kansas has a population of 2,970,606 (2024), while Texas has 31,290,831 (2024).
- Texas' population is 10.5 times larger than Kansas'.
Population density
- Kansas: 36.3 people per square mile vs Texas: 119.8.
- Texas' population density is 3.3 times (230%) higher than Kansas'.
Biggest city
- Kansas's biggest city is Wichita with 400,991 people; Texas's is Houston with 2,390,125.
- Houston's population is 6.0 times (496%) larger than Wichita's.
Largest metro area
- Kansas's largest metropolitan area is Kansas City, MO-KS metro area (2,253,579 people) vs Texas's Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area (8,344,032).
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area's population is 3.7 times (270%) larger than Kansas City, MO-KS metro area's.
History
- Kansas: Admitted to the Union on January 29, 1861, as the 34th state.
- Texas: Admitted to the Union on December 29, 1845, as the 28th state.
- In its current form, Texas is the older of the two by 16 years.
Kansas vs Texas Economy
GDP
- Kansas's GDP is $230.5 billion (2024) vs Texas's $2,769.8 billion.
- Texas' economic output is 12.0 times larger than Kansas'.
GDP per capita
- Kansas: $77,601 per person vs Texas: $88,517.
- Texas' GDP per capita is 1.1 times (14%) higher than Kansas'.
Average income
- Kansas: $65,856 vs Texas: $69,823 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Texas' average income is 1.1 times (6%) higher than Kansas'.
Kansas vs Texas Counties
Number of counties
- Kansas has 105 counties, while Texas has 254.
- Texas' county count is 2.4 times (142%) higher than Kansas'.
Biggest county by area
- Kansas's largest county is Butler County at 1,430 square miles; Texas's is Brewster County at 6,184 square miles.
- Brewster County's land area is 4.3 times (333%) larger than Butler County's.
Smallest county by area
- Kansas: Wyandotte County (152 sq mi) vs Texas: Rockwall County (127 sq mi).
- Wyandotte County's land area is 1.2 times (19%) larger than Rockwall County's.
Most populous county
- Kansas: Johnson County (632,276 people) vs Texas: Harris County (5,009,302 people).
- Harris County's population is 7.9 times (692%) larger than Johnson County's.
Least populous county
- Kansas: Greeley County (1,152 people) vs Texas: Loving County (48 people).
- Greeley County's population is 24.0 times larger than Loving County's.
Richest county
- Kansas: Greeley County ($134,780 per capita income) vs Texas: Loving County ($220,625).
- Loving County's income is 1.6 times (64%) richer than Greeley County's.
Poorest county
- Kansas: Wyandotte County ($42,878 per capita income) vs Texas: Starr County ($34,180).
- Wyandotte County's income is 1.3 times (25%) richer than Starr County's.
Kansas vs Texas Taxes
State income tax
- Kansas has a top income tax rate of 5.58%, while Texas has no state income tax.
- Kansas's top rate is 5.58 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Kansas: 1.25% effective rate vs Texas: 1.31% of home value per year.
- Texas's rate is 0.06 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Kansas: 8.71% combined state and average local rate vs Texas: 8.2%.
- Kansas's combined rate is 0.51 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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