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Kansas vs Virginia Geography
Land area
- Kansas has a land area of 81,759 square miles (211,754 km²), while Virginia has 39,481 square miles (102,256 km²).
- Kansas' land area is 2.1 times (107%) larger than Virginia's.
Total area
- Kansas: 82,278 square miles (213,100 km²) vs Virginia: 42,775 square miles (110,786 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Kansas' total area is 1.9 times (92%) larger than Virginia's.
Length
- Kansas is 207 miles (334 km) long from north to south; Virginia is 223 miles (359 km).
- Virginia's north-south length is 1.1 times (8%) longer than Kansas'.
Width
- Kansas spans 401 miles (645 km) east to west; Virginia spans 466 miles (750 km).
- Virginia's east-west width is 1.2 times (16%) wider than Kansas'.
Highest point
- Kansas's highest point is Mount Sunflower at 4,040 feet (1,231 m); Virginia's is Mount Rogers at 5,729 feet (1,746 m).
- Mount Rogers is 1,689 feet higher than Mount Sunflower.
Lowest point
- Kansas's lowest point is Verdigris River at 679 feet; Virginia's is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet.
- Virginia's lowest point is 679 feet lower.
Kansas vs Virginia Population and History
Population
- Kansas has a population of 2,970,606 (2024), while Virginia has 8,811,195 (2024).
- Virginia's population is 3.0 times (197%) larger than Kansas'.
Population density
- Kansas: 36.3 people per square mile vs Virginia: 223.2.
- Virginia's population density is 6.1 times (515%) higher than Kansas'.
Biggest city
- Kansas's biggest city is Wichita with 400,991 people; Virginia's is Virginia Beach with 454,808.
- Virginia Beach's population is 1.1 times (13%) larger than Wichita's.
Largest metro area
- Kansas's largest metropolitan area is Kansas City, MO-KS metro area (2,253,579 people) vs Virginia's Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area (6,436,489).
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area's population is 2.9 times (186%) larger than Kansas City, MO-KS metro area's.
History
- Kansas: Admitted to the Union on January 29, 1861, as the 34th state.
- Virginia: Admitted to the Union on June 25, 1788, as the 10th state.
- In its current form, Virginia is the older of the two by 73 years.
Kansas vs Virginia Economy
GDP
- Kansas's GDP is $230.5 billion (2024) vs Virginia's $761.7 billion.
- Virginia's economic output is 3.3 times (230%) larger than Kansas'.
GDP per capita
- Kansas: $77,601 per person vs Virginia: $86,451.
- Virginia's GDP per capita is 1.1 times (11%) higher than Kansas'.
Average income
- Kansas: $65,856 vs Virginia: $77,351 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Virginia's average income is 1.2 times (17%) higher than Kansas'.
Kansas vs Virginia Counties
Number of counties
- Kansas has 105 counties, while Virginia has 133.
- Virginia's county count is 1.3 times (27%) higher than Kansas'.
Biggest county by area
- Kansas's largest county is Butler County at 1,430 square miles; Virginia's is Pittsylvania County at 969 square miles.
- Butler County's land area is 1.5 times (48%) larger than Pittsylvania County's.
Smallest county by area
- Kansas: Wyandotte County (152 sq mi) vs Virginia: Falls Church city (2 sq mi).
- Wyandotte County's land area is 75.8 times larger than Falls Church city's.
Most populous county
- Kansas: Johnson County (632,276 people) vs Virginia: Fairfax County (1,160,925 people).
- Fairfax County's population is 1.8 times (84%) larger than Johnson County's.
Least populous county
- Kansas: Greeley County (1,152 people) vs Virginia: Highland County (2,348 people).
- Highland County's population is 2.0 times (104%) larger than Greeley County's.
Richest county
- Kansas: Greeley County ($134,780 per capita income) vs Virginia: Arlington County ($131,624).
- Greeley County and Arlington County have about the same income.
Poorest county
- Kansas: Wyandotte County ($42,878 per capita income) vs Virginia: Sussex County ($41,032).
- Wyandotte County and Sussex County have about the same income.
Kansas vs Virginia Taxes
State income tax
- Kansas has a top income tax rate of 5.58%, while Virginia has a top income tax rate of 5.75%.
- Virginia's top rate is 0.17 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Kansas: 1.25% effective rate vs Virginia: 0.71% of home value per year.
- Kansas's rate is 0.54 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Kansas: 8.71% combined state and average local rate vs Virginia: 5.77%.
- Kansas's combined rate is 2.94 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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