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Kansas vs Vermont Geography
Land area
- Kansas has a land area of 81,759 square miles (211,754 km²), while Vermont has 9,217 square miles (23,873 km²).
- Kansas' land area is 8.9 times (787%) larger than Vermont's.
Total area
- Kansas: 82,278 square miles (213,100 km²) vs Vermont: 9,615 square miles (24,903 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Kansas' total area is 8.6 times (756%) larger than Vermont's.
Length
- Kansas is 207 miles (334 km) long from north to south; Vermont is 165 miles (265 km).
- Kansas' north-south length is 1.3 times (25%) longer than Vermont's.
Width
- Kansas spans 401 miles (645 km) east to west; Vermont spans 113 miles (181 km).
- Kansas' east-west width is 3.5 times (255%) wider than Vermont's.
Highest point
- Kansas's highest point is Mount Sunflower at 4,040 feet (1,231 m); Vermont's is Mount Mansfield at 4,384 feet (1,336 m).
- Mount Mansfield is 344 feet higher than Mount Sunflower.
Lowest point
- Kansas's lowest point is Verdigris River at 679 feet; Vermont's is Lake Champlain at 95 feet.
- Vermont's lowest point is 584 feet lower.
Kansas vs Vermont Population and History
Population
- Kansas has a population of 2,970,606 (2024), while Vermont has 648,493 (2024).
- Kansas' population is 4.6 times (358%) larger than Vermont's.
Population density
- Kansas: 36.3 people per square mile vs Vermont: 70.4.
- Vermont's population density is 1.9 times (94%) higher than Kansas'.
Biggest city
- Kansas's biggest city is Wichita with 400,991 people; Vermont's is Burlington with 44,432.
- Wichita's population is 9.0 times (802%) larger than Burlington's.
Largest metro area
- Kansas's largest metropolitan area is Kansas City, MO-KS metro area (2,253,579 people) vs Vermont's Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area (229,445).
- Kansas City, MO-KS metro area's population is 9.8 times (882%) larger than Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area's.
History
- Kansas: Admitted to the Union on January 29, 1861, as the 34th state.
- Vermont: Admitted to the Union on March 4, 1791, as the 14th state.
- In its current form, Vermont is the older of the two by 70 years.
Kansas vs Vermont Economy
GDP
- Kansas's GDP is $230.5 billion (2024) vs Vermont's $46.3 billion.
- Kansas' economic output is 5.0 times (398%) larger than Vermont's.
GDP per capita
- Kansas: $77,601 per person vs Vermont: $71,359.
- Kansas' GDP per capita is 1.1 times (9%) higher than Vermont's.
Average income
- Kansas: $65,856 vs Vermont: $71,287 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Vermont's average income is 1.1 times (8%) higher than Kansas'.
Kansas vs Vermont Counties
Number of counties
- Kansas has 105 counties, while Vermont has 14.
- Kansas' county count is 7.5 times (650%) higher than Vermont's.
Biggest county by area
- Kansas's largest county is Butler County at 1,430 square miles; Vermont's is Windsor County at 969 square miles.
- Butler County's land area is 1.5 times (48%) larger than Windsor County's.
Smallest county by area
- Kansas: Wyandotte County (152 sq mi) vs Vermont: Grand Isle County (82 sq mi).
- Wyandotte County's land area is 1.9 times (85%) larger than Grand Isle County's.
Most populous county
- Kansas: Johnson County (632,276 people) vs Vermont: Chittenden County (170,851 people).
- Johnson County's population is 3.7 times (270%) larger than Chittenden County's.
Least populous county
- Kansas: Greeley County (1,152 people) vs Vermont: Essex County (6,037 people).
- Essex County's population is 5.2 times (424%) larger than Greeley County's.
Richest county
- Kansas: Greeley County ($134,780 per capita income) vs Vermont: Chittenden County ($80,533).
- Greeley County's income is 1.7 times (67%) richer than Chittenden County's.
Poorest county
- Kansas: Wyandotte County ($42,878 per capita income) vs Vermont: Essex County ($50,712).
- Essex County's income is 1.2 times (18%) richer than Wyandotte County's.
Kansas vs Vermont Taxes
State income tax
- Kansas has a top income tax rate of 5.58%, while Vermont has a top income tax rate of 8.75%.
- Vermont's top rate is 3.17 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Kansas: 1.25% effective rate vs Vermont: 1.42% of home value per year.
- Vermont's rate is 0.17 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Kansas: 8.71% combined state and average local rate vs Vermont: 6.43%.
- Kansas's combined rate is 2.28 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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